Do you remember how you felt when you were five years old? Ponyo, which is Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea in Japanese, is fantastic human animated movie, which remind me the delightful feeling that I have forgot for long time, by Studio Ghibli in Japan. This movie was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, who is known as extraordinary animator in Japan. This movie was released in Japan in 2008 and was distributed to the U, S in 2009. It recorded 15billion yen as Gross revenue in Japan and won the Academy awards of Japan in 2008 according to Tokyo Graph in Japan.
Accordingto Yahoo news in Japan, it is remarkable for the casts in English version because Noah Cyrus, who is known as young star Miley Cyrus’ sister, is casted as Ponyo. Furthermore, Cate Blanchett, who is winner of the Oscar, is casted as Ponyo’s mother.
This movie is under the inspiration of the Little Mermaid, which was written by Hans Christian Andersen. The scene of the story is in Tomonoura, Japan. This movie is about the story that the growth of five year old boy Sousuke, while his hometown is inundated with the flood. He decides that he protects her from others and he tries to deliver on it. I love this movie because it makes me happy and pure after watching this movie. In addition, this movie described some current problems in Japan such as graying society. In my opinion, it allows me to receive the distinct message from this movie.
Originally, the most of the animated movie are for kids but this movie gives every generation deep emotion. Moreover, you can find new thing if you watch this movie more than once. I recommend everyone watch this movie more than once. It is worth watching many times. Hopefully, this movie will be nominated for the Academy Awards in the U.S in 2010 and win. If you want to feel warm, I recommend you this movie.
Tokyo Graph : http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4977
Yahoo News: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20297388,00.html
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Compare two my favorite cities
What is the difference between Seattle and Tokyo? There are many differences between two cities which I love. It is easy to find them if you compare the two cities carefully.
First of all, it is the transportation because there are many kinds of public transport in Tokyo, such as subway, train, monorail and bus. You don’t need to have a car because public transportation is more convenient than car. Otherwise, a car is indispensable in Seattle because there are many buses which stop by every area in Seattle but it is not enough if you live conveniently.
Second, places of Seattle are bigger than Tokyo because there is so much space in Seattle. Schools, restaurants, parks and houses also have so much room. The most of Japanese houses don’t have two bathrooms like houses of Seattle, even though one and half bathrooms.
Final difference is weather that rain fall of Seattle is more abundant than Japan. It rains so much in Seattle that it is well known as “Rain city”. In addition, Seattle weather is unpredictable, even though the forecast sometimes doesn’t predict exact information because it is more difficult to predict the weather than Japanese.
On the other hands, there are some similarities between two cities. One of them is that a metropolitan is in harmony with nature in both cities. It is one of the reasons why I love both of them. Tokyo has many high buildings, good restaurants, luxury hotels, and nice cafes such as down town Seattle. Otherwise; Tokyo has wonderful parks which have beautiful trees and flowers like Seattle.
In conclusion, each place has individual characteristic such as the difference and the similarities of Seattle between Tokyo. We enjoy finding them in daily life. It allows us to have the opportunity that we realize individuality of my home town.
First of all, it is the transportation because there are many kinds of public transport in Tokyo, such as subway, train, monorail and bus. You don’t need to have a car because public transportation is more convenient than car. Otherwise, a car is indispensable in Seattle because there are many buses which stop by every area in Seattle but it is not enough if you live conveniently.
Second, places of Seattle are bigger than Tokyo because there is so much space in Seattle. Schools, restaurants, parks and houses also have so much room. The most of Japanese houses don’t have two bathrooms like houses of Seattle, even though one and half bathrooms.
Final difference is weather that rain fall of Seattle is more abundant than Japan. It rains so much in Seattle that it is well known as “Rain city”. In addition, Seattle weather is unpredictable, even though the forecast sometimes doesn’t predict exact information because it is more difficult to predict the weather than Japanese.
On the other hands, there are some similarities between two cities. One of them is that a metropolitan is in harmony with nature in both cities. It is one of the reasons why I love both of them. Tokyo has many high buildings, good restaurants, luxury hotels, and nice cafes such as down town Seattle. Otherwise; Tokyo has wonderful parks which have beautiful trees and flowers like Seattle.
In conclusion, each place has individual characteristic such as the difference and the similarities of Seattle between Tokyo. We enjoy finding them in daily life. It allows us to have the opportunity that we realize individuality of my home town.
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