Gake no Ue no Ponyo is the latest export from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. It came out in July in Japan and I have been trying to find it ever since. This film blew me away.
The story follows a fish who happens to drift to the mainland where she is found by a five year old boy named Sosuke. Sosuke cuts himself and starts to bleed a little while trying to save the fish, but the fish licks the wound and it heals immediately. Sosuke thought it was magic, named the fish Ponyo and promised to protect her. Ponyo's father, who is a human, but has an aversion to land, Fujimoto, comes searching for her. For if she does not get returned soon, the ocean will consume the land. Ponyo ends up being taken back to the sea where she tells Fujimoto that she prefers the name Ponyo and wants to become human.
