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Studio Ghibli's New Film... and More Miyazaki
29 September 2009 4:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, has revealed that he will be directing his first feature-length flick since 1999's My Neighbors the Yamadas. Takahata, who also wrote and directed the tear-jerker Grave of the Fireflies, will be taking on the classic folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, or Taketori Monogatari. According to Asian Pulse, "Taketori Monogatari has directly and indirectly inspired many Japanese manga and anime, such as Sailormoon and Inuyasha. This beloved story is considered to be the oldest surviving example of Japanese narrative... A little baby is found inside the stalk of a glowing plant by a bamboo cutter. He takes her home, and raises her with his wife as their own daughter, and they give her the name Kaguya-Hime (radiant-night princess). She grows into a beautiful adult woman, with many suitors, even the Emperor of Japan - and she rebuffs them all. »
- Jenni Miller
Review: Ponyo
9 September 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Adam reviews the latest animated film from Hayao Miyazaki.
Ponyo is the latest animated effort from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, the gifted storyteller behind Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro.
Ponyo is the tale of a friendship between a boy and a goldfish who longs to be human. Through a magical set of circumstances, Ponyo may just get her wish.
Ponyo is positively gorgeous to look at, and adding to its awe inspiring grandeur is the fact that it was all hand drawn. That's right. In this day and age of computer generated animation, Miyazaki still prefers the old school approach. The underwater vistas and numerous shots of waves crashing on the beach are simply astonishing.In terms of story, Ponyo is quite often more strange than it is magical. While it certainly has elements of Disney favorites such as Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid, and Pinocchio, tonally speaking, »
- Paul
‘Ponyo’ - The “Ticket Stubs Review”
31 August 2009 1:15 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
By Austin Lugar
for MovieSet.com
Hayao Miyazaki is truly a director unlike any other. His ability to create his own unique magical world is a feat worth remarking on. ‘Ponyo‘ is his tenth feature film and it is now one of my favorite along with ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and ‘Spirited Away.’
For in his latest cinematic beauty, he throws the audience in right away with practically no introduction to the magical surroundings. Much like Wall-e, Miyazaki has a long wondrous stretch of story without any traditional dialog. It opens with a wizard fish man (Voiced by Liam Neeson) and a large school of goldfish, the largest fish being Ponyo. Ponyo breaks away from her father/wizard and ends up close to the shore where she meets a young human named Sosuke (Voiced by Frankie Jonas, the real fourth Jonas Brothers. Sorry, eight-year-olds I’ve lied to. »
- Austin Lugar
Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo) | Review
24 August 2009 7:18 AM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Writer(s): Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Japanese version: Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi, George Tokoro, Kazushige Nagashima English version: Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Laraine Newman, Madison Davenport, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Lily Tomlin Ponyo (referred to as Brynhildr by her father, Fujimoto) is a fish girl who lives in an aquarium in her human (?) father's underwater castle with numerous smaller fish sisters. She is driven by an unyielding desire to see and experience the world that her father is trying so hard to protect her from – a world run by environmentally careless humans. Ponyo escapes her father’s grasp and ends up stuck in a bottle stranded on the shore of a small fishing town. Sōsuke – a five year-old boy who lives on a cliff high above the sea – rescues Ponyo; they are instantly enamored with each other and their fates permanently entwined. »
- Don Simpson
‘District 9′ Lands on Top
16 August 2009 2:04 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Low budget science fiction flick District 9 easily hovered over the competition at this weekend’s box office, grabbing an estimated $37 million.
It’s an impressive opening for director Neill Blomkamp’s first feature, a movie without any stars, and against four other new releases. The independent pic was developed under the producer wing of Peter Jackson and later acquired the marketing strength of Sony. The well-received movie (playing in 3,049 locations) cost only $30 million to make, so the rest is likely being put aside for an unconfirmed sequel.
64% of the audience was male, according to exit polls, and Twitter messages that read, “It’s a total sausage fest in here.”
Blomkamp originally teamed with Jackson for an adaptation of Microsoft’s Halo video game property, but when the project fell through the South African director was given the go ahead to turn his short film, “Alive in Joberg” into a full-length film. »
- Jeff Leins
Win Preview Tickets to Miyazaki's Ponyo in Sydney
16 August 2009 12:16 PM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
No one's more highly regarded in the world of animation than Japan's Hayao Miyazaki, the director behind such classics as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke (to name just a few). If you live in Sydney, here's your chance to see his latest masterpiece, Ponyo, a sweet childhood fantasy about a little fish who wants to become a human girl. We've got 15 double passes to give away to a special preview screening at the Dendy Cinemas in Newtown next Monday, August 24, at 6:30pm. »
Movie Review - 'Ponyo'
14 August 2009 4:24 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Starring Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Liam Neeson, and cate Blanchett
Directed by Hayao Miyzaki
Rated G
Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated film, Ponyo, lands on American shores with a kind of impurity that doesn’t exist in his earlier work distributed in the U.S., and it’s no fault of the movie’s revered creator. The Miyazaki films are released in the states by Disney; maybe you’ve heard of that company. But because it’s now a Disney product instead of merely the result of years of Miyazaki’s craftsmanship and his seemingly boundless visual imagination, two of the lead characters are voiced by Noah Cyrus and Frankie Jonas, both members of the famed Disney singing families.
It’s not that they aren’t competent enough for this kind of work, but their inclusion appears to be missing the point of Miyazaki’s entire career. He prides »
- Colin Boyd
Movie Reviews: “Ponyo”
14 August 2009 4:16 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Critics by and large have always been taken with the artistry of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. So have overseas audiences, who have paid hundreds of millions of dollars to see his films, which include 1997's Princess Mononoke, 2001's Spirited Away and 2004's Howl's Moving Castle. Not so in the U.S. But his latest film, Ponyo, a retelling of "The Little Mermaid" story is getting a great send-off from critics. (It is still unlikely to become a big hit, even though it is being released by Disney and has an impressive cast doing the voices. It's being released in fewer than a thousand theaters.) "There is a word to describe Ponyo," writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, “and that word is magical. This poetic, visually breathtaking work by the greatest of all animators has such deep charm that adults and children will both be touched. It's wonderful and never even seems to try: It unfolds fantastically." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post says that no one is going to mistake the movie for Disney's version of "The Little Mermaid." "This exquisite pastel-colored, eye-popping example of hand-drawn animation is still very Japanese, aimed most specifically at children around the world -- but with a storytelling sophistication that adults will savor." Greg Quill in the Toronto Star predicts that Ponyo will become Miyazaki's "break-through" film for North American audiences. "It's a wonderful place that Miyazaki creates," he writes, "an alternatively sweet and savage world that defies physics and common sense, as imaginative and impossible in its own way as Jules Verne's sci-fi fantasies or Maurice Sendak's animal kingdom." And Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times suggests that what the film lacks in theater locations it could make up for in repeat business. "You'll be planning to see Ponyo twice before you've finished seeing it once," he remarks. "Five minutes into this magical film you'll be making lists of the individuals of every age you can expose to the very special mixture of fantasy and folklore, adventure and affection, that make up the enchanted vision of Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki." »
Ponyo Review
14 August 2009 11:56 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Hayao Miyazaki is an icon unto himself as a result of the body of animated masterpieces he’s come up with. From the cuddly cuteness of Totoro, to the beauty and terror of his imagination through Princess Mononoke, each film, though a bit different from the others, never ceases to amaze people worldwide. Gake no Ue no Ponyo, or what is better known as Ponyo (On the Cliff By the Sea) offers us a different sort of take on The Little Mermaid from which his own creative spin yields – again – great results. A sweet balance of innocence, fantasy and love combine within the world of Ponyo.
‘Ponyo, Ponyo, is a little fish child. From the blue sea is where she came from…’ These simple Japanese lyrics open up the plot of the fish girl called Ponyo (Noah Cyrus), who travels away from the ocean world and her sorcerer father (Liam Neeson »
- Melissa Molina
[Movie Review] Ponyo
13 August 2009 11:33 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
What struck me first about the animation in Ponyo is how traditional it looks. Not really dated, but certainly old fashioned in the classic sense. It would appear that Studio Ghibli don’t really alter the look and method of their productions. Of course, they don’t need to, when they’re maintained at this quality. It goes without saying that the animation is superb. Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki once again devises spectacular visuals and imaginative fantasy elements to compliment his timeless stories.
The template behind Ponyo is familiar to most. It’s the story of a sea-creature who falls in love with a surface-dwelling boy, to the disappointment of her father, who she then escapes from and defies by transforming into a human girl. This isn’t The Little Mermaid, however, as Miyazaki merely uses that basic template to inspire an original tale that’s less about romantic pursuit as it is about… »
- Arya Ponto
Film: Review:Ponyo
13 August 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
When Disney released its take on Hans Christian Andersen’s short story “The Little Mermaid” back in 1989, some purists griped that in excising most of the story’s agony and tragedy, Disney lost the story’s heart. Those purists won’t be any more comfortable with Ponyo, another animated take on the story, this time from Japanese writer-director Hayao Miyazaki. It’s aimed at particularly young audiences—in the Miyazaki oeuvre, it’s much closer to My Neighbor Totoro than Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke—and it barely has conflict, let alone a sense of menace or threat. It ... »
Total Recall: Hayao Miyazaki's Best Movies
12 August 2009 9:04 AM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
Hayao Miyazaki's last three films (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle) platformed in America to mild success. For his 10th and latest movie, Ponyo (the story of an ocean goldfish and her quest to become human), Disney will be granting it a more confident, nationwide release this Friday. Frankly, the more opportunity America gets to see a Miyazaki movie, the better: they expertly breach multiple genres and fulfill the visual promise of hand-drawn animation. But they also feel deeply personal. Always directing from his own scripts, Miyazaki can take any story and mold it to his likeness, creating... »
Comic Con: John Lasseter And Hayao Miyazaki, Together At Last
24 July 2009 6:13 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Just by himself, John Lasseter is enough animation genius for one room. Moderating the Disney/Pixar animation panel this morning, Lasseter knew he was in complete control of the crowd-- "Time for a sound check. Is this shirt loud enough?" And while the crowd ate it up when he presented footage from Beauty and the Beast 3D, The Princess and the Frog and a teaser for Toy Story 3, the real gushing started when Hayao Miyazaki joined him on the stage. Miyazaki, the Japanese animation master behind My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle and his newest film Ponyo, is making his first trip to Comic Con, and the crowd reception may guarantee that it won't be his last. He received the biggest standing ovation I've seen yet, as thousands of American fans finally got to express, in person, how much his work has meant to them. Lasseter, who »
Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo Screening at Comic-Con Next Week
18 July 2009 6:56 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Yep, next week is Comic-Con. It'll be an exciting time for everyone, even if you're not going to be there in San Diego. One extra special event that I wanted to make mention of is a screening of Hayao Miyazaki's new movie Ponyo that our friends at HitFix are hosting. They've partnered with Disney to present the English dubbed version of Ponyo on Friday, July 24th, starting at 8:00Pm. Best of all, though, is that the legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki himself will be there. He will be introducing the film alongside of HitFix's Drew McWeeny - which is very rare occurrence and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Don't miss this screening! "It's been ten years since Hayao Miyazaki came to America to promote Princess Mononoke, the first of his films to get a major push theatrically here," McWeeny explains on HitFix. "This is a family movie in every sense of the word. »
- Alex Billington
Wanna see Miyazaki's 'Ponyo' at Comic-Con? HitFix tells you how
17 July 2009 1:15 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
We just posted the details of our special Comic-Con screening of Hayao Miyazaki's magical new film "Ponyo," and I couldn't be more pleased to be part of the event. It's been ten years since Hayao Miyazaki came to America to promote "Princess Mononoke," the first of his films to get a major push theatrically here. That was through Miramax, back when they were a Disney company, and since then, the Studio Ghilbli deal has moved over to the Walt Disney label, where they've been slowly but surely putting out most of the Ghibli library on DVD with new English-language dubs. Honestly,... »
Studio Ghibli HD/Blu-ray Disc Preview Screenshots
11 July 2009 6:27 AM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »
I just got my copy of the Japanese Joe Hisaishi in Budokan – Miyazaki Anime to Tomo ni Ayunda 25 Nenkan Blu-ray Disc that not only includes the incredible anniversary concert of Hayao Miyazaki’s favourite composer Joe Hisaishi but also a nice surprise for those of us who cry themselves to sleep every night because there’s still no Studio Ghibli film available on Blu-ray Disc.
The bonus feature consists of selection of music videos with scenes taken from some of Hayao Miyazaki’s masterworks (sadly not from Totoro, Laputa and Spirited Away) in HD quality! While these videos have been encoded in 1920×1080i and sometimes show compression artifacts and edge enhancement effects (especially Kiki), they are the closest thing to a Blu-ray Disc preview for Studio Ghibli films we currently have. So this is what we can at least expect quality wise for next year when the studio starts to »
- Ulrik
The Motion/Captured Review: Miyazaki's magical 'Ponyo'
29 June 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
My introduction to the work of Hayao Miyazaki was a crash course right around the time Miramax was getting ready to release "Princess Mononoke" here in the Us. One of the regular contributors to AICN, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, was a raving Miyazaki lunatic, and he had spent months trying to talk Miramax into letting AICN have one of the one-on-one interview spots when Miyazaki came to La. He finally talked them into it... and then couldn't make it to La for the interview. He was gutted, and I still feel bad about it. He really should have been the one to sit... »
Trailer Park: Spreading, Bending and Breaking
27 June 2009 5:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Richard Kelly didn't exactly set the world on fire with Southland Tales, but his previous film Donnie Darko is one of my favorite movies of all time and I'm hoping this new film is more along those lines. Based on a short story by Richard Matheson, The Box stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple whose financial problems can be cleared up quite simply. If they press the button on a mysterious box then they will be given a million dollars but someone they don't know will die. Sounds like a classic Twilight Zone moral dilemma, and Matheson did pen a few episodes of the series. We can find out what's in the box on October 30.
I really like the look of this animated feature since it doesn't look like Disney's typical work (they're releasing it here in the States) and it looks kind of »
- Matt Bradshaw
Top Ten: Pixar
31 May 2009 2:50 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
tuesday thursday top ten: for the listmaker in me and the listlover in you
What follows is a reworking of a post originally published in 2007. It's two years later and you know what that means: Pixar has given us two more classics. Up brings their feature film count to ten. You know what Ten means: Top Ten Time!
Pixar by Preference
Cars (John Lasseter, 2006) 117 min.
Pixar's only dud. Chief among its problems: the anthropomorphics were forced. Let me get this straight: Cars as bugs on windshields of cars as cars who act like humans and they even sleep in hotels for cars -- What? What? It's not quite Shark Tale in the realm of painful "they're just like us!" pandering but it's not 'good' either. I would give it a second chance except it's also Pixar's longest feature... too long by about 23 minutes. Thankfully, they seem to have reversed their bloated running time trending. »
- NATHANIEL R
Images And Poster From Miyazaki's Ponyo
12 May 2009 3:29 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
You don't have to care about anime to be excited about a new Miyazaki movie. The Japanese director responsible for Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle has earned legions of fans all over the globe with his lyrical animation and touching stories, and now his latest film, Ponyo, will be distributed by Disney to hopefully find even larger American audiences. The poster for Ponyo has been floating around the Internet for a bit, but we've got it for you below in case you missed it, along with two brand-new stills from the movie. Ponyo, which comes out August 14 with a dubbed voice cast including Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey and others, is about a goldfish named Ponyo, the five-year-old boy who discovers her on her journey to become human, and the journeys they have together from there. You know you're intrigued. Take a look at the images below. »
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