Ponyo = Ariel! Or not.
Anime, Interviews, Movies, News March 8th, 2008Tags: gake-no-ue-no-ponyo, hayao-miyazaki, isao takahata, toshio suzuki
Ghibli World just posted translations of a new interview with Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki regarding Ponyo on a Cliff, in which Miyazaki says the following:
I moved the location of Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid to the Japan of today and cut off the Catholic color. It will show an adventure and love of small kids.
It sounds a little weird, until you realize he just means that it’s about a water-dweller that wants to become human, and not that the main fishy character will wind up literally dying for her beloved.
This is a story about a fish kid that has a selfish wish to get along with Sousuke, a human boy, and carries out her intention. Meanwhile it is a story about the 5 year old boy Sousuke carrying out his promise.
Sounds cute, no? Also, in this article I very erroneously reported that Miyazaki’s next film would involve a Japanese lullaby; in fact, it’s actually a new Ghibli flick involving cofounder Isao Takahata. So if Miyazaki will be involved, we don’t know yet. Sorry ’bout that!
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