Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett and Lily Tomlin give their voices to "Ponyo"

"Sōsuke and Ponyo are voiced by the youngest Jonas Brother and Noah Cyrus."

Ew. No. Why. I stopped wanting to see this movie after that line, sorry. I'm just really adverse to the idea of having movies voiced by some popular talents to draw in people. You know it's probably not because the voice is suiting, but rather because it'll get all the teeny-boppers to come watch.

ME. WANT. FEY!

I'm on withdrawals right now. Aaack.

I <3 Miyazaki, so I'll definitely be seeing this.

I'm not crazy about a Jonas/Cyrus voice choice for the main characters, but heck, the rest of the cast is good.

i could never hate miyazaki (my neighbor totoro=one of my faaaaaaave films) and with that talent, how could you go wrong? but i do agree that disney is slipping into the realm of trying to use celebrity talent to boost the film's popularity instead of letting the (absolutely stunning) quality speak for itself. 

nevertheless, come august 14, this lil' white butt will be settled in a theater chair. and whenever it comes out on dvd, i WILL be getting it in the original japanese.

:D  

It's a Ghibli movie that is distributed by Disney in the US, but Miyazaki is far from sold to Disney.

They've been trying to get him into directing a Disney film and he has always refused and kept his integrity as a filmmaker from Japan.

No matter who the cast is, and what Disney have done to the movie to make it "watchable" to an american audience (seriously, aren't you offended by this??? I would kick some asses if they were changing Miyazaki's movies in France to make them more available, it's a shame!), it is still 150% a Ghibli movie, and not a Disney movie, and I'm tired of seeing Disney showing off their name with Miyazaki's work, just because Buena Vista has the rights to distribute it. 

Sorry, I'm an animator, I obviously absolutely adore Miyazaki, and I'm proud of him for never accepting Disney's offer! 

Like alot of people I discovered anime and Miyazaki through 'Princess Mononoke' and I love most of his films esp 'Totoro' but I'm not as sure about this one. I don't keep up on what is going on with him but I though he had retired and his son had taken over?? Anyway, I'll def check this out when it comes to dvd but I'm not as impressed, it seems to be aimed at alot younger audience and from the trailer I doubt it'll have any of the mature themes that his others have. But so what, I'll still pay to see it :)

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While I'm grateful that AE is giving this film a nice publicity bump, I'm once again ticked off by the assumption that a gorgeous animated epic by a celebrated director somehow needs celebrity voices as a selling point. Seriously, does this ever work?

No offense to the actresses, but I'd rather actual voice actors who are familiar with the meduim do these things. Proof positive: compare the English dub of Princess Mononoke (celebrity voices) with Spirited Away (regular voice actors), the difference is pretty obvious.

KiKi's Deliver Service is my FAVORITE! I'm not sure if he made dis this other movie though. It's um My Neighbor Totoro??? (^_^)

i love spirited away, howls moving castle and princess mononoke :D im so excited for this movie

"Hands upon my back again.
Survival is my only friend.
Terrified of what may come.
Remember I will always love you,
Even as I claw your fucking throat away.
But it will end no other way"

Ehh, the English cast is really bothering me, if I buy the dvd I'll probably only watch it in Japanese with subtitles. Dubs just... suck, period. I'm not fond of too many.

But the original film how it was meant to be viewed in it's original language is always wonderful. <3

I have loads of respect for Miyazaki-san. So yeah. I can't wait to get it. *jumps up and down*

...because I more or less had an impromptu Hayao Miyazaki marathon today (Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky, and Kiki's Delivery Service, with the possibility of Princess Mononoke here in a few minutes).  But Miyazaki has predominately done female leads, or at the very least had a female character as important as the protagonist.  With the possible exception of Porco Rossi (which I still haven't been able to track down), the stories all have that in common...and I wonder how he managed with it, and more importantly, how it will be after localization.  I personally will wait for DVD regardless, just so if the boys voices annoy me then they can all be speaking Japanese.  Here's hoping though, because barring them, I love all the other cast members voices.

p.s. If they were really marketing to the kids obsessed with Anime...Maile Flanagan would have probably been the better choice than Disney's Actor-Matronics.  Just saying.

EXCUSE ME,but if you or some peaople think that Ghibri animation is potentially Disney-ficated, that means you DON'T know ANYTHING about Hayao Miyazaki and clearly you've NEVER seen his earlier works!!!

geez how could people think like that!?!?

 NOTHING compared to his works.

Ponyo is another great movie from the director, it looks like it's for kids, but contains alot deeper meanings, as usual.  

as japanese i had to say this. 

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I am a huge Hayao Miyazaki fan and my fave is Spirited away, hence my nick. His animations are awesome and very imaginative.. I will definitely be first in line to catch this film!!! Thanks for the heads-up!

miyazaki provided me with a good chunk of happy childhood memories. :)

i remember when ponyo was first coming out in japan about a year ago. couldn't really tell whether to get excited or not honestly. but we'll see. and NOT in the dubbed version. eww.

My mom and I are both HUGE fans of Hayao Miyazaki, and have seen pretty much every single thing by him, if not all, but I am severely disappointed at this being...English-a-fied. I saw Kiki's Delivery Service in English, and that was great, even with Kirsten Dunst  (I'm pretty sure it was her voice, I can't quite remember), but I don't really like Tina Fey, to begin with. Then, the Jonas Brothers? Even one of them is too much jobro-age for me, sorry.

Anything with the name "Cyrus" really should just not be in such a (probably) great film by an amazing creator. I was really looking forward to this, seeing it in theatres, but I'm just going to wait and buy it when it comes out on DVD, and watch it without the English dubbing. It won't kill to read subtitles for a few hours. 

I have seen and enjoyed most of the Miyazaki Movies...but i didn't enjoy Ponyo that much..and neither did my friends who are huge Miyazaki fans. We saw it in Japanese with subs last year.

... and i'm also not liking the Dubbing cast... though i'm also not a fan of dubbs... I don't think my friends will be amused by this... I'm curious to know their reaction to this lol.

I know this is a lesbian site but.. why no mention of any males in film say Liam Neeson!! He's awesome right? He's Aslan? of the voice-over work. Only woulda been a few more words..

I don't care about Cyrus' as long as they're good in the film. I mean the only time Miley or a Cyrus came into my life was Jonathan Ross which I chose to watch and it was entertaining, its certainly no reason for me not to see the film. As long as nobody makes me cringe

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