Ponyo Film Review

Core Premise: Hayao Miyazaki used the core concept of the original Little Mermaid, there is the themes of family bonds, power of friendship and also this idea of appreciating the natural world in which we live. This animation is darker for example the tsunami due to Ponyo creating ecological changes and also more weirder than Finding Nemo. This is a Studio Ghibli film and he is seen as the Disney of Japan. Ponyo's father is worried about nature's balance due to the evident damage and debris of our civilization.
Animation: There is 170,000 hand drawn frames and is very fluid and organic questioning the effieciency of CGI. The character artist that worked with Miyazaki, Katsuya Kondo says that the title is similar to other previous titles except this one is more aimed at younger children.
There was 50 in house key animators. Each staffs individuality needs to be taken into consideration with the animation for variation but Miyazaki is the base for everything.Its also described that the hardest part of the animation is to make things look like they are actually there this is through either bold movements or less noticeable but alive. The character designer thinks that 2d or 3d depends on whats suitable most for the naimation not one superior.
Reception: Ponyo did very well in a variety of countries.
This could be due to collaboration and the core concept being taken from something that was as popular as The Little Mermaid but also just the artistic style and story of Ponyo in general.



Bibliography
Anon, (2019). [image] Available at: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Ponyo?file=Ponyowater.png