In the end, the message is the strength to live. Japan, including anime but not restricted to it, have a remarkable talent to transform natural and domestic daily-life activities into something interesting to watch, a much needed tactic in The Secret World of Arrietty.Īfter all, whether we are big or small, all of us have human weaknesses and are destined to face hardships of different facets.
regardless of the people's size.Įven if by no means this is one of the best feature film projects by Ghibli, it easily ranks as arguably the second best animated feature of 2010 thanks to a heartwarming story, realistic in the mature portrayal of the thematic elements regardless if it is a fantasy story, a gorgeous soundtrack and a high attention to the visual detail of the landscapes, the sounds and the proportions of the dangers lurking at every corner. Old school filmmaking, for me always nice to see when it's done well.Ī necessary Ghibli release to prove to audiences that the impeccably detailed imagination of the famous animation studio is not entirely dependent on the works of Miyazaki and Takahata, but there are very talented minds creating new worlds for worldwide audiences to see and embrace. It's very gentle, outstandingly humourless, uncomplicated tale of adventure and friendship in a strange environment. I will say that this is a very good children movie, with wonderful imagination employed to come to some amazing details in the lives of the Borrowers. Winning the Animation of the Year award at the 34th Japan Academy Prize award ceremony just proved the quality of the work everyone involved shared. This animation also became the highest grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office for the year 2010, and grossed over $145 million worldwide. I didn't mind the animation and the music, but I really loved the story. Telling the story of a young Borrower (Arrietty) befriending a human boy (Shawn), while trying to avoid being detected by the other humans, the director Yonebayashi in his directorial debut shows us that the studio Ghibli was right to choose him despite the fact that he is the youngest director of a Ghibli film. It is based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton, an English author of children's books, about a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of a typical household, borrowing items from humans to survive. I am not a fan of Japanese animation, but this Japanese animated fantasy directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, deserved my attention for the whole 1 hour and 34 minutes.
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