Nomura Mansai

Gamba and his friend Manpuku are city mice who meet an island mouse Chuuta and set off on a journey to save Chuuta's island Yumemishima from the rule of a fierce white weasel named Noroi. Source: ANN

Kaze Tachinu is adapted from Miyazaki's most recent colour comic, about the man who designed the Zero Fighter which was used in World War II.