Ponyo

Ponyo focuses on the friendship between 5-year-old Sosuke and a magical goldfish named Brunhilde, the young daughter of a sorcerer father and a sea-goddess mother. After wandering away from her father’s four-flippered submarine, Brunhilde washes ashore and is discovered by the curious Sosuke. Now renamed Ponyo, her quick bond with Sosuke fuels her yearning to be a real girl, and they shoulder the cost of what that might take together. The vibrant and colorful hand-drawn animations are a visual delight for audiences of all ages, as Hayao Miyazaki builds a world filled with magical goldfish, wizards, and sea goddesses in this tale of how friendships can blossom anywhere—even in the ocean’s depths.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

2008 | 103 min. | Japan | Color | English (Dubbed) | Rated G | DCP

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Hayao Miyazaki

WITH: Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Tina Fey