Gake no ue no Ponyo is a 2008 Japanese-language Animation Adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Toshio Suzuki under the banner of Studio Ghibli. The son of a sailor, 5-year-old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father's magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo's father sends the ocean's mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human. Written by The Massie Twins. Gake no ue no ponyo features Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima, Y Ki Amami, George Tokoro, Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi and Katelin C. Holloway. The film is based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. The music was composed by Joe Hisaishi. Cinematography was done by Atsushi Okui and editing by Takeshi Seyama. The film has a running time of 101 minutes. It was released on 1st January 2009. Gake no ue no Ponyo was made on a budget of ¥3 billion and at the box office it grossed only $202 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Toho.