The Secret World of Arrietty
Directed by	Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Written by	Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa
Starring	Mirai Shida Ryunosuke Kamiki Shinobu Ōtake Keiko Takeshita Tatsuya Fujiwara Tomokazu Miura Kirin Kiki
Music by	Cecil Corbel
Cinematography	Atsushi Okui
Editing by	Atsushi Okui
Studio	Studio Ghibli
Distributed by	Japan: Toho
Release date(s)	July 17, 2010
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	$2.3 billion yen ($23 million)
Gross revenue	$126,368,084 (dollars)

The Secret World of Arrietty, known in Japan as Arrietty, is an animated film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and made by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1952 novel, The Borrowers, by English author Mary Norton.

OverviewEdit

The Secret World of Arrietty is about a borrower, a tiny person who borrows the belongings of regular-sized humans in order to make a life for herself, living under the floorboards of the house of a boy named Sho, who is living with his great aunt Sadako and who has had a serious heart condition since birth. Arrietty and her family must flee when Sadako's maid begins to notice a disturbance under the floorboards.

Voice CastEdit

• Mirai Shida as Arrietty (voiced by Bridgit Mendler in the English language dub)
• Ryunosuke Kamiki as Sho (voiced by David Henrie in the English languge dub)
• Shinobu Otake as Homily (voiced by Amy Poehler in the English language dub)
• Keiko Takeshita as Sadako Maki (voiced by Carol Burnett in the English language dub)
• Tatsuya Fujiwara as Spiller (voiced by Moises Arias in the English language dub)
• Tomokazu Miura as Pod (voiced by Will Arnett in the English language dub)
• Kirin Kiki as Sadako's Maid

ReceptionEdit

The Secret World of Arrietty garnered very positive reviews, with a certified "fresh" rating of 7.2/10 on Rotten Tomatoes. Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film a stellar rating of four out of five stars, and said that it was "a gentle and entrancing tale, deeper and richer than more instantly gratifying fare." It won the award "Animation of the Year" in 2010, at the 34th Japan Academy Prize.

MangaEdit

The film was also adapted into a manga series with four different volumes in 2010. The English version of this manga was released Feburary 17, 2012.

Arriety's SongdemoEdit

Corboracil Corbel

I'm fourteen years old, I'm pretty Genki na chiisai lady Yuka shita ni zutto Karigurashi shiteta no Toki ni ha happy, toki ni ha blue Dareka ni aitai

Kaze kami ni kanjiteSora wo nagametai Anata ni hana todoketai

Mukou ha betsu no sekai Hora, chouchou ga matteru, watashi wo matteiru

Sou, kawaru koto no naiWatashi no chiisai sekai Kirai jya nai no, demo anata wo Motto, motto shiritakute

Yorokobi to kanashimi ha itsumo Orimazatte yuku Kaze kami ni kanjiteSora wo nagametai Anata ni hana todoketai Mukou ha betsu no sekai Hora, chouchou ga matteru, anata wo matteiru

Taiyo no shita de hana ni kakomarete Anata to hibi sugoshitai Kono omoi wo mune ni Atarashii sekai de Watashi rashiku ikiru