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Ponyo (2008)

G (US) | Japan, USA | Japanese, English | 101 min

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki

7.6

Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy

A beautiful animated film that will capture your heart and ignite your imagination! Join the enchanting journey of Ponyo, a magical fish who dreams of becoming human. This heartwarming tale explores themes of friendship, love, and the power of nature. With stunning visuals, an enchanting soundtrack, and Studio Ghibli's signature storytelling, Ponyo is a masterpiece for all ages. Dive into a world of wonder and let Ponyo's charm and innocence sweep you away on a magical adventure!

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Awards

Golden Lion 2008

Golden Lion

Nominated

Cast & Crew

Hayao Miyazaki

Director

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Risavoice

Kazushige Nagashima

Kôichivoice

Yûki Amami

Granmamarevoice

George Tokoro

Fujimotovoice

Yuria Nara

Ponyovoice

Videos (3)

Ponyo - Official Trailer

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Ponyo and Sōsuke Eat Ramen | Ponyo | HBO Max

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Ponyo Official English Language Trailer

Trailer

Release Date

Japan

No data

2008-07-19

Italy

(Venice Film Festival)

2008-08-31

Estonia

(Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival)

2008-11-30

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Ponyo

(Original title)

Ponyo y el secreto de la sirenita

Argentina

Ponyo

Australia

Parent Guide

A woman drives her son along the highway at the edge of the sea during a storm; she drives recklessly, the car skids to a stop and she and her little boy exit, but the wind blows the boy over the rail and toward the sea (he is caught).

A mother and small boy in a car nearly run head-on into a van on a narrow winding road.

A five-year-old boy uses matches to light a candle three times and burns his finger once and yells "Ouch!"

A mother leaves her 5-year-old son and his same-aged female playmate home alone late at night and the boy becomes afraid when the mom does not return.

A boy and girl (both 5 years old) walk through a long, dark tunnel and halfway through she begins to turn into a fish and collapses; the boy cries, and carries her out to the shoreline, and he dunks her in the water to revive her (she awakens).

Several short scenes feature family arguments:

A husband and his wife argue over the phone and by signal beacon, and she slams the phone down and later slams a pot of greens into a sink.

A girl-fish argues several times with her human father about living on land and he locks her in a bubble; she escapes, and this is repeated three times.

An old woman in a nursing home screams when a little boy shows her a goldfish with the face of a little girl; the old woman screams that it is bad luck and the fish must go back to the sea.

Several scenes depict dark-blue, big-eyed water blobs that grumble:

They lap up onto a shoreline and snatch back a girl-fish after she tries to swim away, they splash up onto the shore to drive back a little boy, who looks frightened, and they search for the girl-fish several times, they grumble and gather together to form a wall to lift a man up and onto an island but fail and fall back into the sea, and in a few other scenes they swim pass ships at sea and shake them.

Huge sea-blue fish escape from an underwater aquarium and rise to the surface to become waves that churn up a typhoon and rain; a small girl runs along their backs, but is not injured.

In one scene the girl rubs her head on a baby's forehead to heal it, leaving faint red ovals on his forehead and cheeks. During the healing, her fingers and toes change from 5 digits to 3 fingers and toes on each limb; afterward, she has 5 digits on each limb again.

A small fish licks a drop of blood we see on a boy's thumb, instantly healing a small cut we cannot see.

Several schools of giant fish accidentally break though the door of a vault and are caught in a potion in a stone basin that causes the fish to fly upward.

Two shore scenes feature hundreds of insects in the foreground.

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