Ponyo

Production Notes

Gake no Ue no Ponyo—Miyazaki's 8th animated film with Studio Ghibli—grossed more than $201 million USD worldwide. It is made up of over 170,000 individual frames. In 2009, the film won in five categories at the 8th Annual Tokyo Anime awards. It was also awarded with the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for both Animation of the Year and Outstanding Musical Achievement. Many aspects of Ponyo drew from portions of day-to-day life. The seaside village, for example, is based on Tomonoura, Japan, with some sections inspired by Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre. The main character, Sosuke, is also named after the hero of The Gate by Natsume Soseki.

Cast Highlights

Ponyo

Main

Voice: Kouzuki, Yuria (Japanese)

Sousuke

Main

Voice: Jonas, Frankie (English)

Fujimoto

Supporting

Voice: Corvo, Massimo (Italian)

Granmammare

Supporting

Voice: Blanchett, Cate (English)

Koichi

Supporting

Voice: Bezerra, Wendel (Portuguese (BR))

Kumiko

Supporting

Voice: Hiraoka, Eimi (Japanese)

Lisa

Supporting

Voice: Fey, Tina (English)

Toki

Supporting

Voice: Yoshiyuki, Kazuko (Japanese)

Core Staff

Suzuki, Toshio

Producer

Miyazaki, Hayao

Director, Script, Executive Producer, Screenplay, Animation Director

Kimura, Eriko

Sound Director

Hisaishi, Joe

Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Music

Oohashi, Nozomi

Theme Song Performance

Awata, Tsutomu

Key Animation

Theme Songs

Quick Facts

Ranking And Reach

Title Variants

Production Team