Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo is a very loose adaptation of The Little Mermaid, and it's more straightforward and kiddie-friendly than such multilayered masterpieces as his Spirited Away. But in some ...

There are two anime versions of the classic fairy tale, the 1975 The Little Mermaid anime by Toei Animation, and Studio Ghibli's Ponyo. Each version of the fairy tale brings something new to the ...

When an infant appeared onscreen, she called out "Baby Sean!" (the name of her little brother) with mischievous delight. Ponyo was literally a fish out of water, trying to learn the norms of human ...

Ponyo follows a young princess of the sea who loves a boy on land, retelling Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale, "The Little Mermaid." One of the most creative aspects of Ponyo as a ...

He names the little thing Ponyo, but after bonding with his new companion, what appears to be sentient ocean water drags her back out to sea. But little Ponyo has also taken a liking to Sōsuke ...

The loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” -- about an ... Con in San Diego in July showing clips from “Ponyo,” which has made $182.1 million internationally.

And he was little worried about the U.S. boxoffice success for “Ponyo,” which already has made more than $160 million in Japan. “Since John (Lasseter) is right beside me, it’s hard for me ...

Ponyo swims into theaters today, and as the latest film from director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, who gave us such landmark titles as Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl’s Moving Castle, ...