Ponyo

Ponyo

2008 Japanese animated film
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Ponyo (Japanese: 崖の上のポニョ, Hepburn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo, lit.'Ponyo on the Cliff') 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.

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  • July 19, 2008 (2008-07-19)
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101 minutes
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Japan
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¥3.4 billion
(US$34 million)
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US$203.2 million

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Noriko: I'd let a fish lick me if it'd get me out of this wheelchair.
  • Hayao Miyazaki was very surprised by the lukewarm reaction of children to his film in test screenings.
  • Hayao Miyazaki was interested in doing a sequel to the film but producer Toshio Suzuki suggested Miyazaki adapt Kaze tachinu (2013) instead.
  • Melissa Mathison wrote the English language script in just four days but also worked with the actors during the voiceover sessions to further refine the translations.
  • This is the first animated feature film since Princess Mononoke (1997) to be created and painted on traditional animation cels.
  • Until The Secret World of Arrietty (2010), this received the widest release for a Studio Ghibli film in the US when it opened in 927 theaters. Spirited Away (2001) opened in 26 theaters, Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 36 and Princess Mononoke (1997) 38.

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