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{{nihongo|'''''Pwnyou'''''|崖の上のポニョ|Gake no Ue no Ponyo|literally "Ponyo on the Cliff"}} is a {{fy|2008}} [[Japan]]ese [[animated film]] by [[Studio Ghibli]], written and directed by [[Hayao Miyazaki]]. It is Miyazaki's tenth film for Ghibli. The plot centers on a juvenile fish named Ponyo who wants to become a [[human]] girl. In pursuing her goal, she befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sōsuke. |
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The film has won several awards, including the [[Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year]].<ref name="animenewsnetwork.com">{{cite web | title=Ponyo, DMC Won Japan Academy Awards on Friday | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-23/ponyo-dmc-won-japan-academy-awards-on-friday | work=[[Anime News Network]] | date=February 23, 2009 | accessdate=2009-07-17}}</ref> It was released in Japan on July 19, 2008 and will be released in theaters in the US and Canada on August 14, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japannewsreview.com/entertainment/movies/20080725page_id=4388 |title= ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea’ brings in 15 billion yen during opening weekend |publisher=[[Japan News Review]]}}</ref> |
The film has won several awards, including the [[Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year]].<ref name="animenewsnetwork.com">{{cite web | title=Ponyo, DMC Won Japan Academy Awards on Friday | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-23/ponyo-dmc-won-japan-academy-awards-on-friday | work=[[Anime News Network]] | date=February 23, 2009 | accessdate=2009-07-17}}</ref> It was released in Japan on July 19, 2008 and will be released in theaters in the US and Canada on August 14, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japannewsreview.com/entertainment/movies/20080725page_id=4388 |title= ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea’ brings in 15 billion yen during opening weekend |publisher=[[Japan News Review]]}}</ref> |
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| Directed by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Written by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Produced by | Toshio Suzuki |
| 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 |
| Cinematography | Atsushi Okui |
| Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Toho JPN Walt Disney Pictures U.S. Optimum Releasing U.K. Madman Entertainment AU |
Release dates | Japan: July 19, 2008 United Kingdom: April 2010 United States & Canada: August 14, 2009 Australia: August 27, 2009[1] |
Running time | 101 minutes[2] |
| Country |  Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥ 3.4 billion (US$ 34 million) |
| Box office | ¥ 15 billion (approx.) (US$ $164,565,997 Japan Only) |
Pwnyou (崖の上のポニョ, Gake no Ue no Ponyo, literally "Ponyo on the Cliff") is a Template:Fy Japanese animated film by Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is Miyazaki's tenth film for Ghibli. The plot centers on a juvenile fish named Ponyo who wants to become a human girl. In pursuing her goal, she befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sōsuke.
The film has won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.[3] It was released in Japan on July 19, 2008 and will be released in theaters in the US and Canada on August 14, 2009.[4]
Plot
The plot is centered on a fish girl who runs away from her home in the sea. She ends up stranded on the shore and is rescued by Sōsuke, a five year old boy who lives on a cliff. After taking a great liking to her, Sōsuke names her Ponyo and vows to protect her forever. Meanwhile, her father, Fujimoto, is looking for his daughter, upset that she ran away. He calls his wave spirits to return Ponyo to him. Sōsuke is heartbroken by this, and goes home with his mother, Lisa (or "Risa" in some translations), who tries to cheer him up, but to no avail.
Ponyo and her father have a confrontation, where Ponyo refuses to let her father call her "Brünnhilde". She declares her name to be Ponyo, and voices her desire to become human because she has started to fall in love with Sōsuke. Her father silences her with difficulty and goes to summon Ponyo's mother. Meanwhile, Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father, and uses his magic to make herself human. This causes an imbalance in the world, which in turn results in a huge storm. Riding on the waves of the storm, Ponyo goes back to visit Sōsuke. Lisa, Sōsuke, and Ponyo stay the night at Sōsuke's house, hoping the storm will be over, whereupon Lisa leaves the house to check up on the residents of the nursing home where she works.
Granmammare, Ponyo's mother, arrives at Fujimoto's submarine. Fujimoto notices the moon has come out of its orbit and the satellites are falling like shooting stars. Granmammare declares that if Sōsuke and Ponyo pass a test, Ponyo can live as a human and the world order will be restored. Sōsuke and Ponyo wake up to find that most of the land around the house has been covered by the ocean. Lisa has not come home yet, so with the help of Ponyo's magic, they make Sōsuke's toy boat life-size and set out to find Lisa. While travelling they see ancient extinct fish from the Devonian era swimming, such as the Bothriolepis, Dipnorhynchus, Devonynchus, Gogonasus and Licosus.
After landing and finding Lisa's empty car, Ponyo and Sōsuke go through a tunnel. There Ponyo loses her human form and resumes the form of a fish. Sōsuke and Ponyo are taken by Fujimoto into the ocean and down to the protected nursing home where they're reunited with Lisa and meet Granmammare. Granmammare asks Sōsuke if he can love Ponyo even if she is a fish or mermaid. Sōsuke replies that he loves Ponyo in all forms. Granmammare then allows Ponyo to become human once Ponyo kisses Sōsuke on the surface.
Cast
| Character | Japanese version[2][5] | English version[6] |
|---|---|---|
| Ponyo | Yuria Nara | Noah Cyrus |
| Sōsuke | Hiroki Doi | Frankie Jonas |
| Lisa | Tomoko Yamaguchi | Tina Fey |
| Kōichi | Kazushige Nagashima | Matt Damon |
| Fujimoto | George Tokoro | Liam Neeson |
| Granmammare | Yuki Amami | Cate Blanchett |
| Ponyo's younger sisters | Akiko Yano | Selena Gomez |
| Toki | Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Cloris Leachman |
| Yoshie | Tomoko Naraoka | Betty White |
| Kayo | Tokie Hidari | Lily Tomlin |
| The Young Mother | Rumi Hiiragi | Selena Gomez |
| The Announcer | Shinichi Hatori | Selena Gomez |
| Kumiko | Emi Hiraoka | Jenessa Rose |
| Karen | Emi Hiraoka | Selena Gomez |
| Additional voices | Akiko Takeguchi Yoshie Yamamoto Tomie Kataoka Mutsumi Sasaki Michiko Yamamoto Eiko Kanazawa Shirō Saitō Akihiko Ishizumi Keiko Tsukamoto Ikuko Yamamoto Yūsuke Tezuka |
Bob Bergen Crispin Freeman Laraine Newman Colleen O'Shaughnessey Mila Kunis Jennifer Darling |
Production
Production on Ponyo started October 2006.[7]
Miyazaki was intimately involved with the hand-drawn animation in Ponyo. He preferred to draw the sea and waves himself, and enjoyed experimenting with how to express this important part of the film.[7] This level of detailed drawing resulted in 170,000 separate images—a record for a Miyazaki film.[8]
Ponyo's name is an onomatopoeia, based on Miyazaki's idea of what a "soft, squishy softness" sounds like when touched.[9]
The seaside village where the story takes place is inspired by Tomonoura, a real town in Setonaikai National Park in Japan, where Miyazaki stayed in 2005.[10] Some of the setting and story was affected by Wagner's Die Walküre.[11] The character of Sōsuke is based on Miyazaki's son Gorō Miyazaki when he was five.[12] Sōsuke's name is taken from the hero in the famous novel The Gate.[11]
The name of the ship on which Sōsuke's father works is Koganeimaru, a reference to Studio Ghibli's location in Koganei, Tokyo.[citation needed] Maru (丸) is a common ending for ship names. It literally means circle.
Distribution
Japan
The film was released by Toho on July 19, 2008, in theatres across Japan on 481 screens—a record for a domestic film. The film's distributor Toho announced that, by 3pm, the first day box office earnings had already reached 83% of the opening day figure for Spirited Away, which went on to gross a record-breaking ¥30.4 billion (US$284 million).[13][14][15][16] Variety reported that posters on the popular 2channel Internet bulletin board, however, claim that Toho is spinning Ponyo's opening figures.[16] Variety reports that: "in fact, Spirited Away opened to only 336 screens and spent a year to score its record numbers.[16] "Spirited Away"'s first day total was only ¥550 million (US$5.1 million), which means Ponyo's Saturday take was about ¥450 million (US$4.2 million). Blog posters also reported empty seats at Ponyo screenings in Tokyo and elsewhere — a sharp contrast from previous Miyazaki films that drew long lines and packed theaters from day one.[16] The 2008 Pokémon film, Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior, was also released on the same weekend which may have attracted viewers away from Ponyo. Nonetheless, Ponyo grossed ¥10 billion ($91 million) in its first month of release, and surpassed ten million viewers in its first 41 days, compared to 31 days for Spirited Away, 44 days for Howl's Moving Castle, and 66 days for Princess Mononoke.[17]
It has grossed a total of ¥15.0 billion ($153.1 million) as of November 9, 2008.[18]
Tokyo Anime Fair chose Ponyo as Animation of the Year of 2008 which was revealed in a press release by Anime News Network.
North America
Ponyo is scheduled to be released in the U.S. and Canada on August 14, 2009. Produced by Frank Marshall, Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter, Steve Alpert and Kathleen Kennedy.[19]
In July 2009 there were multiple pre-screenings of the movie in California. Miyazaki traveled to America to promote this movie by speaking at the University of California, Berkeley and the San Diego Comic-Con.
Disney has updated their web page with more information on the movie.[20] Miley Cyrus's younger sister, Noah Cyrus, will voice Ponyo, while the Jonas Brothers' youngest brother, Frankie Jonas will voice Sōsuke. Matt Damon, Cloris Leachman, Cate Blanchett, Tina Fey and Betty White also have roles in the film.
The film is rated G by the MPAA.
Soundtrack
Ponyo's theme song was released on December 5 2007, performed by Fujioka Fujimaki (famous duo Takaaki Fujioka and Naoya Fujimaki) and eight year old Nozomi Ōhashi.[21] 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 (August 4).[22] By the end of 2008, it was ranked as the 14th highest selling single on the Oricon Yearly Charts. Ōhashi was also the youngest participart in the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, beating ℃-ute's Hagiwara Mai's record at age 11. Afterwards, Ohashi announced that Fujioka Fujimaki was disbanding.[23]
Reception
The Japan Times gave the film four out of five stars, and praised the film's simple thematic elements and its visual scheme, and compared the film to Miyazaki's classic animation My Neighbor Totoro.[24]
Critics at the Venice International Film Festival generally had high praise.[25][26] Wendy Ide on Times Online said Ponyo "is as chaotic and exuberant as a story told by a hyperactive toddler," and gave it 4 stars out of 5.[27]
The movie was rated #2 on Dentsu's list of "2008 Hit Products in Japan", after the Wii console.[28]
Awards
Ponyo was an entrant in the 65th Venice International Film Festival.[29] It received a special mention in the Venice Future Film Festival, for "the high artistic and expressive quality of animation able to give form to wonderful imagination of the worldwide cinema master".[30]
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.[31]
The film won the awards for Animation of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Music at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize.[3]
References
- ^ "PONYO - Official Website". Madman. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ a b "映画「崖の上のポニョ」公式サイト - 作品のクレジット" (in Japanese). Studio Ghibli. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ a b "Ponyo, DMC Won Japan Academy Awards on Friday". Anime News Network. February 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ^ "'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea' brings in 15 billion yen during opening weekend". Japan News Review.
- ^ "超豪華！宮崎駿監督最新作「崖の上のポニョ」声優陣が決定" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "English Cast For Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo". 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ a b "Executive producer & former president of Studio Ghibli Suzuki Toshio reveals the story behind Ponyo". Ghibliworld. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
- ^ Kubota, Naoko (August 18, 2008). "Miyazaki reels out adventure story". Nikkei Net Interactive. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
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"Comic-Con '09: Capone Chats With The Mighty Hayao Miyazaki about his Latest, PONYO!!". Ain't It Cool News. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
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- ^ a b "崖の上のポニョ公式サイト キーワード" (in Japanese). Studio Ghibli. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ GhibliWorld.com - The Ultimate Ghibli Collection Site—NEWS & UPDATES
- ^ "Animator Miyazaki's new film hits screens in Japan". AFP. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "'Ponyo' a taste of magic". Daily Yomiuri Online. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "『崖の上のポニョ』"千尋超え"目指し順風な船出". Variety Japan. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ a b c d ""Ponyo" opening leaves room for debate". Variety Asia. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
- ^ "「崖の上のポニョ」観客動員、４１日間で１０００万人突破" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Online. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
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- ^ "Ponyo Dated for August 14 in U.S. Theaters". 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
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- ^ Nausicaa.net - October 8, 2007 Radio Ghibli, "Ponyo" Theme Song
- ^ "ポニョ主題歌、ジブリ曲で歴代最高3位＆「ツトム君」以来約32年ぶり快挙" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ "Nozomi Ohashi shines as little star of 59th Red and White Singing Contest". Japan Today. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ "It's kids' play for anime king". The Japan Times. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Ponyo on Cliff by the sea - Recensioni dalla Critica - Trovacinema - Repubblica" (in Italian). La Repubblica. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
- ^ "65ª Mostra internazionale del Cinema" (in Italian). Retrieved 2008-09-04.
- ^ Wendy Ide. "Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea". The Times. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
- ^ "This year's Big in Japan: consumers rank 2008's attention-grabbing products". mdn.mainichi.jp. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ telegraph
- ^ "Future Film Festival Digital Award at 65th Venice Film Festival". Future Film Festival. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ 'Ponyo' tops anime awards, Schilling, Mark, Variety (2009-02-20)
