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Ponyo (Two-Disc Special Edition + Plush Toy)
RRP: $34.99Our Price: $25.55 (subject to change)Editorial
Description
Welcome to a world where anything is possible! Academy Award winning director Hayao Miyazaki (2002, Best Animated Feature, Spirited Away) and legendary filmmaker John Lasseter together with Disney bring to life a heartwarming and imaginative telling of Hans Christian Andersen s classic fairy tale The Little Mermaid. A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship and discovery before Ponyo s father, a powerful sorcerer, forces her to return to her home in the sea. But Ponyo s desire to be human upsets the delicate balance of nature and triggers a gigantic storm. Only Ponyo s mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature s balance and make Ponyo s dreams come true. Ponyo will delight your family with its magnificent animation and timeless story.
Editorial
Amazon.com
Ponyo confirms Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki's reputation as one of the most imaginative filmmakers working today. Loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid," Ponyo is a magical celebration of innocent love and the fragile beauty of the natural world. The daughter of the sea goddess Gran Mamare (voiced by Cate Blanchett) and the alchemist Fujimoto (Liam Neeson), Ponyo (Noah Cyrus) begins life as an adventurous little goldfish. Chafing at her father's restrictions, she goes in search of adventure and meets Sosuke (Frankie Jonas), a good-natured 5-year-old who lives by the sea. Sosuke adopts Ponyo and quickly wins her heart. Fujimoto uses magic to bring her back, but Ponyo's love for Sosuke proves stronger than his elixirs. She transforms herself into a human girl and returns to him during a spectacular storm at sea, but her metamorphosis upsets the balance of nature, precipitating a crisis only Gran Mamare can resolve. Ponyo contains fantastic moments that suggest dreams-- and reassert the power of hand-drawn animation to create memorable fantasies: No effects-laden Hollywood feature can match the wonder of Ponyo running along the tops of crashing waves on her way back to Sosuke. Ponyo is closer in tone to My Neighbor Totoro than Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle, and will appeal to audiences of all ages, including small children. The #1 film in Japan in 2008, Ponyo earned more than ¥14.9 billion (over US$155 million) to become the 8th highest grossing film in Japanese history. (Rated G: A few scary moments, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
Ponyo CD + Plush ToyReview date: 2010-07-22 Rating: 10 out of 10My daughter was thrilled with the movie and plush. She has watched the movie a dozen times and sleeps with the plush every night. This is a great value and product.
ReviewsSupermart stinksReview date: 2010-05-19 Rating: 2 out of 10I ordered this product from SUPERMART, my kids loved this movie,it's charming and wonderful. They had it for about half the price amazon is charging for it. I thought I got lucky. That evening I got an email,they cancelled my order,no explanation or apology. They simply didn't want to honor their deal. I will make sure I never give them any business.Goods reached at easeReview date: 2010-05-10 Rating: 10 out of 10An English version of ponyo that was very glad was impressed though it was uneasy first by reaching of goods to home in Japan, too. Hereafter, I want to buy it in American version Amazon.For the Ponyo loversReview date: 2010-05-10 Rating: 10 out of 10My daughters love the movie, and now they enjoy the plush. We're in Japan and people keep asking me were we got the plush because they're hard to find.A movie with a great plush for slightly more money?Review date: 2010-05-06 Rating: 10 out of 10As soon as my daughter saw Ponyo, she fell in love with it. She loves My Neighbor Totoro, The Cat Returns, Spirited Away and Kiki's Delivery Service, so this was pretty much a safe bet with her. Getting the movie's already a good deal, but the plush Ponyo included here is of great quality, and easily beats any other Studio Ghibli plush I've seen [at least here in the US].
You can see right there in the stock picture how big Ponyo is since it's right next to the dvd in the packaging. It's made of a very soft, huggable material sure to comfort any child, and it's super cute. The material is easy to clean if anything gets dirty, and the construction is very sturdy. Of course there will be some issues with a longer 'skirt' here and there (that's quality control for you), but can you really turn away such a cute character even if it's suffering from such a thing? The plush Ponyo alone runs for about the cost of this set on most sites, so getting it included with the movie is great. While I would've liked them to give the blu-ray the same treatment, it's good to have on dvd since it's beautiful to watch on either format. And hey, most parents don't let 3 year olds handle 'expensive' movies, eh?
The dvd includes the usual special features that other Studio Ghibli dvds have- an interview with Miyazaki, a short featurette and a storyboard presentation of the entire movie. This is always a very important special feature for those interested in animation, or like to see the movie in a different format and seeing how it came together before the animators stepped in. And of course, the movie's in Japanese and English with Japanese, English, Spanish and French subtitles.
If you or your child(ren) love Ponyo, this is a must. I wish Disney would've given the recent re-re-releases of Kiki's Delivery Service and My Neighbor Totoro the same kind of gift set. Now I'm kinda jealous that my daughter has her own Ponyo. Maybe I need to order one more?
Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
Cloris Leachman
Lily Tomlin
Betty White
Liam Neeson
Matt Damon
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Recording label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney VideoEAN: 0786936792591Binding: DVDFormat: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Release date: 2010-03-02Universal product code (UPC): 786936792591Number of discs: 2Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Audience rating: G (General Audience)Region code: 1Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Japanese (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Japanese (Original Language)
Language: English (Dubbed)
Language: French (Dubbed)
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