anime · 2008 · 10 min read
Ponyo
The Little Mermaid as Cosmological Disruption
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Ponyo's love threatens to flood the world — not as punishment, but as consequence. When a sea-creature chooses to become human, the boundary between realms dissolves. Miyazaki's ecological warning dressed as children's wonder.
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