Ponyo is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi, and distributed by Toho.
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Ponyo calls his wave spirits to recover her, leaving Sosuke heartbroken and confused by what happened.
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Ponyo refuses to let her father call her by her birth name, declaring her desire to be a human named Ponyo.
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Ponyo goes back to Sosuke, who is amazed and overjoyed to see her.
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Gran Mamare asks him if he can love Ponyo whether she is a fish or human; Sosuke replies likewise.
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Ponyo's then tells her daughter that if she chooses to become human once and for all, she will have to give up her magical powers.
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Ponyo agrees, and she is encased in a bubble given to Sosuke, who then kisses it to complete Ponyo's transformation, restoring the balance of nature.
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Ponyo took particular interest in The Gate, a book involving a character named Sosuke who lived at the bottom of a cliff.
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Ponyo later created the character Ponyo, a name he thought of as an onomatopoeia of what "soft, squishy softness" feels like when touched.
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An example of the simple style is when Miyazaki painted a picture of Ponyo riding on a flock of fish, called "Ponyo is Here", which was inspired by him listening to Ride of the Valkyries while writing a letter to his staff about going with a more elemental style.
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Ponyo's birth name, Brunhilde, is a deliberate reference to the eldest of the nine legendary Valkyrie and Wagner's Brunnhilde.
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Wendy Ide of The Times said Ponyo "is as chaotic and exuberant as a story told by a hyperactive toddler, " and gave it 4 stars out of 5.
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