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I just watched Ponyo, it was surprisingly good saying that it looks like a film for younger kiddies, and I didn't expect the usual enjoyment I get watching something like Spirited Away which is more obviously intended to appeal to all ages. But it had the usual intelligent themes in it, meaning social commentary about parenthood, and psychological insights into Japan's low birth rate - people don't hate kids, but they worry about their children enough to overinvest in their provisioning for one child even if it isn't for the good of the child. Miyazaki explores the apparent conflict between preserving nature and human instinct, and he ultimately concludes that there really isn't one, because human nature is itself a part of nature, that people shouldn't feel hangups about procreation, if it isn't against nature.
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