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Mamoru Oshii talks Ponyo Mon, 25 Aug 2008

As is fairly traditional in Japan in the wake of a movie released by Hayao Miyazaki, anime director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) was asked to share his opinions on Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. Oshii's opinions are typically quite critical and his take on Ponyo is true to that form...

Oshii: "That movie doesn’t have any theme and structure. It is just the result from Miya-san's delusion. There is no inevitability in the story development. [...] Audiences never accept a story that does not show any rationality. Still, every single scene was interesting. The first 10 minutes are amazing. That jellyfish scene is really fantastic. The reason why we can somehow watch the movie till the end is just because of its excellent expressiveness during every single scene."

The dialogue continues at GhibliWorld.com, including an interesting discussion with Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki concerning the future of anime and the problems faced by generations of animators having to transition between the traditional hand-drawn style of animation to modern computer methods.

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