Spreading the Signal

Friend creativedv8tion is still struggling with unemployment. So he's still selling his stuff online (books, comics and rpgs) as well as doing Kickstarter for a novel...

Ponyo

Miyazaki tells a tale of a fish who is the daughter of a wizard and a goddess who falls in love with a young boy and decides to become a human. And then lots of weird stuff happens including mass flooding and giant ancient fish-monsters that just swim along being all mellow. Watching this one I was struck by how well Studio Ghibli does movement. Especially things moving fast. People and animals running, cars zipping along tiny roads, water rushing about. Or just the way liquids slosh and divide and merge in their films. Also, this Miyazaki tale is very slight on character and story but heavy on some gorgeous sea-themed imagery...