Gake no Ue no Ponyo
崖の上のポニョ
Synopsis
A goldfish sneaks away from home and floats off on the back of a jellyfish. After getting stuck in a glass jar, she drifts to the shore where she is freed by Sousuke, a five-year-old boy who lives with his mother Lisa in a house by the sea while his father Koichi works on a fishing boat. After healing a cut on Sousuke's finger by licking it, the goldfish is named Ponyo by her new friend. Unknown to Sousuke, Ponyo already has a name and a family. Her father Fujimoto, a sorcerer who forsook his humanity to live underwater, searches frantically for his daughter Brunhilde. When found and captured, Ponyo rejects her birth name and declares that she wants to become a human. Using the power received from Sousuke's blood, she grows arms and legs and escapes to the surface once more. But the magic released into the ocean causes an imbalance in nature, causing the Moon to start falling out of orbit and the tides to grow dangerously stronger. Reunited with Ponyo, Sousuke must pass an ancient test to restore order in the world and let his companion live on as a human. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Characters
Staff
Suzuki, Toshio
Producer
Miyazaki, Hayao
Director, Script, Animation Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Kimura, Eriko
Sound Director
Hisaishi, Joe
Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Music
Oohashi, Nozomi
Theme Song Performance
Awata, Tsutomu
Key Animation
Furuya, Shougo
Key Animation
Futaki, Makiko
Key Animation
García, Gerardo
ADR Director
Hamasu, Hideki
Key Animation
Hashimoto, Takashi
Key Animation
Hernández, Ramón
ADR Director
Hirota, Shunsuke
Key Animation
Honda, Takeshi
Key Animation
Imai, Fumie
Key Animation
Imura, Kenji
Assistant Director
Ina, Ryoko
Background Art
Inamura, Takeshi
Assistant Animation Director
Itokawa, Keiko
Special Effects
Kagawa, Megumi
Assistant Animation Director
Kaneko, Yukie
In-Between Animation
Kasamatsu, Kouji
Sound Effects
Kitazawa, Yasuyuki
In-Between Animation
Kondou, Katsuya
Animation Director
Konishi, Kenichi
Key Animation
Opening & Ending Themes
Endings
- "Gake no Ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ)" by Fujioka Fujimaki and Nozomi Ōhashi
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