Ponyo vs Soul
Soul has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.8/10 for Ponyo). Ponyo is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 41m. Ponyo is the older of the two (2008 against 2020). Both are animation, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ponyo
Soul| Ponyo | Soul | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Animation, Family, Fantasy | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki | Pete Docter |
| Main cast | Rumi Hiiragi, Shin'ichi Hatori, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yuki Amami, Yuria Kozuki | Daveed Diggs, Alice Braga, Wes Studi, Rachel House, Angela Bassett |
Synopsis
Ponyo
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
Soul
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to…