Ponyo on the Cliff by the SeaS?suke’s father – a sailor, a mother – a social worker, as he is – a small boy from a house at the cliff. One morning he finds a surprising little fish into the sea: it has a human face and red fins, she loves sausages and knows how to conjure. Sosuke calls her «Ponyo» and decides to cherish and protect her. How did he know, that he caught a daughter of Marine mistress and so consigning themselves to the wonderful adventures in the very near future? …

In the frame:
New Hayao Miyazaki animation. Complex relations of five years old boy and a gold fish – a princess who dreams of becoming a human.

For the frame:
The film techniques used watercolors and pastels. Miyazaki is very much painted himself, preferring to work with the sea and the waves.

Citations:
“Little boy and little girl, love and responsibility, the ocean and life – about this and, that is the basis of these things, that will be a simple story of “Ponyo”. This is my response, to grief and insecurity of our time …” – Hayao Miyazaki.