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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (movie)

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Alternative title:
El Secreto de la Sirenita (Spanish)
Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Japanese)
Ponyo
Ponyo en el Acantilado (Spanish)
Ponyo sur la Falaise (French)
崖の上のポニョ (Japanese)
崖上的波妞 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure, comedy, magic
Themes: mermaids
Plot Summary: A young boy, Sōsuke, befriends a strange looking goldfish whom he names Ponyo. Unbeknownst to Sōsuke, Ponyo is a magic fish who has decided that she wants to live with Sōsuke and the other humans. Unfortunately, Ponyo's decision to give up her underwater life creates a crack in an ancient magic spell, and places the world in danger. Together, Sōsuke and Ponyo must set things right.
User Ratings: 316 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 44 votes (sub:27, dub:10, raw:3, ?:1, Dut.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Excellent: 108 votes (sub:65, dub:38, raw:3, Spa.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 84 votes (sub:51, dub:24, Spa.sub:3, Spa.dub:2, Ita.dub:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Good: 43 votes (sub:32, dub:9, Fre.dub:2)
 Decent: 21 votes (sub:17, dub:4)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (raw:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 410 users, rank: #1205
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.127 (Very good+.12), std. dev.: 1.6403, rank: #334
Weighted mean: 8.050 (Very good+.05), rank: #278 (seen all: 8.05 / seen some: 0.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.034 (Very good+.03), rank: #198
Running time: 101 minutes
Vintage: 2008-07-19
Premiere date:
2008-07-19 (Japan)
2008-12-24 (Korea)
2009-01-01 (Singapore)
2009-01-23 (Taiwan)
2009-04-08 (France)
2009-08-14 (North America)
2009-08-14 (USA)
2009-08-27 (Australia)
2009-09-24 (Spain)
Ending Theme:
"Gake no Ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ)" by Fujioka Fujimaki and Nozomi Ōhashi
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Related releases:
    Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Picture Book (Artbook) 2009-03-03 (from $13.59)
    Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Artbook) 2009-05-15 (from $23.09)
    Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Film Comic (GN 1) 2009-04-07 (from $7.49)
    Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Film Comic (GN 2) 2009-04-07 (from $7.49)
    Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Film Comic (GN 3) 2009-08-04 (from $7.49)
    Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea - Film Comic (GN 4) 2009-08-04 (from $7.49)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki

Music: Joe Hisaishi

Original creator: Hayao Miyazaki

Art director: Noboru Yoshida

Animation director: Katsuya Kondo

Sound director: Eriko Kimura

Director of Photography: Atsushi Okui

Executive producer: Koji Hoshino

Producer: Toshio Suzuki

Animation Check: Hitomi Tateno

Assistant Animation Check:
Kaori Fujii
Rie Nakagome

Assistant Animation Director:
Ai Kagawa
Akihiko Yamashita
Kitaro Kousaka
Takeshi Inamura

Assistant Art Director:
Naomi Kasugai
Naoya Tanaka
Takashi Omori

Assistant Color Design:
Akane Kumakura
Kazuko Yamada
Yukie Tamura

Assistant Sound Engineer:
Takeshi Imaizumi
Yumiko Shibusawa

Background Art:
Kaichi Fukudome
Kazuo Oga
Kikuyo Yano
Masako Nagata
Mitsuo Yoshino
Osamu Masuyama
Ryoko Ina
Sayaka Hirahara
Shiho Sato
Yohei Takamatsu
Youichi Nishikawa
Youichi Watanabe
Youji Takeshige

Color design: Michiyo Yasuda

Digital Paint:
Akiko Shimizu (T2 Studio)
Eiko Matsushima
Fumie Kawamata (T2 Studio)
Haruna Kiryu (T2 Studio)
Hiroaki Ishii
Hiromi Takahashi
Hiromi Takeno
Junya Saito
Kaori Tani
Kasumi Wada (T2 Studio)
Kiyoko Saitou
Kumi Nanjo (T2 Studio)
Makiko Doi
Naomi Mori
Natsumi Watanabe (T2 Studio)
Rie Kojou
Yoshimi Shibata (T2 Studio)
Yukiko Kakita (T2 Studio)

Digital Photography:
Atsushi Tamura
Hidenori Shibahara
Junji Yabuta
Miki Sato
Norihiko Miyoshi

Digital Special Effects: Keiko Itogawa

Editing: Takeshi Seyama

Executive Production Manager:
Naoya Fujimaki
Ryoichi Fukuyama
Seiji Okuda

Film Preview Production: Keiichi Itagaki

Foley: Mika Yamaguchi

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Teshima
Alexandra Weihrauch
Asami Ishikado
Atsuko Matsushita
Emiko Iwayanagi
Hiroko Azuma
Hisako Yaji
Katsutoshi Nakamura
Kazuhiro Takamura
Keiko Tomizawa
Keiko Watanabe
Kiyoko Makita
Kumiko Ohta
Kumiko Ohtani
Kumiko Tanihira
Mai Nakazato
Maiko Matsumura
Mariko Suzuki
Masako Azuma
Masako Terada
Masami Nakanishi
Masaya Saito
Maya Fujimori
Mayumi Ohmura
Megumi Higaki
Minoru Ohashi
Moyo Takahashi
Seiko Azuma
Setsuya Tanabe
Shinichiro Yamada
Sumie Nishido
Suzuko Mano
Takahito Sugawara
Tomoko Miura
Tomoko Miyata
Yasuko Ohtomo
Yayoi Toki
Yohei Nakano
Yukari Umebayashi
Yukari Yamaura
Yukie Kaneko

Key Animation:
Atsuko Tanaka
Atsushi Tamura
Eiji Yamamori
Fumie Konno
Hideaki Yoshio
Hideki Hamasu
HIroko Minowa
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Kazuyoshi Onoda
Ken'ichi Yamada
Kenichi Konishi
Makiko Futaki
Makiko Suzuki
Mariko Matsuo
Masafumi Yokota
Masako Sato
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Sachiko Sugino
Shinji Otsuka
Shougo Furuya
Shunsuke Hirota
Takashi Hashimoto
Takeshi Honda
Tsutomu Awada
Yuichiro Sueyoshi

Production Desk:
Kyohei Ito
Yuichiro Mochizuki

Production manager: Hiroyuki Watanabe

Programmer:
Masafumi Inoue
Shun Iwasawa

Sound Effects: Koji Kasamatsu

Sound Effects Assistant: Yoshiki Matsunaga

Sound Engineer: Shuji Inoue

Theme Song Arrangement: Joe Hisaishi

Theme Song Composition: Joe Hisaishi

Theme Song Lyrics:
Hayao Miyazaki (supplemental)
Katsuya Kondo

Theme Song Performance:
Naoya Fujimaki
Nozomi Ōhashi
Takaaki Fujioka

 

Hiroki Doi as Sōsuke

Yuria Nana as Ponyo

George Tokoro as Fujimoto

Tomoko Yamaguchi as Risa

Emi Hiraoka as Kumiko

Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Toki

Kazushige Nagashima as Kōichi

Tomoko Naraoka as Yoshie

Yūki Amami as Guranmanmare

Japanese companies 

Animation Cooperation:
Anime Torotoro
Brains Base
Dogakobo
Gonzo
Nakamura Production
Studio Cockpit
Studio Khara
Studio Takuranke
Tatsunoko Production

Animation Production: Studio Ghibli

Digital Paint: T2 Studio

Distributor: TOHO

Film Developing: Imagica

Music Performance: New Japan Philharmonic

Music Production Management: Wonder City

Music Recording: Sumida Triphony Hall

Production: "Ponyo on the Cliff" Production Committee

Production Committee:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Japan)
d-rights
Dentsu Inc.
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
NTV
TOHO

Production Studio: Studio Ghibli

Sound Production Cooperation:
Continental Far East Inc.
Digital Circus
Nihon Automobile College
Pug Point
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Tokyo TV Center

Special Support: Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd.

Special Thanks:
LAWSON
The Yomiuri Shimbun

English cast 
English staff 

Executive producer:
Hayao Miyazaki
John Lasseter

Producer:
Frank Marshall
Kathleen Kennedy
Steve Alpert

Assistant Dialogue Editor: Frank Clary

Sound Recordists: Clint Smith

Theme Song Performance:
Frankie Jonas
Noah Cyrus

Frankie Jonas as Sosuke

Noah Cyrus as Ponyo

Cate Blanchett as Granmamare

Liam Neeson as Fujimoto

Tina Fey as Lisa

Betty White as Noriko

Cloris Leachman as Yoshie

Crispin Freeman as Jess Harnell 

Janessa Rose as Kumiko

Kurt Knutsson as The Newscaster

Lily Tomlin as Toki

Matt Damon as Koichi

Bob Bergen

Carlos Alazraqui

Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Courtnee Draper

Danny Mann

Ella Dale Lewis

Jan Rabson

Jennifer Darling

Jess Harnell

Johanna Braddy

John Cygan

Laraine Newman

Madison Davenport

Marsha Clark

Mickie McGowan

Mona Marshall

Sherry Lynn

English companies 

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Optimum Releasing (UK)
The Walt Disney Company (US/Canada)

Licensed by: Viz Media 

Sound Recording: Skywalker Sound

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Jean-Marc Pannetier

Adaptation: Jean-Marc Pannetier

 

Ambre Fouber as Ponyo

Tom Trouffier as Sosuke

Boris Rhelinger as Fujimoto

Ana Gianforcaro as Kumiko

Anabelle Sumacher as Lisa

Anneliese Fromont as Granmamare

Arlette Thomas as Mme Yoshie

Danièle Hazan as Mme Toki

Maïté Monceau as Institutrice

Perette Pradier as autre vieille dame

Philippe Bozo as Koichi

French companies 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Direction De Casting:
Ignacio Rezzano
Maximiliano Ventola

Mezcla: Maximiliano Gonzales Gorriti

 

Ana Esther Alborg as Ponyo (Spain dub)

Lucila Gomez as Ponyo

Pilar Martín as Sosuke (Spain dub)

Sol Nieto as Sosuke

Alfonso Laguna as Fujimoto (Spain dub)

Licia Alonso as Grandmammare (Spain dub)

Marcelo Armand as Fujimoto

Mercedes Cepeda as Lisa (Spain dub)

Ariel Cisternino as Toki

Celia Ballester as Kayo (Spain dub)

Diego Brizzi as Koichi

Gustavo Bonfligi as Hombre Puerto 1

Hernan Bravo as Periodista

Javier Naldijan as Hombre Megafono

Karin Savala as Anciana 2

Laura Sordi as Anciana 1

Leandro Dugatkin as Marinero

Livia Fernan as Yoshi

Lorena Muñoz as Mujer Geriatrico

Luciana Falcon as Lisa

Mara Campanelli as Mujer

María Romero as Noriko (Spain dub)

Miriam Valencia as Kumiko (Spain dub)

Natalia Rosminati as Kumico

Oscar Castellanos as Koichi (Spain dub)

Pedro Ruiz as Hombre Puerto 2

Pilar Gentil as Toki (Spain dub)

Selica Torcal as Yoshie (Spain dub)

Silvia Aira as Noriko

Valeria Gomez as La Diosa del Mar

Spanish companies 

Distributor: Zima Entertainment (Mexico)


German staff 
(none)
German companies 

Distributor: Constantin Film AG

German cast 
(none)
 
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