Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.

I have been waiting for years because of the contractual / dubbing into English concerns.

The big buzz is about how this might be  Hayao Miyazaki's last film - and that he went to great lengths to make it look like a water color .. and it is probably the last high quality hand drawn film, (something he also went to great lengths to make happen)  Some don't like the look.  I have mixed reactions.

It is odd, nostalgic, it looks like some of the high quality crayon drawings from our childhood
And what was a nice twist for me was how much the little girl loved her boy.

Someone on the net mentioned how a Ghibli film is much more complex than a Disney film - and that is certainly true.  Little dark bits of realiity intrude..

But that makes it a better film for the adults, and the wee ones don't see it.

Enjoy

Stephen.