In other words it's worth it to see it on DVD even if you've already seen it online. I watched it in English Dub (not something I usually do with anime, but Ghibli movies are the exception because it's usually very well done) with my brother, and enjoyed it a lot. I'll watch the original Japanese with sub sometime soon as well, of course. :-) It's a great family movie and mainly for a younger age set than any of Miyazaki's other movies, but it can still be appreciated by even adults like me who still enjoy watching animated movies. Beautifully animated water and a sense of movement in everything.
The dub was all right; Sasuke's voice actor was a bit too old so I jolted out of the movie a bit whenever he said anything more than "PONYO!" which is 80% of his dialogue; there's of course the strange technical details of matching english dub to Japanese words which cause a few odd sentence pauses as well, but overall it was definitely worth watching again, even with the English voice-actors. It's not the best Miyazaki dub, though.
Anyway, as for the story, Ponyo is rescued by a boy named Sasuke and ends up wanting to become human; when she runs away from home she messes up the balance of the world and has to choose between having magic or love. Cute, cute scenes and gorgeous animation. I liked this movie better than either Kiki's Delivery Service or the outdated-feeling Nausica: Valley of the Wind.
OKAY, enough Ponyo! At the library I also got a book on making paste papers since it's a project I've been wanting to try! I'm going to attempt to make some at school next week in the print lab; we'll see how it goes. It can't be that hard, after all. http://lilbookbinder.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/paste-paper-tutorial/ and http://www.inward-bound.us/pastepaper.html look like good resources online as far as tutorials are concerned.
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