Granmammare (グランマンマーレ, Guranmanmāre) is a supporting character and is the mother of Ponyo and her sisters and the wife of Fujimoto, as seen in the film Ponyo.
Granmammare is a sea goddess, capable of changing her humanoid form at will. She initially appears enormous; possibly as big as, if not bigger than, a Blue Whale. She appears to others in a bathed glow with a warm, golden light, possibly produced by luminescent plankton. She resembles a very beautiful woman with impossibly-long, red hair, brown eyes, and a kindly face. The cyan robe she wears seems to merge with the sea when she swims, and it is unknown if she has feet, or simply floats freely when she stands. She also seems to be made of water as when she touched Fujimoto with a translucent hand.
Granmamare greets Fujimoto in his vessel and later in the movie, she passes Kōichi and his sailors underneath their ship, illuminating the sea and causing their engine to come back to life.
She narrated part of the movie that talked about Ponyo becoming human forever, and she meets Lisa under the water for a long time, along with the retirement home, underneath a protective air bubble. Her presence seems to revitalize the old women so they can run again.
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