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16 December 2009 4:29 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

Cross-published with my earlier original article at GhibliWorld.

After yesterday's exclusive warming up on Twitter by GhibliWorld, today Studio Ghibli made the official announcement of their new full length feature film titled Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty). The film will be an adaptation of Mary Norton's Carnegie Medal winning novel The Borrowers and, as hinted earlier on GhibliWorld, will be directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.

Unlike the original novel, which tells a story about tiny people who "borrow" things from normal humans during the 1950's in Enland, Studio Ghibli have transferred their version to Tokyo Koganei in 2010 (Koganei is where Studio Ghibli is settled) and tell the story of 14-year-old little Arrietty (Chiisana Arriety was the films original title).

Yonebayashi earlier worked as a key animator on previous Ghibli works like Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo and Spirited Away and was animation director for Miyazaki Goro's Gedo Senki. Karigurashi no »

15 December 2009 9:15 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Studio Ghibli’s next full-length feature film will be Karigurashi no Arrietty (translated as The Borrower Arrietty), an adaptation of Mary Norton's Carnegie Medal winning novel "The Borrowers". It will be directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. 


It sounds like Hayao Miyazaki’s house is continuing its trend of adapting western books (after Howl’s Moving Castle and Ponyo), and whether you’d prefer to see the production team dip its pen in Eastern culture again, this is exciting news nonetheless. Below are details based on Studio Ghibli’s original announcement, which can be found here.


Unlike the original novel, which tells a story about tiny people who "borrow" things from normal humans during the 1950's in Enland, Studio Ghibli has transferred their version to Tokyo Koganei in 2010 (Koganei is where Studio Ghibli is settled) to tell the story of 14-year-old little Arrietty. 

Yonebayashi earlier worked as a key animator on »

2 articles from 2009