Not old Neptune's only daughter - it's a teaser poster for the next animated feature from Studio Ghibli by the godlike genial genius that is Hayao Miyazaki.
The film will be called Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo On A Cliff) and is reportedly about a goldfish princess who wants to become human. There's an official website, but as it's completely in Japanese you may prefer to check out the Wikipedia page or Nausicaa.net, while keeping up with the news at GhibliWorld. The prospect of a Miyazaki film using a distinct handpainted watercolour look is tantalising indeed, and could end up being the non plus ultra of the underwater-animated-feature genre alongside Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid and Help I Am A Fish, a film only notable for being translated into French as Gloups! Je Suis Un Poisson! which is exceedingly satisfying to say out loud, preferably in an outraged French accent. Go ahead, try it!
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