theowne
March 21st, 2007, 01:24 am
I don't know if I'm the only Ghibli fan here but:
March 19, 2007 Miyazaki's Next Film Announced
Hayao Miyazaki's next film was announced today. The title is "Gake no ue no Ponyo" (Ponyo On A Cliff) and is scheduled for release in the summer of 2008.
The plot revolves around the Princess goldfish Ponyo who wants to become human and 5 years old boy named Sosuke. Key words of the film are "father", "mother", and "a cliff".
While not announced as the location Tomo-no-Ura in Seto-naikai is the likely setting as Miyazaki spent some time there last spring.
The model for Sosuke is Goro Miyazaki (Hayao's son) when he was 5 years old.
This film is expressed in a watercolor and pastel-like freehand drawing. Studio Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki mentioned, "70 or 80% of the stage is the sea. How will we express the sea and a wave in a freehand drawing, it's the director's challenge."
Additional news and commentary from GhibliWorld.
Thanks to T.Ishikawa for the news.
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Great news, especially that Miyazaki conceived the story. While Howl's Moving Castle was a good film, I've always felt his strongest movies were those he conceived himself or had considerable creative license with. It sounds unique and I'm eager to see what Miyazaki can do with this kind of story. Summer 2008 seems so long away....
March 19, 2007 Miyazaki's Next Film Announced
Hayao Miyazaki's next film was announced today. The title is "Gake no ue no Ponyo" (Ponyo On A Cliff) and is scheduled for release in the summer of 2008.
The plot revolves around the Princess goldfish Ponyo who wants to become human and 5 years old boy named Sosuke. Key words of the film are "father", "mother", and "a cliff".
While not announced as the location Tomo-no-Ura in Seto-naikai is the likely setting as Miyazaki spent some time there last spring.
The model for Sosuke is Goro Miyazaki (Hayao's son) when he was 5 years old.
This film is expressed in a watercolor and pastel-like freehand drawing. Studio Ghibli President Toshio Suzuki mentioned, "70 or 80% of the stage is the sea. How will we express the sea and a wave in a freehand drawing, it's the director's challenge."
Additional news and commentary from GhibliWorld.
Thanks to T.Ishikawa for the news.
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Great news, especially that Miyazaki conceived the story. While Howl's Moving Castle was a good film, I've always felt his strongest movies were those he conceived himself or had considerable creative license with. It sounds unique and I'm eager to see what Miyazaki can do with this kind of story. Summer 2008 seems so long away....