Hayao Miyazaki & Walt Disney Animation’s “Ponyo” Movie Trailer

“Ponyo” (titled “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” in it’s native Japan when it was release in 2008) is a 2009 animated film by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film did well in Japan grossing over $150 million. It is Miyazaki’s tenth film for Ghibli, his others being the Academy Award winning animated classic “Spirited Away”, “Princess Mononoke” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” among others.
The plot centers on a juvenile fish named Ponyo who wants to become a human girl. In pursuing her goal, she befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sosuke. The film releases in theaters in the US on August 14, 2009. The movie is Produced by Frank Marshall, Hayao Miyazaki & John Lasseter.
Miley Cyrus’s younger sister, Noah Cyrus, will voice Ponyo, while The Jonas Brothers little brother, Frankie Jonas will voice Sosuke. The film is rated G by the MPAA, being Hayao Miyazaki’s first film to be rated G by the MPAA since the 1998 direct-to-video release “Kiki’s Delivery Service”.



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