![]() He reaches over and takes the psychiatrist's wrist radio and bites it hard - destroying it. Brock replies that before they can start, he must take care of one thing. Albert Brock, about the crimes that he has committed and why he has committed them. The psychiatrist begins to question the man, Mr. The "Murderer" anticipates the psychiatrist's question and explains that he "kicked the radio to death" (2.) The psychiatrist thinks that the man sitting in front of him is violent, but once again the man anticipates the psychiatrist's thought and replies, "No, only to machines that yak-yak-yak" ( ibid.) The "Murderer" has never harmed a living person, but he has a track record of destroying the technology that surrounds him. When he enters the interrogation room, he notices that something is different. ![]() The psychiatrist interacts with a variety of devices on his walk to the room, such as a wrist radio, buzzing lights, and phones. Some of the noise is music and some of the noise is people talking into a variety of communication devices. After going through this tunnel, neither Sosuke nor Ponyo are shown in the film doubling back through it after they meet up with the grannies and his mum.In "The Murderer," a psychiatrist is sent in to interview a man who goes by the name "The Murderer." As he walks towards the interrogation room, there is noise coming from every room. Jizo is also the protector of children who have died at young ages. ![]() The Japanese text at the bottom 止まれ (tomare) means “stop.” On the left is a statue of Jizo, which are common roadside sights in rural Japan, because the deity protects travellers. – After their boat trip, Sosuke and Ponyo end up at a tunnel. The official Studio Ghibli character description of this character is an “old style woman.” The subtext, then, could be that she and her husband are phantoms who died earlier (maybe during the war?) and have been stuck on the Sanzu River. The boat is not modern, and the woman is wearing clothing that dates from either the Taisho Period (1912-1926) or the early Showa Period (the late 1920s to the early 1940s). – While on the boat, Sosuke and Ponyo come across a man and a woman with a baby on a boat. (Image: Studio Ghibli via Studio Ghibli Wikia) However, watching it with the DEATH SUBTEXT made it more interesting, and I’ve added some observations to the main arguments of others. I recently re-watching the film, which I’ve never really liked. The next morning, for example, has to two children venturing out on a toy boat that Ponyo has magically made large enough for them to ride. The rest of the movie, such as when Ponyo goes to Sosuke’s house and eats ramen, is the afterlife. The idea is that everyone dies in the tsunami that ravages the seaside town. Websites Urban Legend Magazine, Matome Naver and Studio Ghibli Urban Legends explain that some think that Ponyo is really about life after death and that Ponyo is a harbinger of death. DEATH IMAGERY IN THE PEDESTRIAN MOVIEWhen the movie was released in 2008, viewers noticed that the movie seemed rather odd. ![]() In Japan, the movie is yet another Studio Ghibli film that spawned what’s called toshi densetsu (都市伝説), which literally means “urban legend.” The spooky Ponyo interpretation isn’t new. Warning: This article is filled with spoilers. You know, Studio Ghibli’s kiddy film with a catchy theme song. If you thought that My Neighbour Totoro was the only Studio Ghibli film with a dark fan theory, then you were wrong. ![]()
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