Movie
Ponyo
Overview
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-07-19
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Animation, Fantasy, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Studio Ghibli, TOHO, Nippon Television Network Corporation, dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, The Walt Disney Company (Japan), Mitsubishi
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Yuria Kozuki as Ponyo (voice)
- Hiroki Doi as Sosuke (voice)
- George Tokoro as Fujimoto (voice)
- Tomoko Yamaguchi as Risa (voice)
- Yuki Amami as Gran Mamare (voice)
- Kazushige Nagashima as Koichi (voice)
- Akiko Yano as Ponyo's Sister (voice)
- Shin'ichi Hatori as Anchorman (voice)
- Tokie Hidari as Kayo (voice)
- Rumi Hiiragi as Young Mother (voice)
- Tomoko Naraoka as Yoshie (voice)
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Toki (voice)
Crew
- Hayao Miyazaki - Director
- Hayao Miyazaki - Writer
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