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Another work from Ghibli's studio Hayao Miyazaki.

I read the back cover of the DVD before watching it and assumed it may be somekind of Mermaid thingy, Hayao's version. I watched it. Surprisingly, it is! It is a mermaid story, Hayao Miyazaki's version. Lol. And the theme of the movie is still Hayao's "normal" theme: magical, sweet, full-of-hope, with you can achieve anything, even those beyond your wildest dreams. =)

And apparently, from Wiki, his inspiration was really "The Little Mermaid" from Christian Hans Anderson. Lol. And he did most of the waves thingy himself, manually (hand-drawn). And he received quite a lot of awards for the movie.

So, I think, I'd agree with those who said "Not Miyazaki's best film" but still enjoyable to watch. The scenary is back to old times. Comparing to Spirited Away with all the great details and 3D buildings - really... Too beautiful for animation, Ponyo's more like old animation - with round edges on buildings and cliffs and roads that moved up and down, and of course, exaggeration of the waves. (Hayao never failed to exaggerate on things does he? Either it's a tear drop, fire, or waves).

The ending of the story's really abrupt and it's like "What? Is that it? Really?" I think through out the movie I'm more like, "hum... ok... humm.. then? humm... what's that? humm.. who's that sposed to be? oooo.. that's cute! huh? is that all?" And at the end there's nothing much to talk about (well, I was speechless for sure. Haha...)

So... Should I go for a second watch on the movie??? Humm... Certainly would like to watch it again... Someday... Hahaha... Maybe I'd appreciate it more then?

Ooo.. The soundtrack's certainly catchy - stuck in my head for a while after watching it. Lol.