tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post7203256063480413951..comments2023-09-10T14:15:44.127-06:00Comments on Manganese: That one walk cycle in Ponyo....Ellen Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797328221734814597noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-47372075112555763382023-09-10T14:15:44.127-06:002023-09-10T14:15:44.127-06:00Thanks for posting this! I'm in casting for a ...Thanks for posting this! I'm in casting for a fashion show right now and a model was doing the Mom in Ponyo walk and I needed to send a gif of it to my coworker :)<br /><br />And here's my 2 cents. The walk made perfect sense to me when I first saw it. Similar to the way she recklessly drives, her walk is an exaggeration from the perspective of a child. A lot of the action and stylization (the ocean itself) seems to mimic the way a little kid experiences things. My mom was a very fast walker. This short scene took me right back to grocery store trips when I was a kid. The animators are of course also showing her emotional and mental state through her movement, but her strength (carrying those huge grocery bags!), her tall posture, and her gargantuan stride always remind me of how I felt about my mom and the world when I was Sosuke's age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-66935062608202487702021-09-07T23:01:15.129-06:002021-09-07T23:01:15.129-06:00I believe she's intentionally animated like th...I believe she's intentionally animated like that to exaggerate the contrast between her exuberant happiness (her husband is finally coming home! She just purchased the groceries to cook the dinner that they will be hopefully sharing later that night!) and Sosuke's terrible mood after losing Ponyo. I'm not sure if you've seen a lot of Japanese animation, but this kind of exaggerated character animation is used quite frequently to express the character's emotions, and is something Ghibli has used in the past in some moments during their lighter films.jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940601667624350726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-85757659084668803772019-07-03T00:12:00.113-06:002019-07-03T00:12:00.113-06:00I'm glad you found my old blog post. At the ti...I'm glad you found my old blog post. At the time, this walk really stuck out to me and bugged me enough to make this analysis. Thank you for commenting.Ellen Yuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797328221734814597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-14011904754621971192019-07-02T21:33:54.372-06:002019-07-02T21:33:54.372-06:00All these years I thought it was just me. Will an...All these years I thought it was just me. Will anyone even see this comment 7 years after the entry was written? Regardless, I'm glad to have my reaction to this scene validated. I also saw Ponyo in theaters, and was completely engrossed in the world, except for this scene. Studio Ghibli does seem to occasionally include animations that are... interesting and don't seem quite how a typical human moves, but I always chalked this up to their style. This scene, though... my initial reaction was puzzled, somewhat awkward laughter. This strange, bizarrely deliberate walk is just such an outlier, and barely seems like how a person would move unless they were part of the Ministry of Silly Walks. Additionally, I have no idea what the scene is supposed to convey. They're just taking groceries back to their car, nothing important was in the scene, and cutting it entirely wouldn't interrupt the flow of the movie at all. All that said, Ponyo is still an amazing movie and worth anyone's time.Gamerharpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12895299584534477052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-83386208628662648342013-03-09T09:45:41.160-07:002013-03-09T09:45:41.160-07:00"Ponyo" is without doubt one of the most..."Ponyo" is without doubt one of the most beautifully animated films ever made. The character animation is full of specificity and definition, largely free of cliches. Certainly, there are some flaws, and some of the animation jitters a bit (on 3s, though a lot of the animation is on 2s and 1s), but the animation on the whole constitutes an impressive achievement, full of the "illusion of life".Agha_Memnunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-39526373252065273062013-01-09T20:21:34.751-07:002013-01-09T20:21:34.751-07:00Thanks Amelia! :DThanks Amelia! :DEllen Yuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797328221734814597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-85726907037470787252012-12-28T11:35:57.326-07:002012-12-28T11:35:57.326-07:00Nice observations!Nice observations!Amelia Lorenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088928431785700269noreply@blogger.com