Remember back then when I blog about the movie Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea? Unfortunately that movie and two other Japanese Films wasn’t able to claim the Golden Lion Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival! However, each movie did had a prize to pick up in other competitions ^^.

Quote from Mainichi New:
“Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” took home the Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award and the viewers’ choice award. Mamoru Oshii’s animated film, “The Sky Crawlers,” earned the Future Film Festival Digital Award, and Takeshi …

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a new film produced by Studio Ghibli and written by Hayao Miyazaki. Said to be released July 19 2008 in Japan, it will be a good few months before we can get the film at our local theaters.

This film is Miyazaki’s ninth film with Studio Ghibli. The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who desperately wants to be a human. In pursuing her goal, she befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sousoke. Miyazaki has been working on this film since October 2006 …