By Mizuki Yamakawa 6T 1

Table of Contents Table of Contents 1.Movie Summary 2.Movie Facts 3.Animation Facts 4.Characters/ Voice actors 5.Company 6.Bibliography 2

Movie Summary Movie Summary The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One day, he finds a goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father's magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke. The two children on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human. 3

Movie Facts Movie Facts Director: Hayao MiyazakiHayao Miyazaki Runtime: 103 min Release Date: 19 July 2008 (Japan) Writer: Hayao Miyazaki is the Japanese writer for the Ponyo. Melissa Matheson, the writer of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), wrote the English translation script for the American version.Hayao MiyazakiMelissa MathesonE.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Sosuke is based on Hayao Miyazaki's son Goro Miyazaki, when he was five years old.Hayao MiyazakiGoro Miyazaki Sosuke is named after a character of Soseki Natsume, Japanese literary magnate. In that novel "the Gate", central male character (Sosuke) lives in a house that stands on a hill; Gake no ue. 4

Animation Facts Animation Facts The film uses a watercolor and pastel like animation style More than 160,000 animation cels were created for the film The opening 12 seconds, involving vast schools of fish and undersea creatures, required 1613 pages of conceptual sketches to develop This was the first animated film to be nominated for and win the Best Film Score prize at the Japanese Academy Awards 5

Character/ Voice actors Character/ Voice actors Sosuke- Hiroki Doi Frankie Jonas Ponyo- Yuria Nara Noah Lindsey Cyrus Singers of Ponyo Japanese- Nozomi Ohashi, FujiokaFujimaki English- Noah Lindsey Cyrus, Frankie Jonas 6

Company Company Studio Ghibli Movies they have made in the past years: My Neighbor TotoroMy Neighbor Totoro (1988 April 16)1988April 16 Panda! Go Panda!Panda! Go Panda!, (1972) Heidi, Girl of the AlpsHeidi, Girl of the Alps(1974) Headquarter: Koganei, Tokyo, JapanKoganeiTokyoJapan Awards they have received: AnimageAnimage Anime Grand Prix award including Laputa:Castle in the Sky in 1986Laputa:Castle in the Sky My Neighbor TotoroMy Neighbor Totoro in 1988, and Kiki's Delivery Service in 1989Kiki's Delivery Service In 2002, Spirited Away won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, the first, and thus far only, anime film to win an Academy AwardSpirited AwayOscarBest Animated Featureanime Number of people working in the company: 300 people Capital stock: 10,000,000 Founded: 1985, June1985, June Founder: Hayao Miyazaki and Isao TakahataHayao MiyazakiIsao Takahata 7

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