Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

[ChinpokoMon]

Anyone else excited by Miyazaki's latest anime feature? It's a less serious film like Totoro but the hand-drawn style looks to have the usual Ghibli charm. And it's got a really catchy theme song. :-0 The English dub is expected to be released here this summer (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-03/miyazaki-ponyo-to-open-in-north-america-this-summer).

http://notedetengas.es/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ponyo.jpg

Japanese trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcyNmwLwGI&fmt=18

Theme song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8OmqmMeRQ

[time space]

Every Miyazaki film is a gift from heaven.

[mintchoco]

The theme song is really cute. I was in Japan this summer and it was *the* thing. Every where you go, you hear the theme song playing. :lol:

[tinlunlau]

It's been confirmed that they got Matt Damon to play the boy's father. Liam Neeson will be Ponyo's father.

[ChinpokoMon]

Performance of the Ponyo song at a special concert to commemorate 25 years of Ghibli music:

(in HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WQfKWF2EL8&fmt=22


It's accompanied by a 200 piece orchestra and a 400 member chorus.

[tinlunlau]

haha! there's a cantonese version of the song floating on the net right now.
Apparently, the lyrics were re-written by HK pop singer Kay Tse and is performed by a 6 year old girl. Kay Tse also voices the mother of Sosuke. This marks her as the first mainstream HK actor/singer to do a Cantonese dub voice role for a Ghibli movie. They usually get miscellaneous voice actors for Studio Ghibli's Cantonese dubs.

[ChinpokoMon]

haha! there's a cantonese version of the song floating on the net right now.
Apparently, the lyrics were re-written by HK pop singer Kay Tse and is performed by a 6 year old girl.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xLIRHPpBQ8&fmt=18 :-0

[ChinpokoMon]

To be released in the US on August 14, 2009.

http://news.awn.com/?&newsitem_no=26882