From Academy Award-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes Ponyo, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.” Featuring the voices of Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Noah Cyrus, and Frankie Jonas, this is the story of Ponyo, a young and overeager goldfish, on a quest to become human and befriend a young boy named Sosuke.

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“Though one will not deny using stardom does not automatically guarantee a good voice dub, it will at least be useful in gaining the mainstream audience’s attention. Those wanting to find out what the end result will be still have the wait a bit though. Test screenings are currently being held, the final version will screen in US theaters in 2009.”

So here’s the English voice cast for Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (in no particular order):

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1. Matt Damon
2. Tina Fey
3. Cate Blanchett
4. Liam Neeson
5. Lily Tomlin
6. Betty White
7. Fankie Jonas
8. Noah Cyrys
9. Cloris Leachman

Even though I’m usually against casting ‘movie stars’ as voice actors in animated films, I particularly like the choices of Matt Damon,Tina Fey,Cate Blanchett and Liam Neeson. They’re each talented actors who seem to be a nice fit for animation, even though we don’t know what roles they play.

What do you think about the English cast?