Comments on: Ponyo Trailer Released

By: jdav9906

jdav9906 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:03:29 +0000

They completely change the story line, why do they do this, its like saying ” we’re America the world police” why couldn’t they just leave the heartwarming story it originally is.

By: finalanimestop

finalanimestop — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:02:26 +0000

And yeah, you’re right, the American trailer does do that….

By: finalanimestop

finalanimestop — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:01:39 +0000

Honestly, like I said in my blog a bit. I really just think Disney’s going in for the easy kill and riding off of the good work of Miyazaki. That guy’s a friggin dynamo. Like seriously, he hand does everything! Disney’s hardly done an anime in forever…but whatever. Anyways, I’m looking forward to the film. Hopefully it’ll be as good as the other Miyazaki films

By: John

John — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:37:38 +0000

The US trailer truly gives the impression that the film is about some sort of impending catastrophe that only Ponyo can prevent, which is absolutely not what the original Japanese film is about. The original Japanese film is a very simple and lighthearted film with only a bare minimum of conflict at the end, similar to Tonari no Totoro. The US trailer creates the impression that such a simple and light story isn’t substantial enough to satisfy American viewers, however.

By: GATS

GATS — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:17:55 +0000

*My* concern is that it’s another one of those “let’s just show the action scenes and hope people aren’t confused”-type ads we saw for Howl and Princess Mononoke. Considering how Lasseter handled the marketing for his Pixar stuff, I’d figure he’d use the same approach for Ponyo.