Karigurashi no Arrietty (2024)

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Synonyms: Karigurashi no Arrietti, The Borrower Arrietty

Japanese: 借りぐらしのアリエッティ

English: The Secret World of Arrietty

German: Arietty: Die Wundersame Welt der Borger

Spanish: Arrietty y el Mundo de los Diminutos

French: Arrietty, Le Petit Monde des Chapardeurs

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 17, 2010

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Disney Platform Distribution

Studios: Studio Ghibli

Source: Novel

Genres: Award Winning, Fantasy

Duration: 1 hr. 34 min.

Rating: G - All Ages


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Score: 7.891 (scored by 228,742 users)

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Ranked: #8322

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Popularity: #676

Members: 364,491

Favorites: 1,324


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While spending the summer at his aunt's house, the young but sickly Shou makes an amazing discovery: after following the house cat into the bushes, he gets a glimpse of a miniature girl about the size of his finger! Calling her kind "Borrowers," as they survive on tiny bits of human possessions, the girl introduces herself as Arrietty. As he discovers that she lives in the house basement with her parents, Pod and Homily, Shou becomes imaginably excited at the idea of such unique neighbors.

However, he fails to understand the adversities they face on a daily basis. In addition to keeping their existence hidden, they must also embark on perilous adventures into human territory, from the house to the outdoors, in order to make a living. Despite her parents' warnings, Arrietty befriends Shou, stirring up unexpected events that may change their lives forever.

Delighting the eye and conquering the heart, the breath-taking story of a friendship transcending the tensions between two different human kinds begins.

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Karigurashi no Arrietty is an adaptation of the 1952 novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton. It also marks the cinematic debut of Hiromasa Yonebayashi. The film score was composed by French recording artist and musician Cécile Corbel, the first time a non-Japanese composer has worked with Studio Ghibli.

Receiving highly positive reviews praising the animation and music, the film won the Animation of the Year award at the 34th Japan Academy Prize award ceremony and became the highest grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office in 2010, grossing over $145 million worldwide.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Arrietty

Main

Shida, Mirai
Japanese

Shou

Main

Kamiki, Ryunosuke
Japanese

Spiller

Supporting

Fujiwara, Tatsuya
Japanese

Homily

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Ootake, Shinobu
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Haru

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Kiki, Kirin
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Pod

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Miura, Tomokazu
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Sadako

Supporting

Takeshita, Keiko
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Suzuki, Toshio

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Yonebayashi, Hiromasa

Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, In-Between Animation

Kimura, Eriko

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Kasamatsu, Kouji

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"The Neglected Garden" by Cécile Corbel

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"Arrietty's song" by Cécile Corbel

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47 Recommended

7 Mixed Feelings

3 Not Recommended

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Jun 19, 2011

Kuro4735

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Studio Ghibli is quite renowned for it’s rather large portfolio of acclaimed family movies, and you could definitely add Karigurashi no Arrietty to that list. Ghibli usually makes two types of movies, either fantasy movies that focus on themes that are rather critical of problems in society (Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke and Nausicca come to mind), whereas in more recent times we’ve seen more slice-of-life fantasy adventure movies. Arrietty fits more into the latter, with it’s setting being modern day society with a small little twist; there are tiny, tiny people living under the house, and they borrow from humans to survive. Tiny as in maybe ...

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Jul 23, 2017

Moonywanderer

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Arrietty is a tiny person. When I say tiny, I mean only about 10cm tall! The tiny people live in the house of a sickly human boy named Sho, who has always heard about the little people of the house from his mother. Arrietty and her family are borrowers, tucked away in the house and ‘borrowing’ items that the humans are unlikely to notice are missing. After narrowly escaping being seen by Sho whilst outside, Arrietty is excited to start on her first borrowing herself, with her father, Pod. When an encounter with Sho leaves her family very concerned, Arrietty must decide whether the bridge ...

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Dec 11, 2018

Laphi4052

Not Recommended

FunnyKarigurashi no Arrietty (28)

I don't have any complaints about the art style, voice, or artwork, but I honestly just can't get over the plot. In what world is it okay to steal and call it borrowing. I couldn't bring myself to finish the movie.

I personally don't understand why this movie is rated so highly. I would have been more okay with the movie if they had chosen to use a different world or acknowledged what they were doing is stealing, but nope.

I read in a review on a different website that it wasn't immoral because the people needed it and what they were taking was so ...

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Absolutely perfect for people starting watching anime with J-subs
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