JAPAN TRAILER
Ponyo is the latest film by Miyazaki (of Totoro and Spirited Away fame) and the first one that is really primarily aimed at a younger audience since Totoro in my opinion. Ponyo is a variation on The Little Mermaid, played out instead with 5 year olds (Ponyo, the fish/mermaid become girl and Sasuke, a little boy). The story is engaging but is not really the draw, with the draw being just an absolutely beautifully drawn world and very charming characters and situations. It's something that has really grown on me with repeated viewings, and that I think people with children will especially appreciate. It's a small child's dream world, the children are the important characters, there are fish swimming on roads, etc. It's really good although the lack of a detailed involving plot puts it a touch below films like Spirited Away in my opinion.
Ponyo is being released by Disney on August 14th with a fully english dub starring Miley Cyrus's sister and Matt Damon among other. (Note: I don't want to hear ANY complaints about an english dub, there is no way disney could release a film aimed at little kids with subtitles, and they will include the japanese language track on the DVD (they always do) and their DVD releases of the Miyazaki films are head and shoulders above their japanese counterparts.)
Check the film out come August 14th.
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