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The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty
Japanese theatrical poster
Directed by	Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Screenplay by	Hayao Miyazaki Keiko Niwa
Based on	The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Starring	Mirai Shida Ryunosuke Kamiki Shinobu Ōtake Keiko Takeshita Tatsuya Fujiwara Tomokazu Miura Kirin Kiki
Music by	Cécile Corbel
Cinematography	Atsushi Okui
Editing by	Keiko Kadokawa Rie Matsubara Hiromi Sasaki Takeshi Seyama
Studio	Studio Ghibli
Distributed by	Toho (Japan) Walt Disney Pictures (Int'l) Optimum Releasing (UK)
Release date(s)	July 17, 2010 (2010-07-17) (Japan)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	¥2.3 billion (US$23 million)
Box office	US$126,368,084[1]

The Secret World of Arrietty,^[2][3][4] known in Japan as The Borrower Arrietty (借りぐらしのアリエッティ, Kari-gurashi no Arietti^?) and in the UK as Arrietty, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film based on Mary Norton's juvenile fantasy novel The Borrowers.^[5] The film was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, written by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, and stars the voices of Mirai Shida as the titular character, Ryunosuke Kamiki as Sho, and Tatsuya Fujiwara as Spiller.^[5] The film tells the story of Arrietty, a young Borrower who lives under the floorboards of a typical household. She eventually befriends Sho, a human boy with a heart condition since birth who is living with his great aunt Sadako. When Sadako's maid Haru becomes suspicious of the floorboard's disturbance, Arrietty and her family must prove that the Borrowers do exist.

Ghibli announced the film in late 2009 with Yonebayashi making his directorial debut as the youngest director of a Ghibli film. Miyazaki supervised the production as a developing planner.^[6] The voice actors were approached in April 2010, and Cécile Corbel wrote the film's score as well as its theme song.

Released in Japan on July 17, 2010, The Secret World of Arrietty received critical acclaim, all of whom praised the animation and music. It also became the highest grossing film in the Japanese box office for the year of 2010,^[7] and is currently grossing over US$126 million worldwide.^[1] The film also won the Animation of the Year award at the 34th Japan Academy Prize award ceremony.^[8]