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- Release date: July 19, 2008 (Japan), TBA (U.S.)
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki
- Producers: Toshio Suzuki, Kathleen Kennedy (English-language version), Frank Marshall (English-language version)
- Studio: Studio Ghibli
- Distributor: Toho Company (Japan), The Walt Disney Company (USA)
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Japanese voice cast: Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Kazuhige Nagashima, Tomoko Yamaguchi, George Tokoro
- English voice cast: Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Frankie Jonas, Noah Cyrus, Cloris Leachman
- Awards: Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award (2008 Venice Film Festival),Anime News Network: Ponyo, Sky Crawlers Passed Over at Venice Film Fest (September 6, 2008) Future Film Festival Special Mention (2008 Venice Film Festival)Anime News Network: [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-05/oshii-sky-crawlerswins-venice-fest-digital-award Oshii's Sky Crawlers Wi
- Nominations: Golden Lion (2008 Venice Film Festival)
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Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a 2008 Japanese animated (anime) film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It tells the story of Ponyo, a magical goldfish who becomes human, and her friendship with a Sosuke, a five-year-old boy who lives by the sea. The movie was nominated for the Golden Lion best film award at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.The New York Times: "Golden Lion Prepares to Roar..." (August 26, 2008)
Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki is a filmmaker who co-founded the animation production house Studio Ghibli. He has been compared to American animator and film producer Walt Disney.BBC: Big in Japan: The Strange World of Hayao Miyazaki Miyaaki has directed 10 feature films, including 2001's Spirited Away, which is the highest-grossing film ever released in Japan.The Japan Times Online: Japan's greatest film director? (September 30, 2008) Spirited Away also won both the Best Animated Feature award at the 2003 Academy AwardsAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: 75th Academy Award Winners and the Golden Berlin Bear best film award at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival.BBC NEWS: Bloody Sunday wins Golden Bear (February 18, 2002) His 2004 film Howl's Moving Castle was also nominated for the Best Animated Feature award at the 2006 Academy AwardsICv2: Howl's Moving Castle Earns Academy Award Nomination (February 1, 2006) as well as the Golden Lion best film award at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.Anime News Network: Howl's Moving Castle at Venice Film Festival (September 8, 2004)-
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