Anime Ponyo

Cover of Ponyo (Two-Disc Edition)

When you hear the name Hayao Miyasaki can immediately remember the movies: Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Monoke and Spirited Away. An author and he's team of these popular films, have lots of fans around the world. Besides fans age are very varied - from child to adult. Miyasaki could be called anime pioneer in America. Tip for those who have not seen any movie yet of this author, watch as soon as it possible, and who knows, maybe even if you don't like the anime style movies, you will start like them or even become one of the biggest fan.

One of the most recent Miyasaki works are Ponyo. You may think that there are some similarities between the Ponyo and the Walt Disney movie The Little Mermaid. Ponyo as and Ariel wanted to experience something more than the ocean life. Ponyo wanted to live people's lives but her father was against it and tried to stop her.

Making use of father's magics Ponyo transforms into a human and became a friends with a boy whose name is Sosuke. When Ponyo and Sosuke meet she still was in fish form. But later she could spend time with Sosuke as a human. As Sosuke lived very close to the sea one day, after a heavy storm, his mother has disappeared and they both began looking for her. This storm has been a huge shift to Ponyo, Sesuke and all world.

At the first look, perhaps it seems that the situation is very tragic, but it is not. Miyazaki film touches such important topics as environmental pollution - ocean full of garbage. By the way at the beginning of the film in one of those garbage Ponyo almost died, Sosuke saved her. Ponyo's father could appear more harsh and angry, but that's because he love's Ponyo. He wanted to protect her. And there's nothing new, this happening in our everyday life, all parents worry about their children when they leave home, first day at school, or see them off to the marital life.

The film is involving and enchanting from the very beginning. It's full of large and small marine organisms, big and small fishes. The film also hints at the old people, in old people's shelter working Sosuke's mom. Sosuke's father is a sailor he also survived a major storm.

Ponyo film is for various age for both, children and adults, and seeing this film will not be bored and will leave you a pleasant impression.