A travel to Japan for the pure purpose of studying.. Or..

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Gake no Ue no Ponyo

Today I went seeing Studio Ghibli’s and Hayao Miyazaki’s new masterwork, Gaki no Ue no Ponyo or Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea. Although my Japanese is poor I actually understood  the whole text in the movie with the exception of some words. The movie was amazing and to this date one of Hayao Miyazaki’s better movies. The movie is loosely based upon H.C. Andersens “The Little Mermaid”. You can see the relationship with the novel but the movie is far off from being a screen adaption. Every background in the movie is painted entirely with colorsticks something which gives it a really nice appearance.

Throughout the movie you will also meet many of the figures from Hayao Miyazaki’s universe. When the movie comes to your country you’d have nothing to do but run to the cinema and watch it!!

Ponyo trailer

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ja! Jeg gleder meg:)