Ponyo on the cliff by the sea
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Here in Japan, I am still waiting for The Dark Knight, Iron Man and Sex and The City to be released in the cinemas. But we are lucky to be the first in the world to see the new Miyazaki, Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea.
As my Japanese language skills are still rather lacking, and it is only screening in it’s native Japanese, I was taking a risk that I may not understand a thing, (I am still confused about Spirited Away, and I watched that with English Subtitles). But I had a look at the plot on wikipedia, and sat next to my trusted translator Hon, and enjoyed the film.
The film is beautiful, with Miyazaki and his illustrators staying aways from CGI, it is entirely hand drawn cell animation. I think I missed the intricacies of the characters due to language difficulties, but Hon said after that it was his favourite Ghibli film…and that’s a big call. So, I look forward to it being released with English translation, but for now I am satisfied with learning the theme song, posted below as performed on Japanese Television! Kawaii des ne!