My favorite animation artist and director Hayao Miyazaki appeared today at the Venice Film Festival. He is 67 years old. His new animation is called Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea and it's a big hit in Japan. The voices include actress Yuki Amami andTomoko Yamaguchi and actors Yuria Nara and Hiroki Doi. This movie is competing for a big prize in Venice. The story is from the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Little Mermaid (not the Disney version) and is about a goldfish who wants to be human so she can be with her love, who is a five-year-old boy named Sosuke. This is the best part: the animation uses hand-drawn art throughout. No computer animation!
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