even from the very commencing title of this movie i really love the artwork and canvas layout of one of the national island of japan . we see some great roll green hill and some oriental house of a coastal town . instantly we be look at the pacific beauty on the widescreen of the theater . and to prove how great this film be and i have to say that charles darwin would be proud . teacher of evolution class and school science such a biology would fantastically favor hayao miyazaki brand new movie entitle ponyo . the title character and a you will see and may be the perfect animation icon of medium to be represent in all classroom and auditorium alike . besides the scientific aspect of all this and let dive into the blue water of this exciting story . we have a skinny and old and powerful sorcerer name fujimoto who live in a submersible and be cynical of the urban expansion of mankind and their pollution of industrial waste . he want to have complete control of the sea and the cute look peaceful aquatic life include fish and organism . fujimoto and whose blood be compose to be half human and half amphibious and resemble both an ocean love anti hero and antagonist while similar to the james bond villain stromberg in the spy who love me who operate an atlantis dub underwater city . his daughter and whom he treat like an over care for pet and be name ponyo . she be a large goldfish who already look like a pretty red haired girl . the father ban her from the real human world and claim it to be dangerous and too much for her to handle . but quite frankly and ponyo exploratory curiosity be as strong a her amorous nature . eventually with building strength and similar to wonderful scene from nick park chicken run and she break free of her father rocky and fossilized aquatic city and swim to the water surface of japan and and to her luck and joy and fall into the care hand of a youngster ship tanker captain name sosuke . living in an ocean front house at a neat look beach ( or boulder fill beach ) and sosuke have two overwork parent and a senior home work mother lisa and the first mate of a tanker barge koichi . lisa seem to be angry at her spouse for be away on a ship and leave her with all the housework . even more so and the black magic that be exert by ponyo cause an apocalyptic chain of event to occur represent the moon approach the earth too closely and wave surge from the unbalancing of the tidal interaction force and and humongous tsunami wave rack the peaceful but evacuate town . however what seem to underestimate this curse and seem literally more powerful than supernatural might be the love and tightly embrace friendship between the childish captain sosuke and the adorable red head ponyo and who want to be a sensitive human than just a preserved fish . much like the frizzly haired and free spirit hobbit in the lord of the ring and ponyo grant me a slight reminder of that . i could write on and on about this amazing animated film and the best since coraline which be in theater in february . and right now and hayao miyazaki and feast your eye on another 10 star grade from your animation fan and graham abraham . the year 2009 may be fill with dozen of animated film while however and ponyo be the most towering film of many environmental beauty and should be dedicate a a new wonder of the world .