Studio Ghibli’s Next Film Announced

by William | December 16, 2009 1:39 pm

Studio Ghibli, the animation studio co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Ponyo) has announced its next film, set for release in Japan in the summer of 2010.

The Anime News Network reports[1] that the official website[2] for Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty) went live earlier today (December 17th in Japan). However, Miyazaki will not be the director.

Those honors go to 36-year old animator Hiromasa Yonebashi[3], who had previously worked in various capacities in the production of several Ghibli films.

Karigurashi no Arrietty is an adaptation of the children’s book The Borrowers[4] by the late British author Mary Norton[5] about a race of tiny people who “borrow” things and keep their existence a secret.

The Borrowers series has previously been adapted as a 1973 live-action American television movie, a 1992 BBC series[6] with a 1993 sequel[7] and a 1997 American/British co-production live-action theatrical movie[8].

Endnotes:
  1. Anime News Network reports: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-16/ghibli-next-film-adapts-mary-norton-the-borrowers
  2. official website: http://karigurashi.jp/
  3. Hiromasa Yonebashi: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1757
  4. The Borrowers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Borrowers
  5. Mary Norton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Norton_(author)
  6. 1992 BBC series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Borrowers_(TV_miniseries)
  7. a 1993 sequel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Borrowers
  8. American/British co-production live-action theatrical movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Borrowers_(1997_film)

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