Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ), is a 2008 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. It is Miyazaki's eighth film for Ghibli, and his tenth overall. The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sōsuke, and wants to become a human girl.
The film has won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. It was released in Japan on July 19, 2008, in the US and Canada on August 14, 2009, and in the UK on February 12, 2010. The film reached #9 in the US box office charts for its opening weekend.
English Voice Cast[]
- Gran Mamare - Cate Blanchett
- Ponyo - Noah Cyrus
- Koichi - Matt Damon
- Lisa - Tina Fey
- Sosuke - Frankie Jonas
- The Newscaster - Kurt Knutsson
- Yoshie - Cloris Leachman
- Fujimoto - Liam Neeson
- Kumiko - Jennessa Rose
- Toki - Lily Tomlin
- Noriko - Betty White
- Ponyo's Older Sister - Akiko Yano (Footage; Japanese Version)
Additional Voices[]
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Bob Bergen
- Johanna Braddy
- Marsha Clarke
- John Cygan
- Jennifer Darling
- Madison Davenport
- Courtnee Draper
- Crispin Freeman
- Jess Harnell
- Ella Dale Lewis
- Sherry Lynn
- Danny Mann
- Mona Marshall
- Mickie McGowan
- Laraine Newman
- Colleen O'Shaughnessey - Karen
- Jan Rabson