Secret World of Arrietty director Hiromasa Yonebayashi will again be helming a Studio Ghibli adaptation of a British children's novel with the revered animation house producing an anime movie based on Joan G. Robinson's When Marnie Was There. This is the first Ghibli movie made without the direct involvement of co-founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, but, talking to The Asahi Shimbun, producer Yoshiaki Nishimura says that like past Ghibli works, production is down to the wire against its July 19th release.
Despite the brush with a deadline, a preview has aired...
(1 of 12) New poster for Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/wK1Uj3iac1
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 24, 2014
(2 of 12) Anna, in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/sQdWOUqwLr
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 25, 2014
(3 of 12) Yoriko, in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/2of7nFmQLX
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 25, 2014
(4 of 12) Setsu (gotta love her), in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/Ny9IYcGsFP
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 25, 2014
(5 of 12) Kiyomasa (cool dude!), in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/ZOXfpqFmnN
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 25, 2014
(6 of 12) Another poster for Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/qYQ66ODRC4
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 25, 2014
(7 of 12) Blue Window at The Marsh House in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/bHwatZc3nM
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 26, 2014
(8 of 12) Yes, Marnie is there, in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/g1k4Vav96c
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 26, 2014
(9 of 12) Scary Baya, in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/PcGeDwDyKg
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 27, 2014
(10 of 12) Hisako, in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/gSbNmFxXsZ
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 27, 2014
(11 of 12) Anna and Marnie, in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/PWiqVdUCG2
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 28, 2014
(12 of 12) From Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/srFpWYG9ky
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 28, 2014
One more… (13! of 12) BIG banner for Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s “When Marnie Was There” (coming soon) #WhenMarnie pic.twitter.com/IukIy8Hdjb
— Studio Ghibli Int'l (@ghibli_intl) June 29, 2014
Illustrated by Paddington Bear's Peggy Fortnum, the novel follows a girl who moves with her older foster parent to coastal Norfolk, where the lonely girl forms her first friendship with the ghostly Marnie, haunting the March House. The adaptation moves the story to Japan's northernmost main island, Hokkaido, and will feature of story of modern adolescent .
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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