Ponyo

Advantages: The usual Studio Ghibli goodness - sweet characters, awesome animation
Disadvantages: Rushed ending

...Hayao Miyazaki is back as director after a couple of highly successful Studio Ghibli films ("Howl's Moving Castle" and "Spirited Away") Despite the recent developments of computer animations and 3D technology, he sticks to making hand-drawn films and continues to amaze us at how detailed and stunningly beautiful their pictures can be. His studio's drawings have always been captivating and marvelous to look at. "Ponyo" is no exception. "Ponyo" adapts the well-known story of "The Little Mermaid." Ponyo is a cute and adorable half-fish, half-human princess (with a cute voiceover effort from Yuria Nara) who longs to live outside of her father's kingdom. One day, she manages to escape and is found by a 5-year-old boy, Sosuke. They form an instant friendship and as time goes by, their bond strengthens, which makes Ponyo's desire to turn into...

goldenbat666 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Ponyo

Advantages: Great story, animation
Disadvantages: Some poor voice artists

...Plot: 5 year old Sosuke (Frankie Jonas) finds a goldfish stuck in a glass bottle while playing by the ocean. Sosuke names the goldfish Ponyo (Noah Cyrus). Ponyo isn't just a goldfish though, she is the daughter of a powerful wizard, Fujimoto (Liam Neeson) and a goddess (Cate Blanchett). Ponyo uses magic to become a girl and the two children's relationship threatens to throw the balance of nature. Fujimoto must test Sosuke's love for Ponyo in order the restore the balance of nature. Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away) Review: I'm hardly an expert on anime but I expected to enjoy this film as it's by one of the big names of Japanese cinema, Hayao Miyazaki. Ponyo definitely doesn't disappoint. I am reviewing the English version of the film. I was worried that the dubbing would be a little...

shabbating 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Ponyo

Advantages: Stunning animation sequences, innocence vs darkness
Disadvantages: More for kids, but is great for kids.

...?Ponyo? is the latest Japanese animation from the reliable combination of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. Loosely based on The Little Mermaid, a five year old boy named Sosuke rescues a small fish when it becomes trapped inside a glass jar in the waters beside his home. Only this fish has the face of a girl. When Sosuke cuts himself on the jar, the fish licks his blood and heals his wound. Sosuke takes the fish home and names her Ponyo, but she is quickly recaptured by her father, the wizard Fujimoto, who lives under the sea and tries to keep the balance of nature. All rather difficult when your daughter is as powerful as Ponyo. Despite his warnings that there will be a great tsunami should she return to land, Ponyo grows herself arms and legs, and all her tiny siblings help her escape. Ponyo?s arrival brings about a spectacular...

tuckers87 01.01.1970 · Read review
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