Studio Ghibli released Ponyo in 2008, using the film to give its spin on the Hans Christian Anderson classic fairy tale the Little Mermaid with main characters Ponyo and SÅ suke. Like its source ...

“Ponyo isn’t Hayao Miyazaki’s greatest film ... to riff on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. Brunhilde, a magical goldfish who lives with her wizard scientist dad under ...

The imposition sets off a crisis of agency for Ponyo, who first refuses the name Fujimoto gives her — “Brunhilde,” Miyazaki’s clever nod to Wagner’s Ring — and then escapes again to ...

His latest animated feature Ponyo, loosely based on The Little Mermaid, is his latest wonder work. A half-human, half-fish girl called Ponyo is rescued from the sea by five-year-old Sosuke ...