Ponyo was directed by Hayao Miyazaki and is studio Ghibli 16th film. We Start off with a castle under the sea we meet a wizard named Fujimoto who's working on magical experiments. One of his daughters a goldfish name Ponyo decides to travel up to the surface, eventually get washed ashore near a boys house named Sosuke. After taking care and spending time together Ponyo takes a liking to Sosuke and decides that she wants to become human so she runs away from home to be with him, but it turns out that Ponyo possesses powerful magic abilities that in the process is causing The natural balance to fall out of order as water rises tsunami's occur and the moon gravitating closer to the earth. The movie's a fun and lighthearted movie that's good for colorful eye candy however where it lacks severely is not in its visuals but unfortunately it's characters and the story you don't really get a full grasp of this world. This town everyone is super friendly even when after their houses get flooded they're just optimistic doesn't really seem all that believable. Sosuke and Ponyo are the highlight of the movie when they're having fun it's nice to see however feels as though they need to be seen of them interacting some kids at the school there's just not enough of them doing stuff together. Lisa the mother is hands-down one of the most irresponsible parents ever seen in it one of these films she's a reckless driver of multiple account and leaves her son unsupervised constantly. There's a subplot with the father but it's barely established to the point that you probably forget that he's even a part of the movie. Fujimoto at one point talks about how he was once a human yet they don't not go into it at all or what his past was like as well as how to come to meet Gran Mamare Ponyo mother thegoddess of mercy. It seems as though they should've focused more on the underwater setting as opposed to the surface. The Movie overall ends very abrupt and anti climatic.