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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Hayao Miyazaki (written by)
Release Date:
14 August 2009 (USA)
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Tagline:
Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible.
Plot:
An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
5 Year Old
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Sea Goddess
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Cliff
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Love
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Becoming Human
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Awards:
6 wins
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3 nominations
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(166 articles)
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User Comments:
Great movie for kids but something was missing
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Yuria Nara | ... | Ponyo (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Hiroki Doi | ... | Sosuke (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Jôji Tokoro | ... | Fujimoto (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Tomoko Yamaguchi | ... | Risa (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Yûki Amami | ... | Guranmamare (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Kazushige Nagashima | ... | Kôichi (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Akiko Yano | ... | Ponyo no kyôdai (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Shinichi Hatori | ... | Anchorman (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Tokie Hidari | ... | Kayo (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Eimi Hiraoka | ... | Kumiko (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Rumi Hîragi | ... | Young Mother (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Tomoko Naraoka | ... | Yoshie (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Nozomi Ohashi | ... | Karen (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Kazuko Yoshiyuki | ... | Toki (voice: Japanese Version) |
| Akihiko Ishizumi | ... | (voice: Japanese Version) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Ponyo (USA)
Ponyo on the Cliff (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Australia)
Untitled Hayao Miyazaki Project (International: English title) (working title)
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Ponyo on the Cliff (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Australia)
Untitled Hayao Miyazaki Project (International: English title) (working title)
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Runtime:
103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:All |
Hong Kong:I |
Singapore:G |
Taiwan:GP |
Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) |
Netherlands:AL |
Belgium:KT |
USA:G (certificate #45429) |
Argentina:Atp |
Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) |
Portugal:M/6 (subtitled version) |
Canada:G (all jurisdictions) |
Australia:G |
Mexico:A |
New Zealand:G |
Sweden:7 |
Ireland:G
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The film uses a watercolor and pastel like animation style.
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Movie Connections:
References Tonari no Totoro (1988)
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Soundtrack:
Umi no o-kaasan
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As a long-time fan of Studio Ghibli and especially Hayao Miyazaki films, I went to the film right on the opening day. When I went out of the theater I had this strange feeling that something was missing, this "magical" feeling I was experiencing in all Miyazaki films before, but I couldn't say why it failed this time. After I thought about the other Ghibli movies, I may know the reason: this film had most of the elements of a great Miyazaki anime: cute characters, wonderful key animation, a great soundtrack composed by Joe Hisaishi and the warm story telling giving you the feeling of watching a high quality Japanese animation film. However, two elements were lacking: a deep story and dramaturgy. The purpose of this film was obviously to entertain small children with a simple story line as in case of "Totoro", so a complicated story as been told in "Spirited Away" or "Princess Mononoke" is not really necessary, but on the other hand, this story was simply too superficial. I could not connect to the main characters, because there was no character development, dramatic scenes were only limited and did not last very long. I really hate to give only 7 stars for a Miyazaki film, because I would give 10 stars to all previous movies right away, but this time it was simply not this wonderful "ghibli experience".