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New film release by 'Japanese Walt Disney'
The new anime film from Hayao Miyazaki - dubbed the Japanese Walt Disney - has been released in the US today - and those behind it are hoping that this could the animator's first anime film to make it big in the country.
Writing for the Guardian, Tokyo correspondent Justin McCurry noted that while Miyazaki has often reaped praise from both critics and the public in this native Japan, his anime creations have so far been mutely received in the US.
The release of Ponyo, which tells the tale of a goldfish who befriends a five-year-old girl in order to complete her own transformation from fish to human, could change that, it is commented.
Two of Miyazaki's previous films - Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away - have been Oscar-nominated, with Spirited Away scooping the award for best animated film
As well as this, the film currently holds the record for being the highest-grossing film at the Japanese box office, after it overtook James Cameron's 1997 epic Titanic.
Written by Kimberley Homer.
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Writing for the Guardian, Tokyo correspondent Justin McCurry noted that while Miyazaki has often reaped praise from both critics and the public in this native Japan, his anime creations have so far been mutely received in the US.
The release of Ponyo, which tells the tale of a goldfish who befriends a five-year-old girl in order to complete her own transformation from fish to human, could change that, it is commented.
Two of Miyazaki's previous films - Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away - have been Oscar-nominated, with Spirited Away scooping the award for best animated film
As well as this, the film currently holds the record for being the highest-grossing film at the Japanese box office, after it overtook James Cameron's 1997 epic Titanic.
Written by Kimberley Homer.
Related news stories:
Monsters, Inc ride opens at Disneyland Tokyo (16th April 2009)
Wii sales 'top 50 million' (27th March 2009)
DisneySea resort re-opens in Chiba (3rd May 2011)
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