03/25/2008: "A look at the world of Ponyo"
GhibliWold has a look at a watercolor made by Hayao Miyazaki that shows the world of his upcoming film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. Naussica.net reports that according to the film’s production diary the number of the animation cels in Ponyo exceeds 160,000. That compares to about 148,000 for Howl’s Moving Castle, 140,000 for Princess Mononoke, and 112,000 for the Academy Award winning Spirited Away. Ponyo opens in Japan this summer.
