Ponyo

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Watched With: Jordan, Amberly

Another Miyazaki! And what will likely be his last directorial effort, unless he comes out of retirement.

While this one skews to a much younger demographic it's no less imaginative or inventive and equally enjoyable.

There are some strange turns and as is usually the case, it's impossible to tell where the film is heading with Miyazaki's stream of consciousness writing style but no one can deny that the imagery throughout is fantastic and beautiful.

While the animation style is ever so slightly simpler and graphic than Ghibli has done in the past the effort put in to detail is incredible. I believe them when they say this film has the most amount of images produced for a Miyazaki film despite not having nearly as long a running time as others. There's just so many layers of animation in every shot, so much effort!

I personally find the fate of the world balancing on the love of two 5 year olds a little odd but then theres so much else about the film I love, especially the stylised movement of the ocean and seeing all the sea life swimming around the submerged town.