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Den lille Havfrue (The Little Mermaid) influenced 崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo)
Added by Media Influence Map · 5 October 2026
The influence
Den lille Havfrue The Little Mermaid
Short Story · 1837
The work it shaped
崖の上のポニョ Ponyo
Animation · 2008
The evidence
Hayao Miyazaki has said Ponyo began as his version of Andersen's The Little Mermaid, published in the 1837 collection: a sea creature who wants to become human for the love of a boy. Miyazaki gave it the happy ending Andersen did not.
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