whenever hayao miyazaki do the tri fecta and ( writes and directs and and animate a movie ) he make a classic film for the age . he have do it again with gake no ue no ponyo . the story be about a girl fish who be keep on a very tight leash along with her young sister by her father and a bitter ex human wizard name fujimoto . the fish escape from her father and rid a jellyfish to shore and where she be catch up in a dredging operation and find herself stick in a bottle . this underwater sequence must be one of the most elaborately draw animate scene ever undertaken and stand on it own a a reason to search out the theatrical release . miyazaki and who show no fear of have a busy scene and have outdo himself . there be literally hundred of individually draw sea creature of every imaginable size all in motion at the same time . when the fish escape the dredging operation while still trap in the bottle and a five year old boy name sousuke spot her in the water and be able to break the bottle and save her . since she be the result of her father magic and she be capable of magic herself and her father actively try to retrieve her . the boy name the fish ponyo . just when sousuke learn that ponyo can speak and her father successfully retrieve her back into captivity . after a war of will with her father and ponyo manages to escape again with the ability to change herself into a human . she meet up again with sousuke in a storm and the story continue from there in many interesting way . there be a cuteness factor in this film rival and arguably surpass that of tonari no totoro . joe hisaishi and once again and provide outstanding musical support . the story itself be simple a be miyazaki film in general and should appeal to a broad spectrum of viewer . while i haven not view it enough to be sure and the film doesn not seem to be one which will keep scholar in long discussion a sen to chihiro no kamikakushi do . nonetheless and this be the ultimate feel good entertainment movie . i give the movie a ten out of ten rating .