A goldfish princess encounters a human boy named Sosuke who named her Ponyo. Now she longs to become a human, but a series of adventures results in spills of a collection of magical elixirs that endanger Sosuke's village.
6 November 1998, Tokyo, Japan
2 March 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 August 1987, Tokyo, Japan
20 July 1962, Yonkers, New York, USA
8 August 1967, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan
1 September 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA
26 January 1955, Saitama, Japan
18 May 1970, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
30 April 1926, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
24 April 1985, Orlando, Florida, USA
8 January 2000, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
20 May 1952, Tacoma, Washington, USA
2 January 1938, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 August 1987, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
31 August 1956, Sakata, Japan
20 October 1964, Tochigi, Japan
8 October 1970, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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23 December 1963, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
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14 June 1954, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
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May 06, 2013
Miyazaki's ode to motherhood; the sea is the greatest nurturer of all. The underwater sequences are some of Ghibli's most luminous, complex reflections of nature's teeming beauty.
August 27, 2009
Children will love this. It's classic Miyazaki.
August 20, 2009
One of the anime master's weaker efforts.
July 06, 2010
Even when the film feels murky, Miyazaki's painterly eye keeps things afloat
August 19, 2009
Ponyo hasn't changed my mind about Miyazaki. But I'm willing to accept and enjoy this little window into the dream life of fish.
July 14, 2011
There's still plenty of gorgeous eye-candy to keep adults going if they've taken their kids along for some unthreatening entertainment.
April 04, 2011
Let's say you have a five-year-old child who's not all caught up in the details of boring, mundane reality. Here's that kid's new favorite movie.
February 17, 2012
Apart from the ecofriendly message, we have, as always, Miyazaki's magnificently inventive animation, which is almost enough to carry the day.
July 22, 2012
The fantasy elements are so seamlessly blended with real elements. There is very little disbelief by the characters, and you want to believe yourself by the end.
February 16, 2010
We're drawn under the waves of the sea to a hidden enclave of neon-hued aqualife more vibrant, surreal and enchanting than any of the floating 3D whatsits in 'Avatar'.
April 21, 2014
Not as profound as Miyazaki's other works, but the fact that an animated children's film actually has the brains to go for larger, resonant themes is worth congratulation.

