Thursday, August 21, 2008

New Miyazaki film a riff on Little Mermaid.


I've never been so excited about a film about children and mermaids. This needs to come stateside NOW. From Reuters:
"Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea", about the friendship between a five-year-old boy and a mermaid girl who wishes to live in his world, has become one of the most popular Japanese movies in its home market in its first month of release.

Box office sales have surpassed 10 billion yen ($91 million), and the film's theme tune features as a ringtone on thousands of Japanese mobile phones.

The film is also set to be shown at the Venice Film Festival, which starts next week, and then it will be distributed in the United States, said a spokesman for Japanese distributor, Toho Co Ltd, although details have not been set.

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