Ghibli’s new anime “Karigurashi no Arrietty”
Image: Karigurashi no Arrietty by Studio Ghibli
A girl’s fantasy inspired by Mary Norton’s novel is the main theme of the upcoming new animated film Studio Ghibli will release in summer 2010.Mary Norton ( Dec.10, 1903 – Aug.29,1992) was a British children’s author. Her famous The Borrowers series are a children’s fantasy about tiny people who “borrow” things from normal humans and keep their existence unknown.
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Ghibli animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi will direct the film “Karigurashi no Arrietty （借りぐらしのアリエッティ/Arrietty Borrows Everything)” with the help of Hayao Miyazaki.
The story, inspired by the novel The Borrowers, depicts the life of a 10-centimeter-tall girl, Arrietty, under the floor of a human’s house.
The film will give viewers suggestions about how to survive this tough time.
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Comment from ＴＥＲＲＹ
Time 22/12/2009 at 05:30
I read this fantasy work series when I was very young and liked it. I think one Japanese writer of juveniles wrote his own style of sequel to this series, whose setting is in Japan, for the borrowers left their home and came to Japan for evacuation from war. I like this work’s concept as well as Ghibli’s works so far, so I’m looking forward to the release of the Ghibli’s new anime based on the idea of this series.