Ponyo and Sosuke sleeping

“If it was the only movie out this year…it would still be a pretty good year for movies.” —Scott McCloud

“So sue me, I'm middle-aged and watch Studio Ghibli films alone. I'm supposed to only like old Disney films when they're classics, but I rank things like this, a story of a fish who becomes a person with the love of a boy, with them.” —Sam Henderson.

(Confidentially, I rank Studio Ghibli’s oeuvre and that of their contemporaries and successors even higher than Disney’s! They set a bar all their own.)