Studio Ghibli's latest Hayao Miyazaki film (and recent MADMAN acquisition set for theatrical release in 2009!) PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA is the first Japanese production since Miyazaki's own HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE to pass the ¥10 billion mark.

The film is set in a small town by the sea where five year-old Sosuke lives high on a cliff, overlooking the Inland Sea. One morning whie playing on the rocky beach below his house, he discovers a goldfish named Ponyo, her head stuck in a jam jar. Sosuke resuces Ponyo and keeps her in a green plastic pail.

Both Ponyo and Sosuke are fascinated by each other and promise to stay firm friends until Ponyo's father - once human, now a sorcerer who lives deep under the sea - forces her to return with him to the ocean depths. What follows is an amazing underwater adventure for all ages....