Studio Ghibli makes “The Littles” Anime film

by Adam, filed in Movies on Nov.22, 2011

The Secret World of Arrietty, a remake of The Littles

Check out this trailer for “The Secret World of Arrietty”, a new movie which is coming to North America in February 2012. The film is by Studio Ghibli and the screenplay is written by Hayao Miyazaki, director of good movies like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Laputa: Castle in the Sky and bad movies like Ponyo.

The dub will star David Henrie and Bridgit Mendler, who play on again, off again couple Justin and Juliet in the Wizards of Waverly Place. It’s not easy being in love when one of you is a Wizard and the other is a Vampire who turned old after being bit by a Werewolf and then being young again. There are actually 2 dubs, the British version stars Saoirse Ronan, from Hanna and Tom Holland, from nothing I’ve ever heard of.

Wizards of Waverly Place - Justin and Juliet - David Henrie and Bridgit Mendler

Keep reading to watch the intro to the Littles, the inspiration for this film:

Awesome remake!

Okay actually this movie has nothing to do with the Littles. It’s actually based on an old book “The Borrowers” from 1952 which predates “The Littles” by years. The movie is already out in Japan and is available on Blu-Ray (English subbed and North American PS3 compatible) and DVD.

It should also be noted that this movie isn’t actually directed by Hayao Miyazaki, though he wrote the screenplay. The director is Hiromasa Yonebayashi, an animator for Studio Ghibli.

Tags: Anime, David Henrie, Hayao Miyazaki, Secret World of Arrietty, Studio Ghibli

joe

Ponyo is bad? I haven’t seen it yet, but I just assumed it would be good like most Ghibli stuff.

Could you tell me what you didn’t like about it without giving away too much of the plot?

http://twitter.com/adamrulz Adam Gardner

Too busy and too much unrelated fantastical type elements. I like how there’s usually some magic is some of his movies, like Kiki or whatever, but this one just had too much craziness, a lot of which there isn’t even the most modest effort to explain.

http://twitter.com/ghiblifan1 Mancunian Red

“in his movies”? Who… Hayao Miyazaki? Um, actually this film was conceived and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Also, if you needed any part of Arrietty explaining to you, you have the IQ of the average chair leg. My pre-teen niece understood it perfectly.

http://www.facebook.com/adamrulz69 Adam Gardner

I didn’t say I didn’t understand it, I was just saying there is no explanation for some of the fantastical elements. �It wasn’t confusing, just nonsense.

http://twitter.com/ghiblifan1 Mancunian Red

“The Littles”, whatever that is, is NOT “the inspiration for this film”… the inspiration is Mary Norton’s The Borrowers. Ah, oh, wait… I see you said that at the bottom. Which leaves me one question… what was the point of saying it was? :/
Rachelle Cano

Hi This is Rachelle, I’m the singer from The Littles. I’m singing on the above youtube clip. I can be found on facebook @�� http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachelle-Cano/279304966597

I also write articles on japanese related events and productions:
http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2011/10/27/jazz-twist/

I’m looking forward to seeing Arrietty!

Cheers! =)

Rachelle

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