Karigurashi no Arrietty

Anime

Release date:  

17.07.2010 - Movie
29.07.2011 - United Kingdom - Movie
17.02.2012 - North America - Movie

The anime film Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Secret World of Arrietty) is created by Studio Ghibli, based on Mary Norton's 1952 novel, The Borrowers. The original story revolves around the "little people" - 10 centimeters tall - who live underneath the floorboards of an English country house. 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty. Ghibli's adaptation changes the setting from 1950s England to the Tokyo neighborhood of Koganei in 2010. (based on ANN synopsis)

The anime film Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Secret World of Arrietty) is created by Studio Ghibli, based on Mary Norton's 1952 novel, The Borrowers. The original story revolves around the "little people" - 10 centimeters tall - who live underneath the floorboards of an English country house. 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the...Full description »