Why was Ponyo bigger than her sisters?

Later in the film, due to Fujimoto's released potions, they too grow in size and number, fully transforming from girls resembling the size and hair length of Granmamare to immense fish made of ocean waves. They are reverted to their original forms after Granmamare appears to the women of the retirement home.
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Is Ponyo the oldest of her siblings?

History. They seem to love their older sister, Ponyo, often schooling around her in the film, treating her like a leader.
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How many siblings did Ponyo?

10 All Of Ponyo's Siblings Look The Same

It raises the question of how Fujimoto and Granmamare can recognize which child is which, but it certainly must have taken a long time to come up with names for all of them.
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Is Ponyo half human?

He briefly explains to them the general idea of ​​the film: the story of Ponyo, a fish princess with a human face, born out of the love of her mother (Granmamare), the sea, and her father, Fujimoto, a human being. She runs aground on a beach and is saved by a 5-year-old boy named Sōsuke.
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Why does Sosuke call his mum Lisa in Ponyo?

In Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Sosuke calls both of his parents by their first names. It is clear they both are his born parents. This is uncommon even in western culture, but in Japanese tradition it feels especially weird.
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What does Ponyo's dad do?

Fujimoto (フジモト , Fujimoto) is a character in the film, Ponyo. He is a researcher and father to Ponyo and her sisters and mate to Granmamare. He commands an underwater boat called the "Basking Shark" and resides in an underwater harbor.
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Why are Ponyo's sisters so small?

Appearance. Later in the film, due to Fujimoto's released potions, they too grow in size and number, fully transforming from girls resembling the size and hair length of Granmamare to immense fish made of ocean waves.
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Why do they call Ponyo a goldfish?

1. "Goldfish are freshwater fish, and Ponyo and her family live in the sea. She is simply a bright red fish and, later, a little girl."; 2.
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Is Lisa Sosuke mom?

Lisa (リサ , Risa) is a character in the film, Ponyo. She is the mother of Sōsuke and wife of Kōichi.
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Will there be a Ponyo 2?

PONYO 2, COMING TO THEATERS IN 2019.
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Why does Ponyo keep changing?

The reason why Ponyo turns back into a fish is because she used up all of her magic. When Ponyo uses her magic she turns into her chicken form, but had enough magic to turn back to normal. But she used so much magic that she couldn't use magic anymore and turns back to a fish.
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How old is Sosuke in Ponyo?

Sōsuke (そうすけ , Sōsuke) is the five-year old protagonist of the film, Ponyo.
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What happened to Sasuke's dad in Ponyo?

-Sōsuke's father never showed up on the shore when he was alive. Only long after the tsunami that he returned to his family. (Also taking into account the amount of shipwrecks that the tsunami had caused; there was no way anyone at sea could've survived that.)
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Is Ponyo based on the Little Mermaid?

Ponyo might be said to be an eastern version of The Little Mermaid. It is not an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's tale so much as an original story that takes the original tale as its starting point.
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How did Ponyo become human?

Ponyo refuses to let her father call her by her birth name, declaring her desire to be a human named Ponyo. With magic, she forces herself to grow leg- and arm-like appendages and start changing into a human, a power granted to her by Sōsuke's human blood that she licked.
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What goddess is Ponyo's mother?

Granmamare is a character, the Goddess of Mercy and the Queen of the Sea, the mother of Ponyo and her sisters and the wife of Fujimoto in the film, Ponyo.
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What is the deeper meaning of Ponyo?

From that moment, they are living in the afterlife. This means that Ponyo, a creature that is half god, was guiding Sosuke across the water — which, in Japanese culture, is a symbol for crossing the river towards heaven. In other words, everyone has passed away.
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Is Ponyos real?

The 2008 animated film “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” features the friendship between a five-year-old boy, Sosuke and Ponyo, a goldfish princess who longs to be human. While the animated film is purely fictionalized, there is a type of fish that looks exactly the same as Ponyo!
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Who's Ponyo's dad?

Biography. Originally a human, Fujimoto serves as the Guardian of Sea Life. Being the husband of Granmamare, Fujimoto is the father of Ponyo and her sisters. He's shocked to find out that Ponyo is in the care of a young boy named Sosuke, and he has to retrieve Ponyo back before it's too late.
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What is Ponyo's real name?

Ponyo's real name is Brünnhilde, one of the leading roles of Wagner's 'Die Walküre. ' Brünnhilde is also a "supernatural," being who falls in love with a human (Siegfried), much like Ponyo falls in love with Sôsuke.
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What was the test in Ponyo?

In the end, Ponyo's mother, Gran Mamare, intervenes and announces that if Sosuke passes a test, Ponyo can live with him as a human, but if he fails, she will turn into sea foam. Sosuke is then asked if he still loves Ponyo even though she is a fish.
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How powerful is Ponyo?

In the film, she is the most powerful creature in the world. She can use her power without messing up the environment. She is able to change the shape and size of her body. She can also read minds by touching someone, so she could read Fujimoto's mind in a short time by touching his head.
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Do Japanese kids call their parents by their names?

Currently, more than 60 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 45 call their parents “Otosan (father)” and “Okasan (mother),” while 32 percent go with “Papa” and “Mama.”
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