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I saw Ponyo with my mom yesterday. It was a tiny theater, and the only other person there was a guy with a cast who had to hobble in on crutches. For some reason the theater is usually pretty empty whenever I see movies, so I never get to gauge audience reaction, which is a shame.

I saw the subtitled version (Dutch subtitles), and I'm glad because I got to hear the Japanese song at the end instead of the rock-style English version. I wish I could find the song at the beginning to listen to--the intro was really nice.

The movie was... how to describe it? It was engaging throughout, but not because there was any semblance of a plot. I just wanted to keep watching to see what the characters would do next, because all the details and interactions seemed so real and adorable. I kept watching every little motion any of the characters made, because all the details were so right and it was fun to pay attention to little motions that normally get overlooked. The kids' characterization was great, as Miyazaki's kids always are; I love watching children in his films because they're always so genuine and adorable. It all felt very near and slice-of-life, except there was a transforming goldfish and all sorts of other randomly wacky stuff.

The artwork was beautiful in its simplicity, and all the scenes with water were gorgeous. Watching the water was my favorite part of the movie. Gah, I want water-fish that I can run on, too!

This movie doesn't unseat Totoro as my favorite Ghibli film, but it was pretty cute and enjoyable all the same.

Anyway, so I drew fanart. About time I drew some Ghibli fanart.

The car in this picture is going to swerve just in time to avoid flying off the cliff. Nevertheless, Lisa is a terrible driver. Every time she got in that car, I was mentally screaming at her to slow down. Especially during the rain.

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I saw Ponyo with my mom yesterday. It was a tiny theater, and the only other person there was a guy with a cast who had to hobble in on crutches. For some reason the theater is usually pretty empty whenever I see movies, so I never get to gauge audience reaction, which is a shame.

I saw the subtitled version (Dutch subtitles), and I'm glad because I got to hear the Japanese song at the end instead of the rock-style English version. I wish I could find the song at the beginning to listen to--the intro was really nice.

The movie was... how to describe it? It was engaging throughout, but not because there was any semblance of a plot. I just wanted to keep watching to see what the characters would do next, because all the details and interactions seemed so real and adorable. I kept watching every little motion any of the characters made, because all the details were so right and it was fun to pay attention to little motions that normally get overlooked. The kids' characterization was great, as Miyazaki's kids always are; I love watching children in his films because they're always so genuine and adorable. It all felt very near and slice-of-life, except there was a transforming goldfish and all sorts of other randomly wacky stuff.

The artwork was beautiful in its simplicity, and all the scenes with water were gorgeous. Watching the water was my favorite part of the movie. Gah, I want water-fish that I can run on, too!

This movie doesn't unseat Totoro as my favorite Ghibli film, but it was pretty cute and enjoyable all the same.

Anyway, so I drew fanart. About time I drew some Ghibli fanart.

The car in this picture is going to swerve just in time to avoid flying off the cliff. Nevertheless, Lisa is a terrible driver. Every time she got in that car, I was mentally screaming at her to slow down. Especially during the rain.