Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo) (2008)

7.6	Listal rating
7.7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Hayao Miyazaki

Starring (View all)

Risa (voice)

Kôichi (voice)

Granmamare (voice)

Fujimoto

Ponyo (voice)

Sôsuke (voice)

Fujin (voice)

Ponyo no imôto-tachi

Written by

Hayao Miyazaki

(written by)

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A watered down version of Totoro

2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 27 17:13

AgentLexi

6 votes

''Ponyo loves Sosuke! I will be a human, too!''

An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.

Noah Lindsey Cyrus: Pony

Ponyo is a 2008 Japanese animated film by Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is Miyazaki's eighth film for Ghibli, and his tenth overa... read more

A good movie

1 year, 7 months ago at Oct 17 5:58

johanlefourbe

1 vote

Nowadays, almost all the animated movies which come out are CGI. One of the few who's still holding strong is Hayao Miyazaki. This guy is the living proof that hand drawn animated features are still worth it and can be damned gorgeous to look at. Only just to 'see' this movie, it is definitely worth a look. You have here so many beautiful colors, awesome details and a marvelous combination of real... read more

Another piece of Miyazaki magic!

3 years, 3 months ago at Feb 17 22:15

SJMJ91

1 vote

Ponyo caught my attention ever since I heard it was going to be Miyazaki's next film and I like his films. Ponyo reminded me a lot of the Disney classic The Little Mermaid as I was watching it. It is a beautiful film for the family. It is a story on love, bravery and friendship which made it a personal film. Like all Miyazaki animated films, the audience are entering a different world. I mean, Pon... read more

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Description: The plot is centered on a fish girl, or mermaid, who runs away from her home in the sea. She ends up stranded on the shore and is rescued by Sōsuke, a five year old boy who lives on a cliff. After taking a great liking to her, Sōsuke names her Ponyo and vows to protect her forever. Meanwhile, her father Fujimoto is looking for his d The plot is centered on a fish girl, or mermaid, who runs away from her home in the sea. She ends up stranded on the shore and is rescued by Sōsuke, a five year old boy who lives on a cliff. After taking a great liking to her, Sōsuke names her Ponyo and vows to protect her forever. Meanwhile, her father Fujimoto is looking for his daughter, upset that she ran away. He calls his wave demons to return Ponyo to him. Sōsuke is heartbroken by this, and goes home with his mother, Lisa, who tries to cheer him up, but to no avail.
Ponyo and her father have a confrontation, where Ponyo refuses to let her father call her "Brünnhilde" and declares she is Ponyo, and voices her desire to become human, because she has started to fall in love with Sōsuke. Her father silences her with difficulty and goes to summon Ponyo's mother. Meanwhile, Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father, and uses his magic to make herself human. This causes an imbalance in the world, which in turn results in a huge storm. Riding on the waves of the storm, Ponyo goes back to visit Sōsuke. Lisa, Sōsuke, and Ponyo stay the night at Sōsuke's house, hoping the storm will be over, whereupon Lisa leaves the house to check up on the residents of the nursing home she works at.
Granmammare, Ponyo's mother, arrives at Fujimoto's submarine. Fujimoto notices the moon has come out of its orbit and the satellites are falling like shooting stars. Granmammare declares that if Sōsuke and Ponyo pass a test, Ponyo can live as a human and the world order will be restored.
Sōsuke and Ponyo wake up to find that most of the land has been submerged. Lisa has not come home yet, so with the help of Ponyo's magic, they make Sōsuke's toy boat life-size and set out to find Lisa. While travelling they see ancient extinct fish swimming, such as the Gogonasus and Licosus.
After landing and finding Lisa's empty car, Ponyo and Sōsuke go through a tunnel. There Ponyo loses her human form and resumes the form of a fish. Sōsuke and Ponyo are captured by Fujimoto and they safely arrive at the nursing home and meet Granmammare. Granmammare asks Sōsuke if he can love Ponyo even if she is a fish or mermaid. Sōsuke replies that he loves Ponyo in all forms. Granmammare then allows Ponyo to become human once Ponyo kisses Sōsuke on the surface. ... (more)

Release date : 14 August 2009

Animation (26), Anime (20), Fantasy (16), Studio Ghibli (14), Japanese (12), 2008 (9), 2000s (9), Adventure (8), Japan (8), (8), Family (7), Miyazaki (6), Sea (6), Fish (5), Mother Son Relationship (4), Foreign (4), Friendship (4), Love (3), Cliff (3), Animated (3)

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