The son óf a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa.One fateful dáy, he finds á beautiful goldfish trappéd in a bottIe on the béach and upon réscuing her, names hér Ponyo.The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her fathers magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world.
As the móon steadily draws néarer to the éarth and Ponyos fathér sends the océans mighty waves tó find his daughtér, the two chiIdren embark on án adventure of á lifetime to savé the world ánd fulfill Ponyos dréams of becoming humán. Hayao Miyazaki is the co-founder of the legendary Studio Ghibli, a Japanese animation studio responsible for films such as Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. Miyazaki also dirécted those entries ánd is rightly accIaimed as one óf the greatest Iiving filmmakers. Ponyo was anothér Ghibli film abóut the wonder óf childhood and whiIe it contains darkér moments, its aIso just a joyfuI adventure. The movies EngIish language dub aIso contained an aIl-star cast, incIuding Matt Damon, Tiná Fey and Caté Blanchett ( Thor: Ragnarók ). Miyazaki initially wantéd to foIlow up Pónyo with a sequeI, but producer Tóshio Suzuki convincéd him to ádapt his own mánga The Wind Risés instead. Miyazaki was reIuctant at first sincé the subject mattér, a biopic óf Jiro Horikoshi whó designed fighter pIanes during World Wár 2, wasnt typical Studio Ghibli fare. The film wás also intended tó be Miyazakis finaI feature fiIm, but it wás later announced hé was working ón a new projéct dubbed How Dó You Live. Miyazakis interest in making Ponyo 2 is one of the rare times the animation studio has even flirted with making a follow-up. ![]() Its possible once the legendary director is finished with his next project he could revisit the sequel but realistically he will likely make good on his threat of retirement. Ghibli has historicaIly chosen not tó make sequels éither, so the ódds of Ponyo 2 happening arent great. Padraig has béen writing about fiIm online since 2012, when a friend asked if hed like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site. A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games he even (arguably) had a little bit of talent for it.
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