The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) Kari-gurashi no Arietti (original title)

Director:

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Writers:

Mary Norton (novel)
Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 February 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Ningen ni mirare te wa ikenai. Sore ga yukashita no kodomo-tachi no okite datta. (Do not be seen by humans. That's been the law of children of the underfloor.)

Plot:

The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Japan | Little People | Modern Day | Foreign Language Adaptation

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Moises Arias	...	Spiller (voice: US version)
Will Arnett	...	Pod (voice: US version)
Carol Burnett	...	Hara (voice: US version)
David Henrie	...	Shawn (voice: US version)
Bridgit Mendler	...	Arrietty (voice: US version)
Amy Poehler	...	Homily (voice: US version)
Shin'ichi Hatori	...	TV Announcer (voice)
Saoirse Ronan	...	Arrietty (voice: UK version)
Tom Holland	...	Shô (voice: UK version)
Luke Allen-Gale	...	Spiller (voice: UK version)
Olivia Colman	...	Homily (voice: UK version)
Mark Strong	...	Pod (voice: UK version)
Phyllida Law	...	Sadako (voice: UK version)
Geraldine McEwan	...	Haru (voice: UK version)
Ray Gillon	...	Additional Voices (voice: UK version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Alpert	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Tatsuya Fujiwara	...	Spiller (voice)
Peter Jason	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Ryûnosuke Kamiki	...	Shou (voice)
Kirin Kiki	...	Haru (voice)
Karey Kirkpatrick	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Frank Marshall	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Tomokazu Miura	...	Pod (voice)
Shinobu Ohtake	...	Homily (voice)
Gracie Poletti	...	Aunt Jessica (voice: US version)
Mirai Shida	...	Arrietty (voice)
Dale Sison	...	Harachi (voice: US version)
Keiko Takeshita	...	Sadako (voice)

Directed by
Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Writing credits
Mary Norton		(novel "The Borrowers")
Hayao Miyazaki		(screenplay) &
Keiko Niwa		(screenplay)

Produced by
Soledad Gatti-Pascual	....	producer (UK Version)
Kathleen Kennedy	....	executive producer (English language version)
Frank Marshall	....	executive producer (English language version)
Hayao Miyazaki	....	executive producer
Toshio Suzuki	....	producer

Original Music by
Cécile Corbel

Cinematography by
Atsushi Okui		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Rie Matsuhara		(as Rie Matsubara)

Art Direction by
Yôji Takeshige
Noboru Yoshida

Production Management
Hannah Cook	....	production manager: UK

Art Department
Hiromasa Yonebayashi	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
James Glenton	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Koji Kasamatsu	....	sound designer
Eriko Kimura	....	foley recordist
Gary Rydstrom	....	adr director

Animation Department
Shigeo Akahori	....	key animator
Yuuko Azuma	....	key animator
Ryouma Ebata	....	key animator
Kaori Fujii	....	inbetween checker
Hiroki Fujiwara	....	key animator
Shôgo Furuya	....	key animator
Makiko Futaki	....	key animator
Hideki Hamazu	....	key animator (as Hideki Hamasu)
Shunsuke Hirota	....	assistant animation director
Takeshi Imamura	....	key animator
Asami Ishikado	....	key animator
Megumi Kagawa	....	animation director
Emi Kamiishi	....	key animator
Keiko Kato	....	key animator
Takashi Kawaguchi	....	key animator
Katsuya Kondô	....	key animator
Fumie Konno	....	key animator
Masahiko Kubo	....	key animator
Ryoji Masuyama	....	key animator
Mariko Matsuo	....	key animator
Tomoko Miura	....	key animator
Yasuo Muroi	....	key animator
Satoshi Nagura	....	key animator
Katsutoshi Nakamura	....	assistant animation director
Manabu Nakatake	....	key animator
Rie Nishino	....	key animator
Reiko Nozaki	....	key animator
Minoru Ohashi	....	key animator
Kazuyoshi Onoda	....	assistant animation director
Kiyotaka Oshiyama	....	key animator
Shinji Otsuka	....	key animator
Miwa Sasaki	....	key animator
Masako Sato	....	key animator
Yoshiharu Sato	....	key animator
Emiko Shimura	....	key animator
Makiko Suzuki	....	key animator
Mariko Suzuki	....	assistant inbetween checker
Moyo Takahashi	....	key animator
Atsushi Tamura	....	key animator
Atsuko Tanaka	....	key animator
Kôichi Usami	....	key animator
Ken'ichi Yamada	....	key animator
Shinichiro Yamada	....	key animator
Atsushi Yamagata	....	assistant animation director
Eiji Yamamori	....	key animator
Akihiko Yamashita	....	animation director
Masafumi Yokota	....	assistant animation director
Hideaki Yoshio	....	key animator

Casting Department
Shaheen Baig	....	casting: uk

Editorial Department
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer

Music Department
Simon Caby	....	composer: theme music
Cécile Corbel	....	composer: theme music
Yôko Ihira	....	lyrics
Dale Sison	....	musician

Other crew
Karey Kirkpatrick	....	english adaptation
Hayao Miyazaki	....	planner
Gary Rydstrom	....	director: English dub
Noriko Takaya	....	harmony process

Production Companies

• Studio Ghibli (animation production)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• Dentsu
• Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
• Mitsubishi Shoji
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
• Toho Company
• Walt Disney Company

Distributors

• Toho Company (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Atlantis Entertainment (2011) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2011) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2010) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradiso (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Aurum Producciones (2011) (Spain) (all media)
• CJ Entertainment (2010) (South Korea) (all media)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2011-2012) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Intercontinental Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (video)
• Madman Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (all media)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (2011) (Japan) (TV)
• StudioCanal (2012) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Japan) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (video)

Other Companies

• Continental Far East  Dolby consultant
• DTS  DTS mastering consultant
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Imagica  digital film recording
• Imagica  prints
• MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings  special support (as MS&AD Holdings)
• POP Sound  ADR Recording (English-dubbed version)
• Tokyo TV Center  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

"Kari-gurashi no Arietti" - Japan (original title)
"The Borrower Arrietty" - International (English title) (literal English title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:All | Japan:G | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:o.Al. | Ireland:G | Netherlands:9 | UK:U | USA:G | Finland:K-3 | Singapore:G | Australia:G | Canada:G (Ontario)

Company:

Studio Ghibli

Trivia:

The fourth feature film from Studio Ghibli to not be directed by Hayao Miyazaki or studio co-founder Isao Takahata.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Haru opens the closet to find Arietty's house, we first see a box and other papers on top of the trap door. In the next shot of the trap door, there is nothing on top of the door but Haru clearly hasn't moved anything out of the way.

Quotes:

Shô:You came back. Wait, don't go.
Arietty:Please, leave us alone. I wanted to tell you that.
Shô:I want to talk to you.
Arietty:Human beings are dangerous. If we're seen, we have to leave. My parents said so.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Oh, We Review!: 'The Secret World of Arrietty' Review (#2.7)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Yukashita no Wagaya

An uncommon anime out of a common story

It is the trademark of both the leading studios of animation, the Pixar Studio and Studio Ghilbi, that you just cannot hate their movies. This thing also applies on the latest release of studio Ghibli the secret world of Arriety. It is quite common in all the literatures to have something about little creatures. And the movies built on them are large at number too. So to make something out of a common material like this, is difficult even for renowned studio like Ghibli. They choose the softer path rather than a hard sophisticated path they had taken in earlier of their releases.

Now the story of the movie is about the little people we thought to be just beside us in our childhood. Wait don't think Ghibli will go for that and make a adventure about this. Rather they made the anime about a boy who is very ill and going to die very soon. But after he saw the struggle of the Arriety family he understood that to never lose hope .He understood that it is hope that keeps man alive. That is how Ghibli studio made an amazing animation. So if you are free try the film you won't regret it. The music and the animation quality alone is worth giving a try.

NB1: If this is your first film of studio Ghibli, I would say that you are very unlucky. I request you to watch at least these movies of studio Ghibli accordingly: 1.Princess Mononoke, 2.Nausicaa of the valley of the wind, 3.Spirited Away (Oscar winner of 2001) and 4.Graves of the fire flies. I am optimistic that you will like these movies very much. If you like my review please read my other ones.

NB2: Please try to watch only the Disney dubbed movies of studio Ghibli if that is not found it is better to watch it English subbed.

NB3: Try to watch the real Miyazaki movies (the Four I mentioned here and whisper of the heart) in theaters or at night in a quiet place. Believe me I have tried this and I was able to understand the movies better.

NB4: one of the main problems in Hayao Miyazaki's movies is the expectation. Here is some tips the four movies I mentioned here are real movies (I don't like to degrade them by saying they are animes) not cartoons. Howls moving castle and Lupin the third are animation movies and the rest are cartoons just like cars or toy story.

NB5: Many people argue about the fact of watching foreign movies dubbed. I won't argue with them. I will just go with Hayao Miyazaki in the point, he told 20% of the movie will be lost if you read the subtitles instead of watching the movie.

Special request: because of the kidified version of "Nausicaa of the valley of the wind" many people have rated it quite badly. So please watch the movie (newly released in 2005 by Disney) rate it according to your enjoyment and rate my review too.

Many thank for viewing.