WITHOUT the works of Hayao Miya zaki, often de scribed as the world’s greatest animator, there would be no “Up.” Pixar and Disney have returned the favor by bringing his latest masterpiece, “Ponyo,” ...

Hayao Miyazaki’s magical “Ponyo” blends fantasy with just a drop of reality, and the result is irresistible. Midway through the movie, two small children are left alone in a hilltop house as a ...

If you don’t mind semi-ignoring the plot of “Ponyo” — and the movie makes it exceedingly easy to do just that — the latest feature from Japanese animation god Hayao Miyazaki (“Spirited Away,” “Howl’s ...

Studio Ghibli frequently incorporates fairy tale themes in its fantasy films. Even side characters sometimes have character arcs and romantic subplots that are fairy tale retellings. Ponyo follows a ...

It feels safe -- and that extends to the casting in this English-language version. Rather than playing in Japanese with subtitles, "Ponyo" is coming to a multiplex near you with a team of all-stars ...

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 ways ...

Within the first ten minutes of watching Hayao Miyazaki’s newest film, ”Ponyo,” audiences can already predict what the story will be about. Fish meets boy, fish turns into girl and reunites with boy.

An exhibition of the most rapturous watercolors is currently on display at U.S. movie theaters. Ponyo, the latest film from anime master Hayao Miyazaki — Academy Award winner for his 2001 film, ...

In the summer of Up‘s CGI codgers and G-Force‘s lethally armed guinea pigs, the brilliantly hand-drawn spectacle of Hayao Miyazaki’s latest effort, Ponyo, sticks out like a sore traditionalist. A ...

In “Ponyo,” boy meets goldfish. Yes, it’s a love story. From the first moments in which undulating jellyfish make their way across the screen and the score asserts a rich mood, writer-director Hayao ...