Omoide no Marnie
Country of Origin:  Japan
Production year: 2014
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Rating: NR(Film)
UPC [Locale]: 4-959241-756893
Running time: 1:43 (103 Min.)
Casetype: Custom
Format: Color, 1.78:1 Widescreen
DVD-Format: Single-Sided, Double-Layered
Released: March 18, 2015
Collection type: Owned (#1108)
Status: Available
Purchase date: March 19, 2015
Purchase price: Hidden
Review (movie): 0 / 10
Review (video): 0 / 10
Overview
Studio Ghibli and The Borrowers Arrietty director Yonebashi Hiromasa present an ageless tale of friendship that transcends space and time with When Marnie Was There, the adaptation of Joan G. Robinson's novel of the same name. Transporting the plot from Norfolk to Hokkaido, Yonebashi creates a magical and elegantly designed world for his interpretation of this touching tale about a lonely girl who discovers true friendship for the first time with a girl who lives in a mysterious house. Featuring a talented voice cast that includes Takatsuki Sara, Arimura Kasumi, Matsushima Nanako, Terajima Susumi and Hitomo Kuroki, When Marnie Was There signals a new generation of promising young talents in Japan's premier animation studio.

An introvert who has trouble making friends at school, Anna (Takatsuki Sara) is sent to live with her grandparents in Hokkaido by her adopted mother after a series of asthma attacks. While wandering around her new surroundings, Anna discovers an abandoned home standing in a marsh and a mysterious blonde girl living inside. Naturally curious, Anna eventually makes friends, for the first time in her life, with the blonde girl named Marnie. However, Anna soon realizes that she appears to be the only person who can see her new best friend. Is Marnie a ghost, a figment of Anna's imagination or something else entirely?

This edition includes storyboard, a spin-off documentary, making of, trailers and other bonus video content.
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Genres
Anime
Studios
Production Studios:
 • Studio Ghibli
Audio format
Japanese  PCM 2-Channel Stereo
Japanese  DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles
Chinese
English
Japanese
Tags
Asia
Ghibli + early works
Discs
# Description A B DS DL A DL B
1Main Feature
Features
Scene Access, Feature Trailers, Featurettes, Storyboard Comparisons
Crew
Direction
Hiromasa Yonebayashi....Director
Writing
Joan G. Robinson....Original Material By
Keiko Niwa....Screenwriter
Masashi Ando....Screenwriter
Hiromasa Yonebayashi....Screenwriter
Production
Kôji Hoshino....Producer
Yoshiaki Nishimura....Producer
Music
Takatsugu Muramatsu....Composer
Art
Yohei Taneda....Production Designer
Yohei Taneda....Art Director
Cast
Sara Takatsuki....Anna Sasaki (voice)
Kasumi Arimura....Marnie (voice)
Nanako Matsushima....Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
Susumu Terajima....Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Toshie Negishi....Setsu Oiwa (voice)
Ryôko Moriyama....Elderly Lady (voice)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki....Nanny (voice)
Hitomi Kuroki....Hisako (voice)
Hana Sugisaki....Sayaka (voice)
Ken Yasuda....Toichi (voice)
Yô Ôizumi....Dr. Yamashita (voice)