Ponyo (G)

A goldfish unlike any other goldfish, Ponyo has one wish, to be human. Ponyo tells the story of the young girl fish who defies her father's wishes and beliefs about the human world to live with the boy she loves. After covertly travelling to the surface by jellyfish, Ponyo becomes stranded near a house on a seaside cliff, where she is found and rescued by a human boy named Sosuke. Imagine Sosuke's surprise when Ponyo speaks, and tells him that she likes him!

It isn't long before Ponyo's father,  recovers Ponyo and returns to the sea with her, much to Sosuke's distress. He gives Ponyo a good talking to, but she not only defies him, but begins to transform herself into a human. Fujimoto uses his magic to stop her, and imprisons her.

Ponyo's sisters, meanwhile, free her from prison and help her to steal some of their father's magic, so that she can complete her transformation and escape to the surface. This has the immediate effect of causing a heavy sea storm above. In the midst of this storm, Ponyo and Sosuke are happily reunited.

The effects of Ponyo's stolen magic cause progressively worse effects, including knocking the moon out of its orbit. This eventually compels Ponyo's mother, a gentle giantess, to intervene and set things right.