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Ponyo

January 01, 1970

This article is about the Japanese animated film. For other uses, see Ponyo (disambiguation).

Ponyo (Japanese: 崖の上のポニョ, Hepburn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, lit. 'Ponyo on the Cliff')[a] is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi, and distributed by Toho. The film stars Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima, Yūki Amami, George Tokoro, Rumi Hiiragi, Akiko Yano, Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Tomoko Naraoka. It is the eighth film Miyazaki directed for Studio Ghibli, and his tenth overall. The film tells the story of Ponyo, a goldfish who escapes from the ocean and is helped by a five-year-old human boy, Sōsuke, after she is washed ashore while trapped in a glass jar. As they bond with each other, Ponyo desires to become a human girl, against the devastating circumstances brought about by her acquisition and use of magic.

Ponyo
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji崖の上のポニョ
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGake no Ue no Ponyo
Directed byHayao Miyazaki
Written byHayao Miyazaki
Produced byToshio Suzuki
Starring
CinematographyAtsushi Okui
Edited byTakeshi Seyama
Music byJoe Hisaishi
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 19, 2008 (2008-07-19)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥3.4 billion
(US$34 million)
Box officeUS$204.8 million[2]

The film was originally released in Japan on July 19, 2008, by distributor Toho. It was a major commercial success, grossing over $204 million worldwide and becoming the eighth-highest-grossing anime film of all time. It received critical acclaim for its uplifting themes, visual design, and simultaneous appeal towards young children and all audiences.

An English-language version of the film was released on August 14, 2009, to 927 theatres across the U.S., the widest opening for a Studio Ghibli film in the U.S. It was produced by The Kennedy/Marshall Company and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Plot edit

Fujimoto, a wizard who was once a human, lives underwater with his daughter Brunhilde and her numerous smaller sisters, who are goldfish-like creatures with human faces. While she and her siblings are on an outing with their father in his four-flippered submarine, Brunhilde sneaks off and floats away on the back of a jellyfish. After an encounter with a fishing trawler, she becomes trapped in a glass jar and drifts to the shore of a small fishing town where she is rescued by a five-year-old boy named Sōsuke. While shattering the jar with a rock, Sōsuke cuts his finger. Brunhilde licks his blood, healing the wound almost instantly. Sōsuke names her Ponyo and promises to protect her. Meanwhile, a distraught Fujimoto searches frantically for his lost daughter whom he believes to have been kidnapped. He calls his wave spirits to recover her, leaving Sōsuke heartbroken and confused by what happened.

Ponyo refuses to let her father call her by her birth name, declaring her desire to be a human named Ponyo. She magically begins changing into a human, a power granted to her by Sōsuke's human blood that she licked. Fujimoto forces her back into her true form and leaves to summon Ponyo's mother, Gran Mamare. Meanwhile, Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father and inadvertently uses his magic to make herself human. The huge amount of magic that she releases into the ocean causes an imbalance in nature, resulting in a tsunami. Ponyo goes back to Sōsuke, who is amazed and overjoyed to see her. His mother, Lisa, allows her to stay at their house. Lisa leaves after the tsunami subsides to check up on the residents of the nursing home where she works, promising Sōsuke that she will return home as soon as possible.

Gran Mamare arrives at Fujimoto's submarine. Sōsuke's father, Kōichi, sees her traveling and recognizes her as the Goddess of Mercy. Fujimoto notices the moon appears to be falling out of its orbit and satellites are falling like shooting stars, symptoms of the dangerous imbalance of nature that now exists. Gran Mamare reassures him, and declares that if Sōsuke can pass a test, Ponyo can live as a human and the balance of nature will be restored. Fujimoto, still worried, reminds her that if Sōsuke fails the test, Ponyo will turn into sea foam.

The next day, Sōsuke and Ponyo find that most of the land around the house has been covered by the ocean. Since it is impossible for Lisa to come home, the two decide to find her. With Ponyo's magic, they make Sōsuke's pop pop boat bigger to traverse the waters, seeing marine life from the Late Devonian period and more people on boats. When they reach the forest, however, Ponyo tires and falls asleep, and the boat slowly reverts back to its original size. Sōsuke drags Ponyo to the shore, where he finds Lisa's abandoned car. As they continue walking, Ponyo mysteriously reverts to her fish form. Meanwhile, Lisa and the residents of the nursing home are temporarily able to breathe water because of Gran Mamare. Ponyo and Sōsuke encounter Fujimoto, who warns the boy on the imbalance of nature, begs him to return Ponyo to him. Despite their attempt to flee, they are captured, and Fujimoto takes them down to the protected nursing home.

Sōsuke reunites with Lisa and meets Gran Mamare, with whom Lisa has just had a long private conversation. Gran Mamare asks him if he can love Ponyo whether she is a fish or human; Sōsuke confirms that he does. She then tells her daughter that if she chooses to become human once and for all, she will have to give up her magical powers. Ponyo agrees, and she is encased in a bubble given to Sōsuke, who is instructed to kiss it to complete Ponyo's transformation, as the balance of nature is restored. The previously stranded ships head back to port. Fujimoto respects his daughter's choice, having decided he can trust Sōsuke. Ponyo then joyfully jumps high in the air and kisses Sōsuke, completing her transformation as a human.

Cast edit

Character name Japanese voice actor[5] English voice actor[6]
Ponyo (ポニョ) Yuuri Nara Noah Cyrus
Sōsuke (宗介) Hiroki Doi [ja] Frankie Jonas
Lisa (リサ, Risa) Tomoko Yamaguchi Tina Fey
Kōichi (耕一) Kazushige Nagashima Matt Damon
Gran Mamare (グランマンマーレ, Guran Manmāre) Yūki Amami Cate Blanchett
Fujimoto (フジモト) George Tokoro Liam Neeson
Ponyo's sisters Akiko Yano
Toki (トキ) Kazuko Yoshiyuki Cloris Leachman
Yoshie (ヨシエ) Tomoko Naraoka Betty White
Kumiko (クミコ) Emi Hiraoka Lily Tomlin

Production edit

Development edit

 
The setting for Ponyo was inspired by the real-life town of Tomonoura in Japan.

Hayao Miyazaki, the film's director and writer, was prompted to create Ponyo after producer Toshio Suzuki suggested he make a film aimed at children, noting the success of Howl's Moving Castle (2004).[7] The film would be created from a mixture of real-world and fictional influences, combined with a desire to implement new art and animation approaches developed by other Studio Ghibli staff in a feature-length film.[8] In 2004 and 2005, Miyazaki spent time in Tomonoura, a seaside town in Setonaikai National Park, where he familiarised himself with its community and environment. His experience in Tomonoura established the kind of setting he wanted for his next film.[9][10] During his time there, he read the complete works of Natsume Sōseki. He took particular interest in The Gate, a book involving a character named Sōsuke who lived at the bottom of a cliff. This provided him more concrete ideas for characters and settings.[11] Initially, Miyazaki solely considered the concept of a film that would depict a stormy sea with "waves higher than the house on a hillside". He later created the character Ponyo, a name he thought of as an onomatopoeia of what "soft, squishy softness" feels like when touched.[12] Miyazaki recalled that as a nine-year-old he borrowed a copy of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" from his neighbour, and that while he was reading it, he had difficulty accepting its premise that its protagonist did not have a soul.[13]

When preparing pre-production materials, Miyazaki hit a creative block before visiting the Tate Britain art museum, where he found himself startled by an 1852 painting named Ophelia done by English painter John Everett Millais and its attention to detail. He remarked, "I thought, my work is shoddy compared to those artists. I was just astonished. At that point, it became clear to me. Our animation style could not go on as before."[14] At the time Katsuya Kondō, Miyazaki's colleague, had been the animation director of House Hunting (2006), a 12-minute short film made for screening at the Ghibli Museum. The short used solid and simple lines, and largely used hand-drawn animation. During the production of the short, Kondō had discussed the possibility of producing a feature-length film like this. Kondō accepted an offer to work on the next Studio Ghibli feature film soon after completing the short, identifying an opportunity to progress the ideas behind House Hunting with more consideration to story.[15]

Production of Ponyo began in May 2006. Kondō was given the role of animation supervisor, and worked closely with Miyazaki in outlining a set of goals that defined the direction of the project, including the use of traditional animation throughout production.[8] Borrowing from Kondō's experience in animating House Hunting, Ponyo would use solid and simple lines; in isolating basic animation elements, the film would aim to demonstrate the advantages of hand drawn animation through the depiction of motion that cannot be reproduced in any other medium.[8][15] An example of the simple style is when Miyazaki painted a picture of Ponyo riding on a flock of fish, called "Ponyo is Here", which was inspired by him listening to Ride of the Valkyries while writing a letter to his staff about going with a more elemental style. This would later become a scene in the film.[16] In normal productions, animating a sailing ship would usually involve drawing one cel and sliding it across the frame, which would fix it in a predefined perspective and direction. Miyazaki, however, wanted the ships that appeared in Ponyo to be drawn frame-by-frame.[17] A few previous Studio Ghibli films used computer-generated imagery (CGI), the earliest being Princess Mononoke (1997).[18] For the production of Ponyo however, the computer graphics section at the studio was closed to prioritize hand-drawn animation.[19]

Some elements of the film were inspired by Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre.[20] Ponyo's birth name, Brunhilde, is a deliberate reference to the eldest of the nine legendary Valkyrie and Wagner's Brünnhilde. The music also makes reference to Wagner's opera. The character of Sōsuke is based on Miyazaki's son Gorō Miyazaki when he was five.[21]

Miyazaki wanted his next film to be a sequel to Ponyo, but producer Toshio Suzuki convinced him to make The Wind Rises instead.[22]

Music edit

 
Nozomi Ōhashi, January 2009, who also voices Karen in the original Japanese version

Ponyo's eponymous theme song, "Gake no Ue no Ponyo", was released ahead of the film on December 5, 2007, performed by Fujioka Fujimaki (a duo consisting of Takaaki Fujioka and Naoya Fujimaki who are known for their underground band Marichans from the 1970s) and eight-year-old Nozomi Ōhashi.[23] It entered the top 100 on the Oricon Weekly Charts on July 14, then rose to 24th on July 21, then 6th on July 28, and after the release of the film it ranked 3rd on August 4.[24] By the end of 2008, it was ranked as the 14th highest selling single on the Oricon Yearly Charts. Ōhashi was also the youngest participant in the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, beating Cute's Mai Hagiwara's record at age 11. Afterward, Ōhashi announced her unit with Fujioka Fujimaki was disbanding.[25]

An English-translated pop version of the theme was recorded by Jonas and Cyrus to tie in with the film's English release. The theme plays over the second half of the English version's closing credits; the first half is a translated version of the theme rather than a remix.[26]

The film score of Ponyo was composed by Joe Hisaishi, Miyazaki's regular collaborator. The score album, published on compact disc in Japan by Tokuma Japan Communications,[27] in South Korea by Pony Canyon Korea[28] and throughout Europe by Germany-based label Colosseum,[29] received a great deal of press in the West, including positive reviews from several veteran film music reviewers.[27][30]

Distribution edit

Japan edit

The film was released by Toho on July 19, 2008, in theatres across Japan on 481 screens—a record for a domestic film.[31][32][33][34] As it had beaten Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior (which had opened on the same day). It grossed ¥10 billion ($91 million) in its first month of release,[35] and a total of ¥15.0 billion ($153.1 million) as of November 9, 2008.[36][37]

Tokyo Anime Fair chose Ponyo as Animation of the Year of 2008, as revealed in a press release by Anime News Network.

The film was released on VHS and DVD by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on July 3, 2009, and on Blu-ray on December 8, 2009.[38] Ponyo was the last Studio Ghibli film and last anime as a whole to be released on VHS, and the first Studio Ghibli film to be released on Blu-ray, although several Ghibli documentaries had been released on the format by Disney Japan prior to the release.[39]

International edit

 
American poster for Ponyo

Ponyo was released in the U.S. and Canada on August 14, 2009, by Walt Disney Pictures and The Kennedy/Marshall Company, opening at a wide release at 927 theaters across America, which is by far the widest release for a Studio Ghibli film ever in the U.S, as compared to other Miyazaki films (Spirited Away opened in 26 theaters, Howl's Moving Castle opened in 36 theaters, and Princess Mononoke opened in 38 theaters).[40]

The film's English dub was directed by John Lasseter, Brad Lewis and Peter Sohn of Pixar and produced by Frank Marshall, Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter, Steve Alpert, and Kathleen Kennedy; the English script was written by Melissa Mathison.[41][42]

In July 2009, there were multiple pre-screenings of the film in California. Miyazaki traveled to America to promote this film by speaking at the University of California, Berkeley, and the San Diego Comic-Con.[43]

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and Blu-ray on March 2, 2010, as the first film produced by Ghibli or directed by either Miyazaki or Takahata to be released on Blu-ray in America.[44][45] GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on October 17, 2017, under a new deal with Studio Ghibli.[46]

Ponyo was released in Southeast Asia on January 1, 2009.[4]

The film was re-released from March 25 to 28, 2018, for its 10th anniversary.[47]

Reception edit

Box office edit

On its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, it made $3,585,852 on 927 screens, which is a per screen average of $3,868.[2] It also opened at number nine at the United States and Canada box office.[2] The film made a total of $15,743,471 in the United States and Canada and $187,461,411 in other countries for a worldwide total of $203,204,882.[2] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as a DVD/Plush Toy pack, on March 2, 2010.

Critical response edit

Ponyo received critical acclaim.[b] Rotten Tomatoes compiled 174 reviews and determined that 91% were positive, with an average score of 7.6/10. The critics consensus on the website states, "While not Miyazaki's best film, Ponyo is a visually stunning fairy tale that's a sweetly poetic treat for children and Miyazaki fans of all ages."[55] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on 29 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[56]

The Japan Times gave the film four out of five stars, praised its simple thematic elements and its visual scheme, and compared the film to Miyazaki's classic animation My Neighbor Totoro.[57]

Anime Diet cited the quality of the translation, noting, "The story and the core of the film was communicated more than adequately through the professional dub and it did not get in the way of the sheer delight and joy that Miyazaki wanted to convey." Citing "slight pacing problems," it gave Ponyo a rating of 88%.[58]

Critics at the Venice International Film Festival generally had high praise.[59][60] Wendy Ide of The Times said Ponyo "is as chaotic and exuberant as a story told by a hyperactive toddler," and gave it 4 stars out of 5.[61] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars, stating that, "There is a word to describe Ponyo, 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."[62]

Awards edit

The film was rated #2 on Dentsu's list of "2008 Hit Products in Japan", after the Wii console.[63]

Ponyo was an entrant in the 65th Venice International Film Festival.[64] It received a special mention in the Bologna Future Film Festival, for "the high artistic and expressive quality of animation able to give form to wonderful imagination of the worldwide cinema master".[65]

In 2009, Ponyo won five awards at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards. The awards included "Anime of the year" and "Best domestic feature". Miyazaki received the award for best director and best original story, and Noboru Yoshida received the award for best art direction.[66]

The film won the awards for Animation of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Music at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize.[67]

See also edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Early press information gave the English title of the film as Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea[3][4]
  2. ^ Attributed to multiple references:[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]

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  • Arakawa, Kaku (2019). "Ponyo Is Here". 10 Years With Hayao Miyazaki. Episode 1. NHK.
  • Kanazawa, Makoto (2008). "Interview with Hayao Miyazaki" special feature. Ponyo (Blu-ray). StudioCanal. Interview on June 30, 2008.
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  • Tsuchiya, Toshio (2008). "Interview with Toshio Suzuki" special feature. Ponyo (Blu-ray). StudioCanal. Nippon TV "Dai2" interview on May 21, 2008.

Further reading edit

  • Sotinel, Thomas (March 29, 2011). "Japan's fantasy films act as a buffer against the reality of the natural world". The Guardian Weekly. reprinted from Le Monde. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

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This article is about the Japanese animated film For other uses see Ponyo disambiguation Ponyo Japanese 崖の上のポニョ Hepburn Gake no Ue no Ponyo lit Ponyo on the Cliff a is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki It was animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network Dentsu Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Buena Vista Home Entertainment Mitsubishi and distributed by Toho The film stars Yuria Nara Hiroki Doi Tomoko Yamaguchi Kazushige Nagashima Yuki Amami George Tokoro Rumi Hiiragi Akiko Yano Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Tomoko Naraoka It is the eighth film Miyazaki directed for Studio Ghibli and his tenth overall The film tells the story of Ponyo a goldfish who escapes from the ocean and is helped by a five year old human boy Sōsuke after she is washed ashore while trapped in a glass jar As they bond with each other Ponyo desires to become a human girl against the devastating circumstances brought about by her acquisition and use of magic PonyoTheatrical release posterJapanese nameKanji崖の上のポニョTranscriptionsRevised HepburnGake no Ue no PonyoDirected byHayao MiyazakiWritten byHayao MiyazakiProduced byToshio SuzukiStarringTomoko Yamaguchi Kazushige Nagashima Yuki Amami George Tokoro Yuria Nara Hiroki Doi Rumi Hiiragi Akiko Yano Kazuko Yoshiyuki Tomoko NaraokaCinematographyAtsushi OkuiEdited byTakeshi SeyamaMusic byJoe HisaishiProductioncompanyStudio GhibliDistributed byTohoRelease dateJuly 19 2008 2008 07 19 Running time101 minutes 1 CountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBudget 3 4 billion US 34 million Box officeUS 204 8 million 2 The film was originally released in Japan on July 19 2008 by distributor Toho It was a major commercial success grossing over 204 million worldwide and becoming the eighth highest grossing anime film of all time It received critical acclaim for its uplifting themes visual design and simultaneous appeal towards young children and all audiences An English language version of the film was released on August 14 2009 to 927 theatres across the U S the widest opening for a Studio Ghibli film in the U S It was produced by The Kennedy Marshall Company and released by Walt Disney Pictures Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Music 4 Distribution 4 1 Japan 4 2 International 5 Reception 5 1 Box office 5 2 Critical response 5 3 Awards 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Notes 7 2 Citations 7 3 Bibliography 8 Further reading 9 External linksPlot editFujimoto a wizard who was once a human lives underwater with his daughter Brunhilde and her numerous smaller sisters who are goldfish like creatures with human faces While she and her siblings are on an outing with their father in his four flippered submarine Brunhilde sneaks off and floats away on the back of a jellyfish After an encounter with a fishing trawler she becomes trapped in a glass jar and drifts to the shore of a small fishing town where she is rescued by a five year old boy named Sōsuke While shattering the jar with a rock Sōsuke cuts his finger Brunhilde licks his blood healing the wound almost instantly Sōsuke names her Ponyo and promises to protect her Meanwhile a distraught Fujimoto searches frantically for his lost daughter whom he believes to have been kidnapped He calls his wave spirits to recover her leaving Sōsuke heartbroken and confused by what happened Ponyo refuses to let her father call her by her birth name declaring her desire to be a human named Ponyo She magically begins changing into a human a power granted to her by Sōsuke s human blood that she licked Fujimoto forces her back into her true form and leaves to summon Ponyo s mother Gran Mamare Meanwhile Ponyo with the help of her sisters breaks away from her father and inadvertently uses his magic to make herself human The huge amount of magic that she releases into the ocean causes an imbalance in nature resulting in a tsunami Ponyo goes back to Sōsuke who is amazed and overjoyed to see her His mother Lisa allows her to stay at their house Lisa leaves after the tsunami subsides to check up on the residents of the nursing home where she works promising Sōsuke that she will return home as soon as possible Gran Mamare arrives at Fujimoto s submarine Sōsuke s father Kōichi sees her traveling and recognizes her as the Goddess of Mercy Fujimoto notices the moon appears to be falling out of its orbit and satellites are falling like shooting stars symptoms of the dangerous imbalance of nature that now exists Gran Mamare reassures him and declares that if Sōsuke can pass a test Ponyo can live as a human and the balance of nature will be restored Fujimoto still worried reminds her that if Sōsuke fails the test Ponyo will turn into sea foam The next day Sōsuke and Ponyo find that most of the land around the house has been covered by the ocean Since it is impossible for Lisa to come home the two decide to find her With Ponyo s magic they make Sōsuke s pop pop boat bigger to traverse the waters seeing marine life from the Late Devonian period and more people on boats When they reach the forest however Ponyo tires and falls asleep and the boat slowly reverts back to its original size Sōsuke drags Ponyo to the shore where he finds Lisa s abandoned car As they continue walking Ponyo mysteriously reverts to her fish form Meanwhile Lisa and the residents of the nursing home are temporarily able to breathe water because of Gran Mamare Ponyo and Sōsuke encounter Fujimoto who warns the boy on the imbalance of nature begs him to return Ponyo to him Despite their attempt to flee they are captured and Fujimoto takes them down to the protected nursing home Sōsuke reunites with Lisa and meets Gran Mamare with whom Lisa has just had a long private conversation Gran Mamare asks him if he can love Ponyo whether she is a fish or human Sōsuke confirms that he does She then tells her daughter that if she chooses to become human once and for all she will have to give up her magical powers Ponyo agrees and she is encased in a bubble given to Sōsuke who is instructed to kiss it to complete Ponyo s transformation as the balance of nature is restored The previously stranded ships head back to port Fujimoto respects his daughter s choice having decided he can trust Sōsuke Ponyo then joyfully jumps high in the air and kisses Sōsuke completing her transformation as a human Cast editCharacter name Japanese voice actor 5 English voice actor 6 Ponyo ポニョ Yuuri Nara Noah Cyrus Sōsuke 宗介 Hiroki Doi ja Frankie Jonas Lisa リサ Risa Tomoko Yamaguchi Tina Fey Kōichi 耕一 Kazushige Nagashima Matt Damon Gran Mamare グランマンマーレ Guran Manmare Yuki Amami Cate Blanchett Fujimoto フジモト George Tokoro Liam Neeson Ponyo s sisters Akiko Yano Toki トキ Kazuko Yoshiyuki Cloris Leachman Yoshie ヨシエ Tomoko Naraoka Betty White Kumiko クミコ Emi Hiraoka Lily TomlinProduction editDevelopment edit nbsp The setting for Ponyo was inspired by the real life town of Tomonoura in Japan Hayao Miyazaki the film s director and writer was prompted to create Ponyo after producer Toshio Suzuki suggested he make a film aimed at children noting the success of Howl s Moving Castle 2004 7 The film would be created from a mixture of real world and fictional influences combined with a desire to implement new art and animation approaches developed by other Studio Ghibli staff in a feature length film 8 In 2004 and 2005 Miyazaki spent time in Tomonoura a seaside town in Setonaikai National Park where he familiarised himself with its community and environment His experience in Tomonoura established the kind of setting he wanted for his next film 9 10 During his time there he read the complete works of Natsume Sōseki He took particular interest in The Gate a book involving a character named Sōsuke who lived at the bottom of a cliff This provided him more concrete ideas for characters and settings 11 Initially Miyazaki solely considered the concept of a film that would depict a stormy sea with waves higher than the house on a hillside He later created the character Ponyo a name he thought of as an onomatopoeia of what soft squishy softness feels like when touched 12 Miyazaki recalled that as a nine year old he borrowed a copy of Hans Christian Andersen s The Little Mermaid from his neighbour and that while he was reading it he had difficulty accepting its premise that its protagonist did not have a soul 13 When preparing pre production materials Miyazaki hit a creative block before visiting the Tate Britain art museum where he found himself startled by an 1852 painting named Ophelia done by English painter John Everett Millais and its attention to detail He remarked I thought my work is shoddy compared to those artists I was just astonished At that point it became clear to me Our animation style could not go on as before 14 At the time Katsuya Kondō Miyazaki s colleague had been the animation director of House Hunting 2006 a 12 minute short film made for screening at the Ghibli Museum The short used solid and simple lines and largely used hand drawn animation During the production of the short Kondō had discussed the possibility of producing a feature length film like this Kondō accepted an offer to work on the next Studio Ghibli feature film soon after completing the short identifying an opportunity to progress the ideas behind House Hunting with more consideration to story 15 Production of Ponyo began in May 2006 Kondō was given the role of animation supervisor and worked closely with Miyazaki in outlining a set of goals that defined the direction of the project including the use of traditional animation throughout production 8 Borrowing from Kondō s experience in animating House Hunting Ponyo would use solid and simple lines in isolating basic animation elements the film would aim to demonstrate the advantages of hand drawn animation through the depiction of motion that cannot be reproduced in any other medium 8 15 An example of the simple style is when Miyazaki painted a picture of Ponyo riding on a flock of fish called Ponyo is Here which was inspired by him listening to Ride of the Valkyries while writing a letter to his staff about going with a more elemental style This would later become a scene in the film 16 In normal productions animating a sailing ship would usually involve drawing one cel and sliding it across the frame which would fix it in a predefined perspective and direction Miyazaki however wanted the ships that appeared in Ponyo to be drawn frame by frame 17 A few previous Studio Ghibli films used computer generated imagery CGI the earliest being Princess Mononoke 1997 18 For the production of Ponyo however the computer graphics section at the studio was closed to prioritize hand drawn animation 19 Some elements of the film were inspired by Richard Wagner s opera Die Walkure 20 Ponyo s birth name Brunhilde is a deliberate reference to the eldest of the nine legendary Valkyrie and Wagner s Brunnhilde The music also makes reference to Wagner s opera The character of Sōsuke is based on Miyazaki s son Gorō Miyazaki when he was five 21 Miyazaki wanted his next film to be a sequel to Ponyo but producer Toshio Suzuki convinced him to make The Wind Rises instead 22 Music edit nbsp Nozomi Ōhashi January 2009 who also voices Karen in the original Japanese version Ponyo s eponymous theme song Gake no Ue no Ponyo was released ahead of the film on December 5 2007 performed by Fujioka Fujimaki a duo consisting of Takaaki Fujioka and Naoya Fujimaki who are known for their underground band Marichans from the 1970s and eight year old Nozomi Ōhashi 23 It entered the top 100 on the Oricon Weekly Charts on July 14 then rose to 24th on July 21 then 6th on July 28 and after the release of the film it ranked 3rd on August 4 24 By the end of 2008 it was ranked as the 14th highest selling single on the Oricon Yearly Charts Ōhashi was also the youngest participant in the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen beating Cute s Mai Hagiwara s record at age 11 Afterward Ōhashi announced her unit with Fujioka Fujimaki was disbanding 25 An English translated pop version of the theme was recorded by Jonas and Cyrus to tie in with the film s English release The theme plays over the second half of the English version s closing credits the first half is a translated version of the theme rather than a remix 26 The film score of Ponyo was composed by Joe Hisaishi Miyazaki s regular collaborator The score album published on compact disc in Japan by Tokuma Japan Communications 27 in South Korea by Pony Canyon Korea 28 and throughout Europe by Germany based label Colosseum 29 received a great deal of press in the West including positive reviews from several veteran film music reviewers 27 30 Distribution editJapan edit The film was released by Toho on July 19 2008 in theatres across Japan on 481 screens a record for a domestic film 31 32 33 34 As it had beaten Pokemon Giratina amp the Sky Warrior which had opened on the same day It grossed 10 billion 91 million in its first month of release 35 and a total of 15 0 billion 153 1 million as of November 9 2008 36 37 Tokyo Anime Fair chose Ponyo as Animation of the Year of 2008 as revealed in a press release by Anime News Network The film was released on VHS and DVD by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on July 3 2009 and on Blu ray on December 8 2009 38 Ponyo was the last Studio Ghibli film and last anime as a whole to be released on VHS and the first Studio Ghibli film to be released on Blu ray although several Ghibli documentaries had been released on the format by Disney Japan prior to the release 39 International edit nbsp American poster for Ponyo Ponyo was released in the U S and Canada on August 14 2009 by Walt Disney Pictures and The Kennedy Marshall Company opening at a wide release at 927 theaters across America which is by far the widest release for a Studio Ghibli film ever in the U S as compared to other Miyazaki films Spirited Away opened in 26 theaters Howl s Moving Castle opened in 36 theaters and Princess Mononoke opened in 38 theaters 40 The film s English dub was directed by John Lasseter Brad Lewis and Peter Sohn of Pixar and produced by Frank Marshall Hayao Miyazaki John Lasseter Steve Alpert and Kathleen Kennedy the English script was written by Melissa Mathison 41 42 In July 2009 there were multiple pre screenings of the film in California Miyazaki traveled to America to promote this film by speaking at the University of California Berkeley and the San Diego Comic Con 43 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and Blu ray on March 2 2010 as the first film produced by Ghibli or directed by either Miyazaki or Takahata to be released on Blu ray in America 44 45 GKIDS re issued the film on Blu ray and DVD on October 17 2017 under a new deal with Studio Ghibli 46 Ponyo was released in Southeast Asia on January 1 2009 4 The film was re released from March 25 to 28 2018 for its 10th anniversary 47 Reception editBox office edit On its opening weekend in the United States and Canada it made 3 585 852 on 927 screens which is a per screen average of 3 868 2 It also opened at number nine at the United States and Canada box office 2 The film made a total of 15 743 471 in the United States and Canada and 187 461 411 in other countries for a worldwide total of 203 204 882 2 It was released on DVD and Blu ray as well as a DVD Plush Toy pack on March 2 2010 Critical response edit Ponyo received critical acclaim b Rotten Tomatoes compiled 174 reviews and determined that 91 were positive with an average score of 7 6 10 The critics consensus on the website states While not Miyazaki s best film Ponyo is a visually stunning fairy tale that s a sweetly poetic treat for children and Miyazaki fans of all ages 55 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 based on 29 reviews indicating universal acclaim 56 The Japan Times gave the film four out of five stars praised its simple thematic elements and its visual scheme and compared the film to Miyazaki s classic animation My Neighbor Totoro 57 Anime Diet cited the quality of the translation noting The story and the core of the film was communicated more than adequately through the professional dub and it did not get in the way of the sheer delight and joy that Miyazaki wanted to convey Citing slight pacing problems it gave Ponyo a rating of 88 58 Critics at the Venice International Film Festival generally had high praise 59 60 Wendy Ide of The Times said Ponyo is as chaotic and exuberant as a story told by a hyperactive toddler and gave it 4 stars out of 5 61 Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film four out of four stars stating that There is a word to describe Ponyo 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 62 Awards edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it July 2023 The film was rated 2 on Dentsu s list of 2008 Hit Products in Japan after the Wii console 63 Ponyo was an entrant in the 65th Venice International Film Festival 64 It received a special mention in the Bologna Future Film Festival for the high artistic and expressive quality of animation able to give form to wonderful imagination of the worldwide cinema master 65 In 2009 Ponyo won five awards at the 8th annual Tokyo Anime Awards The awards included Anime of the year and Best domestic feature Miyazaki received the award for best director and best original story and Noboru Yoshida received the award for best art direction 66 The film won the awards for Animation of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Music at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize 67 See also editTomonoura Sōsuke s home townReferences editNotes edit Early press information gave the English title of the film as Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 3 4 Attributed to multiple references 48 49 50 51 52 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