Ponyo Dub Review Online

Anime News Network has published its original review of Disney’s English dubbed version of Ponyo. The English langauge release of Studio Ghibli’s 2008 film will open in American theaters on August 14.

Based on this review, maybe the changes Disney had made to the original script for the American theatrical release aren’t as drastic as I feared. While I don’t think that Ponyo is a disappointment in any way, it does harken back to the tone of lighter Miyazaki films like Totoro, Porco Rosso, and Kiki’s Delivery Service rather than the director’s more recent trio of overtly socially conscious movies.