Miyazaki's 'Ponyo' Hits DVD Shelves in 2010

If you didn't make it to the theaters to see Miyazaki's newest work, Ponyo, take heart -- this amazing anime feature film will hit the DVD shelves on March 2, 2010.

Coming from Disney's Buena Vista Home Entertaiment, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea will release in three editions: standard, a 2-disc Special Edition, complete with plus Ponyo and a Blu-Ray edition that has all the DVD extras included in the Special Edition but not the plush figure.

Ponyo is the story of Sosuke, a young boy who rescues a fish that is stranded on the shore and names her Ponyo. Ponyo's father, Fujimoto thinks the humans have kidnapped his daughter and calls on the water spirits to bring her home. This causes a confrontation between father and daughter fish and Ponyo uses her father's magic to wish herself into a human so she can be with Sosuke.

The transformation works but unbalances the Universe and all sorts of awful catastrophic events begin to happen.

Ponyo is the work of Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, KiKi's Delivery Service, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) and Studio Ghibli. It is Miyazaki's biggest grossing film to date in the U.S., bringing in over $15 million at the box office.

Source: ICv2.com