Himawari no Ie no Rondo Himawari no Ie no Rondo is an insert song to 2008 Japanese animated fantasy comedy film Ponyo. It is the eighth film Miyazaki directed for Ghibli, and his tenth overall. The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sōsuke, and wants to become a human girl. And Himawari no Ie no Rondo is composed by Joe Hisaishi who is a composer and musical director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981.