Anime as art in it PUREST form

Written by SolidEther on January 14, 2011 at 8:06 AM

This movie is of couse the movie brought to the US shores by Disney as just "Ponyo". However both versions are excellent.

In my strong opinion the story is a more proper rendition of Hans Christian Andersons classic tale about al ittle mermaid. Disney also did its rendition many years ago, but the disney corp. noticed this version was realized by a team of truely talented animators and being so worthy Disney released this despite the release of "The Little Mermaid" in the previous decade.

First of all the story of the transcendence of love will touch all but the most brutish haters of anything that shows honest human emotion and engrossing sentimental storytelling. Next Is the absolutely jaw dropping creativeness and design of Hayao Miyazaki and georgeous animation of those talented animators at studio ghibli (literally Hundreds of them worked on this film) The animation is high above the average tv series, OVA or specials in terms of framerate. It is Anime with the motion quality of a Disney production. At 30 F.P.S. instead of the anime average of 17 frames per second. The environments are full of brilliant, vibrant and well detailed environments and inhabitants of the deeep sea and coastline of a port city and its harbor. Along with this it is a tale of powerful magics that form the very essence of the earth and its life force in the ocean.

The bipedal characters are well proportioned and the sea creatures are detailed as to be recognized by thier zoological designations. The houses , ships, boats and cars are technically perfect. Anything to do with the treatment of waves and water is absolutely exceptional. When the movie is at its peak it is unfathomable to imagine the sights you see in this picture. I could get into detail of the creatures you see but that would give away a pivitol event in the storyline.

This movie is a credit to the art form of anime. I love action, hack and slash battle anime as much as the next action, hack and slash battle anime lover, but Ponyo hits the heart of even the most hardened heart at least a bit.

This is a great watch, and a classic for all time. My entire family watched it beginning to end, even my 4 year old who NEVER sat completely through any movie Disney made or otherwise.