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Studio Ghilbi's PonyoAnimation80%Story82%2016-05-1581%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (4 Votes)90%

I feel oddly unsure of my status as a reasonable adult for having enjoyed this film so much but that’s not going to stop me from giving a review on it. Ponyo!

The movie was awesome and if I was the only person over 3 feet in the theatre when I went to go see it then fine. I hold my head high in pride. Unlike a lot of English dubbed movies out there Ponyo was actually done very well. At no point did I cringe a little in my soul and wish for the Japanese voice talents along with some good subtitles.

Ponyo on the Cliff is about a fish named Brunhilda who lives in an underwater aquarium in her father’s castle along with hundreds of her little sisters. When her father takes them on a trip to...

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.

August is going to be a fairly original month, come to think of it. While the top dogs of the next 30-days all crib from some other source, (District 9 excluded), there’s a fair amount of fresh writing sneaking into multiplexes to round off the summer. For example, you’ve got Paper Heart, Shorts (another kid’s movie from Robert Rodriguez, who has both Planet Terror and Spy Kids on his resume), Ponyo, the animated film from the beloved Hayao Miyazaki, Cold Souls, and even the bubbly looking Post Grad.

But fear not, for those who still want a few more servings of that summer popcorn movie glory will have plenty to choose from. The G.I Joe movie is finally coming out this Friday, a sequel to Rob Zombie’s Halloween is due at the end of the month, and beach reading is getting a trip to the movies...

    See the first poster from Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo" (a.k.a. "Gake no ue no Ponyo") helmed and written by Hayao Miyazaki.   The animated family adventure first came out in Japan last year and will see limited areas on the 14th of August on U.S. soil.   Japanese language cast includes Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Jôji Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yuki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima, Akiko Yano and Shinichi Hatori. The English cast stars Cate Blanchett, Noah Lindsey Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Madison Davenport, Cloris Leachman, Frankie Jonas, Lily Tomlin and Betty White.  ...

See the first poster from Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo" (a.k.a. "Gake no ue no Ponyo") helmed and written by Hayao Miyazaki. The animated family adventure first came out in Japan last year and will see limited areas on the 14th of August on U.S. soil. Japanese language cast includes Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Jôji Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yuki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima, Akiko Yano and Shinichi Hatori. The English cast stars Cate Blanchett, Noah Lindsey Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Madison Davenport, Cloris Leachman, Frankie Jonas, Lily Tomlin and Betty White.

See the first poster from Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo" (a.k.a. "Gake no ue no Ponyo") helmed and written by Hayao Miyazaki. The animated family adventure first came out in Japan last year and will see limited areas on the 14th of August on U.S. soil. Japanese language cast includes Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Jôji Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yuki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima, Akiko Yano and Shinichi Hatori. The English cast stars Cate Blanchett, Noah Lindsey Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Madison Davenport, Cloris Leachman, Frankie Jonas, Lily Tomlin and Betty White.