A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.
- Awards
- 12 wins & 20 nominations
Cate Blanchett
- Gran Mamare
- (English version)
- (voice)
Matt Damon
- Kôichi
- (English version)
- (voice)
Liam Neeson
- Fujimoto
- (English version)
- (voice)
Tomoko Yamaguchi
- Risa
- (voice)
Kazushige Nagashima
- Kôichi
- (voice)
Yûki Amami
- Granmamare
- (voice)
George Tokoro
- Fujimoto
- (voice)
Yuria Nara
- Ponyo
- (voice)
Hiroki Doi
- Sôsuke
- (voice)
Rumi Hiiragi
- Fujin
- (voice)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
- Toki
- (voice)
Tomoko Naraoka
- Yoshie
- (voice)
Tokie Hidari
- Kayo
- (voice)
Eimi Hiraoka
- Kumiko
- (voice)
Nozomi Ohashi
- Karen
- (voice)
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe opening twelve seconds, involving vast schools of fish and undersea creatures, required 1,613 pages of conceptual sketches to develop.
- GoofsIn the English dubbed version, when Ponyo and Sosuke come across the Devonian-era fish while riding in the toy boat, Ponyo incorrectly calls one of them a Bothriocephalus. The correct name for that specific fish is Bothriolepis. Bothriocephalus is actually the name of a genus of tapeworm.
- Alternate versionsThe Japanese theatrical release had the Toho logo at the start of the movie (Toho was the distributor for this release). The U.S. theatrical release removes the Toho logo and replaces it with the 2006 Disney logo, followed by the Studio Ghibli logo. All other international theatrical versions have the film simply beginning with the Studio Ghibli logo.
- ConnectionsEdited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)
- SoundtracksGake no ue no Ponyo
(Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea)
Lyrics by Katsuya Kondô & Hayao Miyazaki
Composed by Joe Hisaishi
Arranged by Joe Hisaishi
Japanese version performed by Takaaki Fujioka (as Fujioka) Naoya Fujimaki (as Fujimaki) & Nozomi Ohashi
English version performed by Noah Cyrus (as Noah Cyrus) & Frankie Jonas
Courtesy of Yamaha Music Communications
Featured review
Gake no Ue no Ponyo
I have recently watched this film, and have decided to comment on it.
the best way to watch this film is to not expect what you have seen in the past by Miyazaki. Miyazaki is well known for his work on on Spirited away and Howl's moving castle. well for western viewers anyway. both of them films were kind of similar to each other but at the same time completely different. However Ponyo is a whole different type of story and animation all together.
The story follows "Ponyo" a fish that has the face a girl. After Ponyo runs away from her home at the bottom of the sea, she find a whole new world she never knew was out there, and new trouble as well, when she almost caught by a fishing boat, she was rescued by a five year old boy known as Sousuke.
the story then follows the two of them and the pure friendship between a boy and a fish. can Ponyo really stay with Sousuke forever ?
I feel the movie was inspired by "The little mermaid" and at the same time similar to "Tonari no Totoro"
the movie is very short and you have very little time to learn about the characters in this movie. But the Characters a fish and a little boy so how much are you expecting to learn about them? the film is set over about what seems to be 3 days, I think this is why the movie is so short.
I really enjoyed watching this movie and I hope you all enjoy this movie as well
the best way to watch this film is to not expect what you have seen in the past by Miyazaki. Miyazaki is well known for his work on on Spirited away and Howl's moving castle. well for western viewers anyway. both of them films were kind of similar to each other but at the same time completely different. However Ponyo is a whole different type of story and animation all together.
The story follows "Ponyo" a fish that has the face a girl. After Ponyo runs away from her home at the bottom of the sea, she find a whole new world she never knew was out there, and new trouble as well, when she almost caught by a fishing boat, she was rescued by a five year old boy known as Sousuke.
the story then follows the two of them and the pure friendship between a boy and a fish. can Ponyo really stay with Sousuke forever ?
I feel the movie was inspired by "The little mermaid" and at the same time similar to "Tonari no Totoro"
the movie is very short and you have very little time to learn about the characters in this movie. But the Characters a fish and a little boy so how much are you expecting to learn about them? the film is set over about what seems to be 3 days, I think this is why the movie is so short.
I really enjoyed watching this movie and I hope you all enjoy this movie as well
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- eva_luke2003
- Oct 14, 2008
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Cô Bé Người Cá Ponyo
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $34,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,543,471
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,585,852
- Aug 16, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $205,922,024
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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