Studio Ghibli 2010 Anime Movie: Karigurashi No Arrietty (The Borrowers)

Studio Ghibli is famous for its beautiful animation movie such as Spirited Away which has been awarded with many awards; in this 2010 this studio will release a new movie with title "Karigurashi No Arrietty" (The Borrowers). Unlike other Ghibli movies that most of the time was directed by Hayao Miyazaki. This latest project was entrusted to Hiromasa Yonebayashi as the movie directed.

Hiromasa Yonebayashi is not a total stranger when it comes to Studio Ghibli, he has long known as one of the best animators, working for animation movie Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away. At the age of 36 years, Yonebayashi become the youngest person to be director for Studio Ghibli. Yonebayashi film debut was an adaptation of the famous British novel "The Borrowers" by Mary Norton. Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) and Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) had long thought to develop this novel into an animated movie; it was since 40 years ago.

Director Peter Hewitt had already adapted the same novel into movie with the title "The Borrowers" which was produced in 1997 featuring John Goodman. "Karigurashi No Arrietty" tells about a "borrowers" family who live peacefully in a house made of items borrowed from the human. Their lives began to change when Arrietty, 14-year-old, was found by humans. This movie is scheduled to hit big screen on 2010-07-17 (Japan) while for the rest of the world, there is still no information available so far.

Teaser Trailer