Ponyo (2008)

When it comes to Hayao Miyazaki, the ocean is full of mystery and calamity. But one thing is for certain: Ponyo loves ham!

This week is Miyazaki’s late-career “movie for five-year-olds” that somehow combines the terror of complete environmental catastrophe with… the joy of floating around in a candle-powered speedboat. And cool jellyfish!

Topics discussed: delicious-looking tea, delicious-looking ramen, whether or not the mad scientist/wizard Fujimoto represents Miyazaki, the perils of painting backgrounds for Ghibli, prehistoric fish, and Frankie Jonas.

Next week we take a brief detour from the late works of Miyazaki and Takahata to cover Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (2010). Join the conversation on our Discord at discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx and get more Eye of the Duck on our Patreon show, After Hours patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod

References:

• Special Features

• The Five Geniuses of Ponyo

• Interview with Toshio Suzuki

• Behind the Microphone

• Creating Ponyo

• Ponyo & Fujimoto

• The Nursery

• Scoring Miyazaki

• The Art of Ponyo

• The Works of Hayao Miyazaki: The Japanese Animation Master by Gael Berton

• Miyazakiworld by Susan Napier

• Turning Point by Hayao Miyazaki

Credits:

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This episode was researched by Parth Marathe (parthmarathe.com).

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