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Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer

Original title: Gake no ue no Ponyo
  • 2008
  • 0
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
163K
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Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
The story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo (voiced by Noah Cyrus) and her quest to become human.
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A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

  • Director
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writers
    • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Melissa Mathison
  • Stars
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Matt Damon
    • Liam Neeson
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    163K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,434
    16
    • Director
      • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Writers
      • Hayao Miyazaki
      • Melissa Mathison
    • Stars
      • Cate Blanchett
      • Matt Damon
      • Liam Neeson
    • 251User reviews
    • 165Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 20 nominations

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    Ponyo - "Fish Out of Water"
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    Photos254

    Cate Blanchett and Yûki Amami in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Akiko Yano, Noah Cyrus, and Yuria Nara in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Akiko Yano, Noah Cyrus, and Yuria Nara in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Hiroki Doi, and Yuria Nara in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Frankie Jonas and Hiroki Doi in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Frankie Jonas and Hiroki Doi in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Akiko Yano, Noah Cyrus, and Yuria Nara in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Liam Neeson and George Tokoro in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Akiko Yano, Noah Cyrus, and Yuria Nara in Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)
    Ponyo: Das grosse Abenteuer am Meer (2008)

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    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Gran Mamare
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Kôichi
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Liam Neeson
    Liam Neeson
    • Fujimoto
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Tomoko Yamaguchi
    • Risa
    • (voice)
    Kazushige Nagashima
    • Kôichi
    • (voice)
    Yûki Amami
    Yûki Amami
    • Granmamare
    • (voice)
    George Tokoro
    • Fujimoto
    • (voice)
    Yuria Nara
    • Ponyo
    • (voice)
    Hiroki Doi
    • Sôsuke
    • (voice)
    Rumi Hiiragi
    Rumi Hiiragi
    • Fujin
    • (voice)
    Akiko Yano
    • Ponyo no imôto-tachi
    • (voice)
    Kazuko Yoshiyuki
    Kazuko Yoshiyuki
    • Toki
    • (voice)
    Tomoko Naraoka
    Tomoko Naraoka
    • Yoshie
    • (voice)
    Shin'ichi Hatori
    • The Newscaster
    • (voice)
    Tokie Hidari
    • Kayo
    • (voice)
    Eimi Hiraoka
    • Kumiko
    • (voice)
    Nozomi Ohashi
    • Karen
    • (voice)
    Akihiko Ishizumi
      • Director
        • Hayao Miyazaki
      • Writers
        • Hayao Miyazaki
        • Melissa Mathison
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      • Trivia
        The opening twelve seconds, involving vast schools of fish and undersea creatures, required 1,613 pages of conceptual sketches to develop.
      • Goofs
        In the English dubbed version, when Ponyo and Sosuke come across the Devonian-era fish while riding in the toy boat, Ponyo incorrectly calls one of them a Bothriocephalus. The correct name for that specific fish is Bothriolepis. Bothriocephalus is actually the name of a genus of tapeworm.
      • Quotes

        Ponyo: Ponyo wants ham!

      • Alternate versions
        The Japanese theatrical release had the Toho logo at the start of the movie (Toho was the distributor for this release). The U.S. theatrical release removes the Toho logo and replaces it with the 2006 Disney logo, followed by the Studio Ghibli logo. All other international theatrical versions have the film simply beginning with the Studio Ghibli logo.
      • Connections
        Edited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)
      • Soundtracks
        Gake no ue no Ponyo
        (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea)

        Lyrics by Katsuya Kondô & Hayao Miyazaki

        Composed by Joe Hisaishi

        Arranged by Joe Hisaishi

        Japanese version performed by Takaaki Fujioka (as Fujioka) Naoya Fujimaki (as Fujimaki) & Nozomi Ohashi

        English version performed by Noah Cyrus (as Noah Cyrus) & Frankie Jonas

        Courtesy of Yamaha Music Communications

      User reviews251

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      8/10
      Fish be with you
      Like the 5-year old protagonists of his latest opus, Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo" enchants with its unbridled innocence as though the anime-meister has become a child himself in weaving a narrative that relishes in its simplicity and emits an infectious charm in the process. Miyazaki, recalling his earlier works, paints a brightly-colored world obviously geared for the younger audiences and the raw effervescence gleefully strips off the grim thematic elements that distinguish its immediate predecessors.

      Ponyo (voiced lovably by Yuria Nara), a fish with a young girl's face (making her look like a cuddly child in a pink overgrown Halloween costume), escapes away from her underwater home and her school of siblings to explore the surface. Stranded ashore, she is rescued by Sosuke (Hiroki Doi), a five-year old boy who, along with his mom Risa (Tomoko Yamaguchi), resides in a house on the nearby cliff. This initial encounter and, eventually, friendship, has a profound effect on Ponyo who now wishes to become human, but by becoming so inadvertently tips nature's balance and unleashes a maelstrom on land. With Sosuke's help, Ponyo must pass a test to lift this curse and completely become a human.

      Despite the plot lacking the philosophical sophistication of, say, his most recent "Spirited Away," "Ponyo" is nothing short of an astounding follow-up, characterized by the extremely diligent attention to detail and masterful balancing of the real and the fantastic, and of the simple joys and great fears. It's a straightforward tale that, though at times stalled by its tendency to ramble like a toddler, keeps in tune with its youthful pedigree to magically enthrall. "I will protect you," Sosuke tells Ponyo matter-of-factly, a childlike assertion not unlike the manner in which Miyazaki endows his story with artful spirit.
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      • Jul 7, 2009

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      • In the movie, Ponyo is called Brunhilda by her father. What does that mean?
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      Details

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      • Release date
        • September 16, 2010 (Germany)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Official sites
        • Disney (United States)
        • Official Facebook
      • Languages
        • English
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • Ponyo das verzauberte Goldfischmädchen
      • Production companies
        • Studio Ghibli
        • Nippon Television Network (NTV)
        • Dentsu
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      Box office

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      • Budget
        • $34,000,000 (estimated)
      • Gross US & Canada
        • $15,743,471
      • Opening weekend US & Canada
        • $3,585,852
        • Aug 16, 2009
      • Gross worldwide
        • $205,113,519
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 41 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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