- “Listen, my darling, why don't we let Ponyo become human for good? We must test the boy. If Sōsuke's love is true, Ponyo will be permanently transformed and the balance of nature will be restored.”
- ―Granmamare to Fujimoto[src]
Granmamare is a character in the film Ponyo. She is the Goddess of Mercy and the queen of the Sea, the mother of Ponyo and her sisters and the wife of Fujimoto.
Background[]
Physical appearance[]
Granmamare was slender, wears a cyan dress, has very long, flowing red hair and brown eyes, purple eye shadow, and red lipstick. She wears a long, billowing pale blue dress far longer than her body when she is under water. Her dress changes between long-sleeved and tank dress, and the length shortens to floor-length when she is on land.
She also wears a ruby magenta necklace with gold spacers, a similar circlet with a large red glass drop focal bead in the center, two 3-drop red sea glass earrings, and two golden bangles on her right arm. She can also change her size. She is seen changing from a giant sea goddess to a human-sized woman. Though she changes size, she still maintains her complexion and appearance.
Role in the film[]
Granmamare passes Koichi and his sailors underneath their ship, and later, she greets Fujimoto in his vessel.
She narrated part of the movie that talked about Ponyo becoming human forever. She meets Lisa under the water along with the retirement home underneath a protective air bubble. Then she meets Lisa's son Sosuke when he has Ponyo in his bucket, and she starts to test if Sosuke accepts Ponyo to love her. Sosuke accepts that he loves Ponyo whether if she is human or fish. Granmamare calls Ponyo to come to her, and explains to her that Sosuke will be her guardian from now on. She also tells Ponyo that she has to give up her magic powers in exchange for being human, to which Ponyo agrees to. As she gives Ponyo back to Sosuke, Granmamare tells Sosuke that when he goes back to the surface, he must kiss Ponyo to turn her into a human.
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