Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Wednesday August 6, 2008
If you are an anime fan, you’ve probably heard of Hayao Miyazaki. He is a great director of animated movies. All his work is amazing, but "Spirited Away" is my favorite. His highly awaited new film, "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo)" was released in Japan a few weeks ago. The film is inspired by "The Little Mermaid" and tells the story of a fish-girl, Ponyo, saved by a five-year-old boy, Sousuke. It is done completely with traditional hand-drawn animation, not using any computer graphics. I am really looking forward to seeing this film. It is supposed to be a simple story for young children, which means you will probably understand it even in Japanese! I hope you are able to enjoy the film with sub-titles when it comes to your country.
Japanese translation
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Hello, I wanted to thank you for the Japanese lessons! Really helped me alot.
Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu.
I already watch it in Japan during my vacation and have little time and visit Ghibli museum. indeed! is very easy to understand without English sub, besides english sun won’t release until next year. The movie is awesome and Miyazaki tried to make this movie that even a 5 years old kid can can understand it. Long live Ghibli.
I LOVE Spirited Away! It’s an absolutely stunning movie in every way. I also love The Little Mermaid so I’m quite excited to see this new film you mentioned!
Domo for your wonderful lessons..
I really like the way you explain yourself. I found your page several years ago, and often read you (I didn’t started to learn japanese till a month ago). And I must say it’s the best and clearest site to learn japanese I’ve ever found. I see a lot of work here, and a very fun method to learn. I needed to say it. Thank you very much for all your work.
oh! i am looking forward to watch it…
but i knw it will take at least a year to have here in UK
i like all Ghibli movies….and spirited away is one of the best.. beside the grave of the fire flies and howl flying castle…
but to be honest with u.. the movie that i am dying to watch now is Naruto shippudden movie 2: Bonds… which was released this summer..
I am really looking forward to Miyazaki’s newest movie. It’s an interesting idea to watch a movie in Japanese without subtitles to see how much you could understand. (and then watch it again and enjoy it fully subtitled
) I will try it whenever Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is released in the U.S. 
I do wish that they would release Miyazaki’s movies with both English and Japanese subtitles though.
Namiko, thank you for the link to the new movie. I’ll check it out. I’ll jump on the bandwagon and thank you for all the hard work you put into your website. It’s helpful and appreciated.
thanks for ur jp lessons..it’s really help me mroe…pls send more grammer lessons…arigatoo gozaiimasu..
Thanks so much for the Japanese lessons. Because of your online lessons, I can actually read hiragana and katakana. It’s so much fun to have my kids come to me and ask for me to read their Japanese Yugioh cards out loud to them.
thx 4 the japanese lesson alot
love it much!!!
Because Miyazaki san is famous, his animes
are well known.
Are there other animes made by Japanese
directors other than Miyazaki san that
you like to recommend?
Spirited Away is one of the reasons I became fascinated with Japanese culture. It’s just the most incredible animated film I’ve ever seen.