Arrietty, though, has trouble accepting the idea that Shō could ever be a threat to her family, and tries to convince her father that they needn't move to a new home. He's particularly captivated by Arrietty (Mirai Shida, Bridgit Mendler), a young teenage Borrower who begins accompanying her father (Tomokazu Miura, Will Arnett) on his midnight borrowing runs dangerous expeditions during which the devoted patriarch gathers sugar cubes, tissues, pins and other supplies for his wife Homily (Shinobu Ōtake, Amy Poehler). dub) discovers a family of "Borrowers" - tiny people who, aside from their incredibly small stature, may as well be human - living beneath the floorboards of his great aunt Sadako's house. And while The Secret World of Arrietty isn't Ghibli's finest, it is nevertheless another great Ghibli film.īased on author Mary Norton's 1952 children's fantasy book The Borrowers, The Secret World of Arrietty opens as a sickly boy named Shō (Ryûnosuke Kamiki in the Japanese language version, David Henrie in the U.S. Miyazaki and his team aren't interested in pandering to American audiences, following in the footsteps of other animation houses, or doing anything other than what has inspired and moved them to greatness for decades. And there's something to be said for such confidence and ease. While other animation studios devote their considerable resources to bigger, louder and more intense adventures, Studio Ghibli is as comfortable telling a small tale as it is weaving more epic fantasies like Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle or even sweet little Ponyo. Far from a detriment, though, the magic and mystery Miyazaki and Yonebayashi draw out of the ordinary makes Arrietty a breath of refreshingly quaint, cool air. It just might be Studio Ghibli's simplest it's certainly one of the renowned Japanese animation studio's most accessible. Rich and breathtaking as its animation is, wondrous and enchanting as its all-at-once intimately familiar world may be, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and executive producer/co-writer Hayao Miyazaki's The Secret World of Arrietty isn't a profound or complicated film by any means. Studio Ghibli's latest is a secret worth sharing. The Secret World of Arrietty Blu-ray Review Starring: Mirai Shida, Will Arnett, David Henrie, Carol Burnett, Amy Poehler, Moisés Arias Arrietty and Sho work together to try and protect the Borrowers' way of life.įor more about The Secret World of Arrietty and the The Secret World of Arrietty Blu-ray release, see the The Secret World of Arrietty Blu-ray Review published by Kenneth Brown on where this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5. As Sho and Arrietty's relationship develops, human interference endangers the Borrowers' lives. However, Arrietty and Sho meet, breaking the rule that humans must not know about the Borrowers' existence. A 14-year-old Borrower named Arrietty strives to prove herself by helping her father gather materials that her family needs from Sho's new home. Sho moves into his great aunt's house and soon discovers the presence of tiny people, the Borrowers, living there.
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