Ponyo to open on over 800 theaters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bYDtPcRMlg

THEY KILLED IT! THEY KILLED IT! BURN IT WITH FIRE! BURN IT WITH-

OK, the rest of the dub I'm sure will be good, but this song... why? You'd think the names of Jonas and Cyrus alone would be enough to bait anyone who'd care for this awfulness (unless this is really just for marketing purposes and isn't actually in the movie). Turning a cute catchy song with great Joe Hiasashi instrumentals into some digitized crap where Noah Cyrus clearly can't sing and is putting her voice through some awful synthesizer... doesn't digital crap go against the idea behind this movie where one of the main selling points has been sweet hand-made authenticity? Assuming this is actually in the movie, I'll either have to leave when the credits start or try to go to a subbed showing (the Coolidge Corner theater showed Spirited Away and Howl subbed as well as dubbed, so I can hope the same for Ponyo).
 
I searched online for tickets and sadly, Ponyo isn't showing around where I live. When I head to Las Vegas for vacation, I'll find a theater nearby to go see Ponyo.

EDIT: Just checked on Fandago. It's showin' here in Odessa! Happy Day! Now I don't even need to go to Midland. Plus it's before my vacation to Las Vegas and DisneyLand!
 
I didn't know that the film was coming out on DVD. Plus I thought that the fansubbers would be making subs for pretty much everything coming out from Japan.
 
its playing in Texas. I get to see it, go for drive to sister state this weekend! WOOHOO! I am a very happy man. this calls for a celebration!

*Brings in Boorabox* (Does happy monkey dance!)
 
I really don't know if that song will be in the movie or not, but it DID sound questionable to my ears. I am not about to scream "RUINED forever", because I haven't actually seen the dub.
 
I wouldn't doubt that if the film does really well with critics and ticket sales it could open in more theaters, it's happened before.
 
It's kinda sad that most of the lyrics are just repeated over and over again. Lasseter will get a lot of backlash about the film and will end up biting him on the butt in a VERY bad way. I don't really care if I watch my anime subbed or dubbed but before the hatred of the ending theme really escalate today, I'll just say that the song's not really the best but hey, Disney has to make its money somehow. Even if Miyazaki listened to this song, he'll probably would be okay with it. I mean look at Akira Toriyama and he was alright with Dragonball Evolution. Just because we hate some of our anime being butchered or chopped up to the smallest strand of DNA, it doesn't mean that the creators of these products will feel the same hate we have and will walk up to either Fox or Walt Disney Studios and tell them to cease with the mess they're making.

True that this song won't be memorable in the years to come and it's nothing more than Radio Disney pop trash but if Miyazaki haven't posted up anything online about the ending song and if he felt that it was okay for it to be remixed and dubbed then we just have to respect his decision and just deal with what we have. Even if we started petitions to get rid of the song, it won't change much. So again, we just have to deal with this song until something changes and we won't have to hear it again. Then again, we also will have the Internet to worry about and we all know that the song will live on forever in infamy even if anyone tries to eliminate this song off the face of the earth.

And for those who probably had never heard an inch of the Japanese Ponyo ending theme, like me, then this might show you the many big differences of how the song really changed from its original version to its "selling this film for profit" version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sil9nclPe2I
 
I believe tinlunlau is referring to the Japanese release of Ponyo, not the R1 release. I recall that he has access to Asian DVRAB via Hong Kong or something like that. You are correct that the US has gotten no DVD release date as yet.
 
As I figured, the film is playing in downtown Sarasota less than 15 minutes away. I'll try to see it sometime during the week.

Those that think the film will totally borab may be in for a big surprise. It's being advertised pretty well and, though only in those 800 theaters, it has average competition, especially with G.I. Joe not being a blockbuster. If it can earn at least 10 million its opening week it might gain some media attention, especially if the reviews are good. THIS is probably the real test on how well an anime film can do in American theaters.
 
I don't want to encourage it, which is why I don't want to buy a ticket to a dubbed showing. :/


Orly? I realize I have no proof to back up my statements, but do you?
 
Ah....so it's finally made available for all to hear.
I'm surprised no one's mentioned it before, since it's in the commercials.

Besides, I don't think the average audience wants to hear a song this sweet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trm4roeuZ54

So yeah, I'm totally cool with the change, so long as they don't replace the song they play during the opening credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAxbx2qpIeo
 
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