Arrietty
{{Short description|2010 Japanese animated film}}
{{For-multi|the eponymous The Borrowers character|The Borrowers#Characters{{!}}The Borrowers § Characters|the drag queen|Arrietty (drag queen)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Arrietty
| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese
| kanji = 借りぐらしのアリエッティ
| revhep = Karigurashi no Arietti}}
| image = Karigurashi no Arrietty poster.png
| alt = A young woman is hiding under a group of leaves with an image of a house behind her. Text below reveals the film's title and credits.
| caption = Theatrical poster for Arrietty
| director = Hiromasa Yonebayashi
| producer = Toshio Suzuki
| screenplay = Hayao Miyazaki{{Clear}}Keiko Niwa
| based_on = {{Based on|The Borrowers|Mary Norton}}
| starring = Mirai Shida{{Clear}}Ryunosuke Kamiki{{Clear}}Shinobu Otake{{Clear}}Keiko Takeshita{{Clear}}Tatsuya Fujiwara{{Clear}}Tomokazu Miura{{Clear}}Kirin Kiki
| music = Cécile Corbel
| cinematography = Atsushi Okui
| editing = Keiko Kadokawa{{Clear}}Rie Matsubara{{Clear}}Hiromi Sasaki{{Clear}}Takeshi Seyama
| studio = Studio Ghibli
| distributor = Toho
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|7|17|}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget = $23{{nbsp}}million
| gross = $146{{nbsp}}million{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=arrietty.htm|title=The Secret World of Arrietty (2012)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=October 2, 2019}}
}}
Arrietty, titled {{nihongo foot|Arrietty the Borrower{{hair space}}|借りぐらしのアリエッティ|Karigurashi no Arietti|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} in Japan and The Secret World of Arrietty in North America, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi as his feature film debut as a director, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and Wild Bunch. The screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa,{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/783963/the-secret-world-of-arrietty#credits|title=The Secret World of Arriettys|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner|location=Atlanta|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009184011/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/783963/Secret-World-of-Arrietty-The/full-credits.html|archive-date=October 9, 2016|url-status=live}}{{Citation|last=McCallum|first=Robyn|title=Invisible Children: Representing Childhood Across Cultures|date=2018|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137-39541-2_6|work=Screen Adaptations and the Politics of Childhood: Transforming Children's Literature into Film|pages=211–264|editor-last=McCallum|editor-first=Robyn|series=Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture|place=London|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|doi=10.1057/978-1-137-39541-2_6|isbn=978-1-137-39541-2|access-date=2021-11-21}} was based on the 1952 novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton, an English author of children's books, about a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of a typical household, borrowing items from humans to survive.{{Cite journal|last=Hyland|first=Robert|date=2015-06-01|title=A culture of borrowing: Iconography, ideology and idiom in Kari-gurashi no Arietti/The Secret World of Arrietty|url=https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/eapc/2015/00000001/00000002/art00004;jsessionid=3053efoitpcvh.x-ic-live-03|journal=East Asian Journal of Popular Culture|volume=1|issue=2|pages=205–222|doi=10.1386/eapc.1.2.205_1}}{{Cite journal|last1=Brighenti|first1=Andrea Mubi|last2=Kärrholm|first2=Mattias|date=2018-11-01|title=Domestic Territories and the Little Humans: Understanding the Animation of Domesticity|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331217737921|journal=Space and Culture|volume=21|issue=4|pages=395–407|doi=10.1177/1206331217737921|bibcode=2018SpCul..21..395B |s2cid=149419560 |issn=1206-3312}} The film stars the voices of Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shinobu Otake, Keiko Takeshita, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tomokazu Miura, and Kirin Kiki, and tells the story of a young Borrower (Shida) befriending a human boy (Kamiki), while trying to avoid being detected by the other humans.
Ghibli announced the film in late 2009 with Yonebayashi making his directorial debut. Miyazaki supervised the production as a developing planner.{{cite web | title=Studio Ghibli's Next Film Adapts Mary Norton's The Borrowers (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-16/ghibli-next-film-adapts-mary-norton-the-borrowers|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 16, 2009|access-date=December 21, 2009}} The voice actors were approached in April 2010, and Cécile Corbel wrote the film's score as well as its theme song. This film marks the cinematic debut of Yonebayashi, as well as the British dub marking the cinematic debut of Tom Holland.
The film was released in Japan on July 17, 2010, by Toho, and received positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation and music. It became the highest-grossing Japanese film at the Japanese box office for the year 2010, and grossed over $145 million worldwide. The film also won the Animation of the Year award at the 34th Japan Academy Prize award ceremony. Two English-language versions of the film were produced, a British dub released in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2011, by Optimum Releasing and an American dub released in North America on February 17, 2012, by Walt Disney Pictures.
Plot
A boy named Shō tells the story of the week in summer he spent at his mother's home with his maternal great-aunt, Sadako, and the housemaid, Haru. When Shō arrives, he gets a glimpse of Arrietty, a Borrower girl, hiding in the plants.
At night, Arrietty's father, Pod, takes her on her first "borrowing" mission, to get sugar and tissue paper. After obtaining a sugar cube from the kitchen, they travel to a bedroom which they enter through a dollhouse. It is Shō's bedroom; he sees Arrietty when she tries to take a tissue from his table. Startled, she drops the sugar cube. Shō tries to call out to her, but Pod and Arrietty leave.
The next day, Shō places the sugar cube and a little note beside the air vent. Pod warns Arrietty not to take it because their existence must be kept secret from humans. Nevertheless, she sneaks out to visit Shō in his bedroom. Without showing herself, she tells him to leave her family alone, but they soon have a conversation, which is interrupted by a crow. The crow attacks Arrietty, but Shō saves her. On her return home, Arrietty is intercepted by her father. Realizing they have been detected, Pod and his wife Homily decide they must move out. Shō learns from Sadako that his mother and grandfather had noticed the presence of Borrowers in the house and had the dollhouse built for them. The Borrowers had not been seen since.
Pod returns injured from a borrowing mission and is helped home by Spiller, a Borrower who lives in the wild. Shō removes the floorboard concealing the Borrower household and replaces their kitchen with the kitchen from the dollhouse to show he hopes for them to stay. However, the Borrowers are frightened by this and speed up their moving process. Pod recovers and Arrietty bids farewell to Shō. Shō apologizes that he has forced them to move out and reveals he has had a heart condition since birth and will undergo an operation in a few days. The operation does not have a good chance of success. He is accepting, saying that every living thing dies.
Haru notices the floorboards have been disturbed. She unearths the Borrowers' house and captures Homily. Alerted by her mother's screams, Arrietty goes to investigate. Saddened by her departure, Shō returns to his room. Haru locks him in and calls a pest control company to capture the other Borrowers alive. Arrietty comes to Shō for help; they rescue Homily and he removes all traces of the Borrowers' presence, including putting the kitchen back in the dollhouse.
On their way out during the night, the Borrowers are spotted by the cat Niya. Thereupon Niya leads Shō to the "river", a small rivulet, where the Borrowers are waiting for Spiller to take them further. Shō gives Arrietty a sugar cube and tells her that she will always be a part of him and that her courage and the Borrowers' fight for survival have made him want to live through the operation. In return, Arrietty gives him her hairclip, a small clothespin, as a token of remembrance. The Borrowers leave in a floating teapot with Spiller in search of a new home.
The Disney international dubbed version contains a final monologue, where Shō states that he never saw Arrietty again. He returned to the house a year later, indicating that the operation had been successful. However, he overhears rumors of objects disappearing in neighboring homes.
Voice cast
| class="wikitable"
! Character |
| {{Nihongo|Arrietty|アリエッティ|Arietti}} |
| {{Nihongo|Shō|翔}}
| David Henrie as Shawn |
| {{Nihongo|Homily|ホミリー|Homirī}} |
| {{Nihongo|Pod|ポッド|Poddo}} |
| {{Nihongo|Haru|ハル}}
| Carol Burnett as Hara |
| {{Nihongo|Spiller|スピラー|Supirā}} |
| {{Nihongo|Sadako Maki|牧 貞子|Maki Sadako}}
| Gracie Moore as Jessica |
Production
=Development=
On December 16, 2009, Studio Ghibli announced Karigurashi no Arrietty to be released in 2010.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジブリ新作「借りぐらしのアリエッティ」来夏公開 新人監督で英文学映画化|url=http://eiga.com/news/20091216/16/|publisher=eiga.com|date=December 16, 2009|access-date=September 2, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818181318/http://eiga.com/news/20091216/16/|archive-date=August 18, 2011|url-status=bot: unknown}} The film is based on the novel The Borrowers by the British writer Mary Norton. The novel won the Carnegie Medal for children's literature in 1953, and had already been adapted into two films and a TV series at the time. Studio Ghibli founders Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki had been contemplating an adaptation of this novel for the past 40 years.
Animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi was announced as the film director on the same day. Hiromasa Yonebayashi was one of the animators for the Studio Ghibli films Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo and Spirited Away. He was also the reserve director for the film Tales from Earthsea. Miyazaki was announced as the production planner.
=Casting=
The Japanese voice cast of the film was announced on April 13, 2010. Actress Mirai Shida was cast as the voice of Arrietty.{{cite web |script-title=ja:志田未来＆神木隆之介「借りぐらしのアリエッティ」に声優出演 |url=http://eiga.com/news/20100413/19/ |publisher=eiga.com |language=ja |date=April 13, 2010 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515033643/http://eiga.com/news/20100413/19/ |archive-date=May 15, 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown}} Arrietty was Shida's first voice acting role. In addition, Ryunosuke Kamiki, who has voiced characters in other Studio Ghibli films, including Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle was cast as Shō.
Besides them, the film's cast includes Tomokazu Miura, Shinobu Otake, Keiko Takeshita, and Kirin Kiki. The four actors had previous voice acting experience, but none of them had been in a Studio Ghibli film before. Miura and Otake were, respectively, cast as Arrietty's parents Pod and Homily. In addition, Takeshita voiced Shō's aunt and Kiki voiced the housemaid Haru.
On January 8, 2011, actress and singer Bridgit Mendler was cast as Arrietty for the film's North American release.{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-08/arriety-u.s-dub-lead-actress-bridgit-mendler-named|title=Arietty U.S. Dub's Lead Actress Bridgit Mendler Named|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 8, 2011|access-date=March 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112020230/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-08/arriety-u.s-dub-lead-actress-bridgit-mendler-named|archive-date=January 12, 2011|url-status=live}} Besides Mendler, the cast included Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, and David Henrie.{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-12/additional-arrietty-u.s-dub-cast-members-named|title=Additional Arrietty U.S. Dub Cast Members Named|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 11, 2011|access-date=March 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116021423/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-12/additional-arrietty-u.s-dub-cast-members-named|archive-date=January 16, 2011|url-status=live}} The film had a different voice cast for the United Kingdom release.{{cite web | url = https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-21/arrietty-to-have-different-dub-casts-in-u.s-u.k | title = Ghibli's Arrietty to Have Different Dub Casts in U.S., U.K. | publisher = Anime News Network | date = June 21, 2011 | access-date = July 13, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160120114656/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-21/arrietty-to-have-different-dub-casts-in-u.s-u.k | archive-date = January 20, 2016 | url-status = live}} The cast included Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, Mark Strong, Olivia Colman, Phyllida Law, and Geraldine McEwan.
Music
File:Cécile Corbel - St-Yves 2010 à Tôkyô c.JPG in concert in Tokyo for the release of the film's soundtrack]]
The film score of Arrietty was composed by French recording artist and musician Cécile Corbel, the first time a non-Japanese composer worked with the studio.
After ending promotion for her second album SongBook vol. 2, Corbel, a fan of the studio's output, sent one of her remaining promo albums to Studio Ghibli. At the time, the film was in pre-production and producer Toshio Suzuki wanted a Celtic-inspired score. Less than ten days later, she received an email from Studio Ghibli about her CD. The envelope, because it was handwritten, had caught the eye of Suzuki, and he had listened to the album. He was captivated by Corbel's voice and the sound of the harp, and after playing the album for Yonebayashi and Yamaha Music, Corbel was assigned to write the title song of the film, followed by more songs. By 2009, she was asked to compose the entire score.{{cite web|last1=Noyer|first1=Jérémie|title=Arrietty, the Borrower and Cecile Corbel, the Composer|url=http://animatedviews.com/2010/arrietty-the-borrower-and-cecile-corbel-the-composer/|website=Animated Views|access-date=25 May 2020|date=15 November 2010}}{{cite news|last1=Martens|first1=Todd|title='The Secret World of Arrietty' has a fairytale in its music|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/02/the-unexpected-music-of-the-secret-world-of-arrietty.html|access-date=25 May 2020|work=Los Angeles Times|date=17 February 2012}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:『アリエッティ』フランス人歌手・セシルが渋谷アップルストアに登場 |url=http://www.cinemacafe.net/news/cgi/report/2010/08/8823/ |publisher=cinemacafe |date=August 8, 2010 |access-date=September 4, 2011 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320074901/http://www.cinemacafe.net/news/cgi/report/2010/08/8823/ |archive-date=March 20, 2012}}
The score combined the musical styles of Celtic folk music, medieval Turkish songs, Baroque madrigals, and Irish marches.{{cite web|title=Cécile Corbel Biography|url=http://www.cecile-corbel.com/en/cecile-corbel-biography.html|website=Cécile Corbel Official Website|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-date=February 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202152818/http://www.cecile-corbel.com/en/cecile-corbel-biography.html|url-status=dead}} It was recorded in France with a small orchestra including acoustic guitar, bass, a string quartet, bagpipes, Irish flutes, bodhrán, percussion instruments, and accordion. The soundtrack album won "Best Original Soundtrack Album" at the 2011 Japan Gold Disc Awards. It also became a RIAJ-certified gold record in Japan, where more than 200,000 copies were sold.{{cite news|last1=Gérard|first1=Classe|title=Le retour de la fée celte|url=http://www.letelegramme.fr/ig/generales/regions/bretagne/cecile-corbel-le-retour-de-la-fee-celte-19-06-2013-2141603.php|access-date=25 September 2014|work=Le Télégramme|date=19 June 2013|language=fr}}{{cite news|title=Cécile Corbel. Écoutez en exclusivité son nouvel album|url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/cecile-corbel-ecoutez-en-exclusivite-son-nouvel-album-2870618|access-date=6 December 2014|work=Ouest-France|date=5 October 2014|language=fr}}
=Arrietty's Song=
"Arrietty's Song", the film's main theme, was performed by Corbel in Japanese, English, German, Italian, Breton, and French.
The song made its public debut in a presentation of the song by singer Corbel and percussionist Marco in Apple's store in Shibuya, Tokyo, on 8 August 2010. Some of the Japanese theme songs for this film, including "Arrietty's Song" was first released online through the iTunes Store, mora and Musico on 19 December 2009.{{cite web|script-title=ja:スタジオジブリの最新作は『借りぐらしのアリエッティ』2010年夏公開|url=http://life.oricon.co.jp/71689/full/|publisher=Oricon|date=December 16, 2009|access-date=September 3, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121151107/http://life.oricon.co.jp/71689/full/|archive-date=January 21, 2013|url-status=bot: unknown}} Subsequently, the official album containing all of the theme songs of this film was released on 14 July 2010.{{cite web |title=借りぐらしのアリエッティ サウンドトラック profile on Oricon |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/503262/products/music/871413/1/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=September 3, 2011 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818004820/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/503262/products/music/871413/1 |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |url-status=live}} The album's listing on the Oricon charts peaked at the 31st position. Separately, the song "Arrietty's Song" were released as a singles album on 7 April 2010.{{cite web |title=Arrietty's Song profile on Oricon |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/503262/products/music/861141/1/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=September 4, 2011 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024222851/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/503262/products/music/861141/1/ |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |url-status=live}}
==Track listings==
- "Arrietty's Song" (Digital Download) – 3:26
==Charts==
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| Chart (2010)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
|---|
| Japan (Japan Hot 100){{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=khot100&year=2011&month=09&day=3 |title=Billboard Japan Hot 100 2010/04/26 |publisher=Billboard Japan |access-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118222853/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=khot100&year=2011&month=09&day=3 |archive-date=January 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}
| style="text-align:center;"|98 |
=Summertime=
"Summertime" is a song performed by American pop recording artist Bridgit Mendler for the film's North American release. The song was released by Hollywood Records on February 2, 2012.
File:Seibien Hirakawa Aomori pref Japan01n.jpg]]The song premiered on Radio Disney on February 1, with its release on iTunes on February 2, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-07/arrietty-u.s-dub-summertime-music-video-previewed|title=Arrietty U.S Dub's "Summertime" Music Video Previewed|publisher=Anime News Network|date=February 7, 2012|access-date=February 7, 2012}} In an interview with Kidzworld about what the song is about, Mendler explained, "It's not based on personal experience but I think the whole summertime, kind of cheerful, innocent thing was relatable for the movie and something they liked. The movie is about imagery and there are some good images in that song."{{cite web| url= http://www.kidzworld.com/article/26938-bridgit-mendler-is-arrietty |title= Bridgit Mendler is 'Arrietty'| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120526011133/http://www.kidzworld.com/article/26938-bridgit-mendler-is-arrietty |archivedate= May 26, 2012 |website= Kidzworld.com |date= May 22, 2012| access-date= May 12, 2014}}
The music video premiered on Disney Channel on January 10. It was directed by Art Spigel, director of the Disney Channel Games, and was filmed on-location at Disney's Golden Oak Ranch in Los Angeles, California.
==Track listings==
- "Summertime" (Digital Download) – 3:01
==Charts==
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| scope="col" | Chart (2012)
! scope="col" | Peak |
|---|
| US Kid Digital Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Bridgit Mendler|chart=Kids Songs}}|title=Bridgit Mendler - Kids Songs on Billboard|publisher=Billboard|access-date=August 23, 2012}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 |
==Release history==
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Release
Arrietty was first released in Japanese cinemas on July 17, 2010, by Toho.{{cite web | title=借りぐらしのアリエッティ on moviewalker | url=http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv45931 | work=moviewalker | access-date=September 1, 2010 | language=ja | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906012930/http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv45931/ | archive-date=September 6, 2010 | url-status=live}} The film was officially released at a ceremony attended by the film's cast and Yonebayashi.{{cite web|title=志田未来、アリエッティのような赤ワンピースで笑顔！ 鈴木Pは『ポニョ』超え狙う |url=http://www.cinemacafe.net/news/cgi/report/2010/07/8693/ |publisher=cinemacafe |date=17 July 2010 |access-date=September 4, 2011 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320075009/http://www.cinemacafe.net/news/cgi/report/2010/07/8693/ |archive-date=March 20, 2012}} Corbel performed the film's theme song at the event. In addition, Yonebayashi hinted that he wanted the film to beat the record of over 12 million audiences set by previous Studio Ghibli film, Ponyo. The film was screened in 447 theaters throughout Japan during its debut weekend.
In the United Kingdom, the film was released on July 29, 2011, by Optimum Releasing. The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under the Walt Disney Pictures banner in the United States on February 17, 2012, with the title The Secret World of Arrietty.{{cite web |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-27/arrietty-u.s-theatrical-run-set-for-february-2012 |title= News: Arrietty's U.S. Theatrical Run Set for February 2012 |date= January 27, 2011 |publisher= Anime News Network |access-date= May 30, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110613195905/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-27/arrietty-u.s-theatrical-run-set-for-february-2012 |archive-date= June 13, 2011 |url-status= live}} The North American dub was directed by Gary Rydstrom, produced by Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy and written by Karey Kirkpatrick.
A screening of the North American release was held on January 21, 2012, in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-05/arrietty-preview-screening-held-in-nyc-on-january-21|title=Arrietty Preview Screening to Be Held in NYC on January 21|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 5, 2012|access-date=January 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108040414/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-05/arrietty-preview-screening-held-in-nyc-on-january-21|archive-date=January 8, 2012|url-status=live}} The film opened in 1,522 screens during its general release.{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Daniel|title=The Secret World of Arrietty to open on 1200 Screens|url=http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/2012/02/secret-world-of-arrietty-to-open-on.html|work=Ghibli Blog|access-date=February 7, 2012|date=February 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214115540/http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/2012/02/secret-world-of-arrietty-to-open-on.html|archive-date=February 14, 2012|url-status=live}}
=Home media=
Arrietty was released as part of the Studio Ghibli Collection by Disney Japan in both Blu-ray Disc and DVD formats within Japan. The DVD version of the film consists of two discs in the region 2 format. The Blu-ray version consists of a single disc in the Region A format. Both versions were released in Japan on June 17, 2011, and both contain English and Japanese subtitles.{{cite web |url=http://www.disney.co.jp/studio/ghibli/1062.html |script-title=ja:借りぐらしのアリエッティ |trans-title=The Borrower Arrietty |publisher=The Walt Disney Company (Japan) |access-date=May 25, 2015 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525102741/http://www.disney.co.jp/studio/ghibli/1062.html |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown}}
StudioCanal (previously known as Optimum Releasing) released the movie on both Region 2 DVD and Region B Blu-ray format in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2012. A DVD/Blu-ray Double Play "Collector's Edition" was also released, featuring art cards.{{cite web|url=http://www.studiocanal.co.uk/Film/Details/b444987a-09f1-4ac5-af80-9efb011debf1|title=Arrietty|publisher=Studio Canal|access-date=May 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111141/http://www.studiocanal.co.uk/Film/Details/b444987a-09f1-4ac5-af80-9efb011debf1|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}
The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD and as a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on May 22, 2012, in North America.{{cite web|last1=Katz|first1=Josh|title=Three Studio Ghibli Films on Blu-ray|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8530|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=3 January 2016|date=13 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235824/http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8530|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=live}} GKIDS re-issued the movie on Blu-ray and DVD on November 21, 2017, under a new deal with Studio Ghibli.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/gkids-studio-ghibli-ink-home-entertainment-deal-1021746|title=Gkids, Studio Ghibli Ink Home Entertainment Deal| first=Carolyn |last= Giardina|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 17, 2017|access-date=July 17, 2017}}
Reception
=Box office=
Arrietty earned $19,202,743 in North America and $126,368,084 in other territories for a worldwide total of $145,570,827. It is the fourth-highest grossing anime film in the United States, and the highest not based on a game franchise.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm|title=Anime|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=April 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005340/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=live}}
Arrietty debuted at the first position in the Japanese box office.{{cite web|script-title= ja:借りぐらしのアリエッティ ：「100億円超え確実」のスタート 公開3日で100万人超|url= http://mantan-web.jp/2010/07/20/20100720dog00m200041000c.html|work= Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd|date= July 20, 2010|access-date= September 1, 2010|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121005180143/http://mantan-web.jp/2010/07/20/20100720dog00m200041000c.html|archive-date= October 5, 2012|url-status= bot: unknown|df= mdy-all}} More than one million people went to see the film during its opening weekend. It grossed around 1.35 billion yen that weekend. Distributor Toho announced that as of August 5, 2010, the film managed to gross more than 3.5 billion yen and attracted more than 3.7 million viewers. According to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Arrietty is the top-grossing Japanese film in their box office for the year for 2010; it grossed approximately 9.25 billion yen{{cite web|url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/2010.html|title=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Report for Year 2010|access-date=September 3, 2011|work=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|date=January 23, 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128230719/http://www.eiren.org/toukei/2010.html|archive-date=January 28, 2012|url-status=live}} ($110.0 million).{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2010&p=.htm|title=2010 Japan Yearly Box Office Results|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=February 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618162458/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/yearly/?yr=2010|archive-date=June 18, 2017|url-status=live}}
In France, the film was well received by the public. More than 100,000 people watched the film on its debut week in France, allowing the film to gross more than US$1.4 million that week.{{cite web |title=Box Office Mojo France Gross |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=FR&id=arrietty.htm |work=Box Office Mojo |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=September 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103122201/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=FR&id=arrietty.htm |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=live}} Overall, ticket sales for Arrietty, le petit monde des chapardeurs in France totaled almost 740,000 between its release on January 12, 2011, and March 1, 2011.{{cite web | title=Box-office du film sur Allociné | url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-176684/box-office/ | work=AlloCiné | access-date=September 1, 2011 | language=fr | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723021710/http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-176684/box-office/ | archive-date=July 23, 2011 | url-status=live}} In the United Kingdom, the film generated £76,000 ($120,232) in its first weekend.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/aug/02/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-philosopher|title=Harry Potter's Deathly Hallows creeps up on Philosopher's Stone|work=The Guardian|date=August 2, 2011|access-date=March 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720050839/http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/aug/02/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-philosopher|archive-date=July 20, 2014|url-status=live}}
In North America, Arrietty opened on 1,522 theaters, a record for a Studio Ghibli film.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=ponyo.htm|title=Ponyo|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=February 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118081801/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=ponyo.htm|archive-date=November 18, 2011|url-status=live}} The film opened in ninth place with $6.45 million during the three-day President's Day weekend and went on to earn $8.68 million during the four-day weekend,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=arrietty.htm|title=The Secret World of Arrietty – Weekend Box Office Results|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=February 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223034739/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=arrietty.htm|archive-date=February 23, 2012|url-status=live}} behind the 3D release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. This was the largest opening ever for a Studio Ghibli film (beating Ponyo{{'}}s $3.6 million). The film also scored the best weekend per-theater average in North America for the studio ($4,235 against Ponyo{{'}}s $3,868).{{cite news|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3374&p=.htm|title=Weekend Report (cont.): Decent Debuts for 'This Means War,' 'Arrietty'|first=Ray|last=Subers|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=February 19, 2012|access-date=March 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325080852/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3374&p=.htm|archive-date=March 25, 2012|url-status=live}} Arrietty closed in theaters on June 8, 2012, with $19 million. In total earnings, its highest-grossing countries outside Japan and North America were France ($7.01 million), South Korea ($6.86 million) and Hong Kong ($1.75 million).{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=arrietty.htm|title=The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) – International Box Office Results|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310044759/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=arrietty.htm|archive-date=March 10, 2012|url-status=live}}
=Critical reception=
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 153 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Visually lush, refreshingly free of family-friendly clatter, and anchored with soulful depth, The Secret World of Arrietty lives up to Studio Ghibli's reputation."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_secret_world_of_arrietty/|title=The Secret World of Arrietty (2012)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=May 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509092222/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_secret_world_of_arrietty/|archive-date=May 9, 2012|url-status=live}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-world-of-arrietty|title=The Secret World of Arrietty|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=May 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228232855/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-world-of-arrietty|archive-date=February 28, 2012|url-status=live}}
Cristoph Mark of The Daily Yomiuri praised the film, calling it "likely a perennial favorite among children".{{cite news|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/20100723TDY11T05.htm|title=The tiniest of details: Ghibli, MOT explore diminutive world of Arrietty and her family of 'Borrowers'|last=Mark|first=Cristoph|work=The Daily Yomiuri|location=Japan|date=July 23, 2010|access-date=September 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012151845/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/20100723TDY11T05.htm|archive-date=October 12, 2012|url-status=live}} He particularly liked the film effects, which he described as "Drops of water loom large and drip like syrup; the ticking of a clock reverberates through the floor and the theater's speakers; tissue paper is large and stiff{{nbsp}}...", adding that these effects gives the audience "a glimpse into their own world, but from a different perspective". Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film a rating of four out of five stars, and said that the film "speaks straight to the heart and imagination of [everyone]." Schilling also praised the film's animation, saying that [Studio Ghibli animators] are past masters at creating the illusion of presence and depth without [3-D effects].{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20100716a2.html|title='Kari-Gurashi no Arrietty (The Borrowers)'|last=Schilling|first=Mark|work=The Japan Times|date=July 16, 2010|access-date=September 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831040640/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20100716a2.html|archive-date=August 31, 2011|url-status=live}} However, he also said that in some scenes the film "threatens to devolve into the sappy, the preachy, and the slapsticky" but noted that these scenes were "mercifully brief".
Steve Rose, the reviewer for The Guardian, gave the film four out of five stars, describing it as "a gentle and entrancing tale, deeper and richer than more instantly gratifying fare."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/28/arrietty-film-review|title=Arrietty – review|work=The Guardian|last=Rose|first=Steve|date=July 28, 2011|access-date=September 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403072640/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/28/arrietty-film-review|archive-date=April 3, 2015|url-status=live}} Rose also described the film as "the soul food of the animation world", however, he did note that this film "doesn't match previous hits such as Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke in terms of epic scale or adult appeal", even though it bears many of their hallmarks: bright, detailed animation. Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter gave a positive review of the film. She said that the film "remains essentially a film for children". Young later went on to say that the relationship with Sho and Arrietty "touches the heartstrings with gentle yearning", and praised Yonebayashi for its direction.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/arrietty-film-review-35856|title=Arrietty – Film Review|last=Young|first=Deborah|date=April 11, 2010|access-date=September 2, 2011|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807183750/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/arrietty-film-review-35856|archive-date=August 7, 2011|url-status=live}} In the opening remarks made by David Gritten of The Telegraph, he said that the film was "ravishingly colourful and textured".{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8668747/Arrietty-review.html |title=Arrietty, review |last=Gritten |first=David |date=July 28, 2010 |access-date=September 13, 2011 |work=The Daily Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812185618/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8668747/Arrietty-review.html |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=live}} He also praised the animation, saying that "animation doesn't get better than Arrietty." Gritten gave the film a rating of 4 stars out of 5 stars. In his review for Special Broadcasting Service, Don Groves gave a mixed review of the film and said that Arrietty was a "very slender, minor work."{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/films/movie/13145/Arrietty|last=Groves|first=Don|work=SBS Film|title=Arrietty|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service|date=January 17, 2012|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115235200/http://www.sbs.com.au/films/movie/13145/Arrietty|archive-date=January 15, 2012|url-status=live}} Groves also criticized the film's storyline, calling it "a gentle, humourless, uncomplicated tale of friendship in an alien environment." However, he praised the voice acting as "generally is as professional as [one would] expect." Groves gave the film a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5 stars.
Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network gave the North American version of Arrietty an overall grade of "B".{{cite web|last=Bertschy|first=Zac|title=The Secret World of Arrietty – Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-secret-world-of-arrietty|publisher=Anime News Network|date=February 17, 2012|access-date=February 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218204400/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-secret-world-of-arrietty|archive-date=February 18, 2012|url-status=live}} Bertschy praised the voice acting in the film and also praised the intricate details of the film's backgrounds, but said that "there isn't more going on here, even when it comes to the film's basic story", however, he later went on to say that it is "foolish to deny the simple, warm, and familiar pleasures of Arrietty's world". Leslie Felperin of Variety praised the film as "old school, mostly in a good way." She also praised the film for its animation, as well as Yonebayashi's direction. Felperin noted however, that the film lacked its "approach to storytelling that made Studio Ghibli's other [films] so compelling."{{cite journal|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945722/|last=Felperin|first=Leslie|title=Arrietty|journal=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=June 27, 2011|access-date=February 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218034324/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945722/|archive-date=February 18, 2012|url-status=live}} Manohla Dargis of The New York Times praised the film for its hand-drawn animation and Yonebayashi's direction.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/movies/the-secret-world-of-arrietty-from-studio-ghibli.html?smid=tw-nytimesmovies&seid=auto|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|title=Movie Review – The Secret World of Arrietty|work=The New York Times|date=February 16, 2012|access-date=February 16, 2012}} Dargis later went on to say that the film has "a way of taking [the audience] where [they] may not expect." Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times described the film as "beautiful, gentle and pure".{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-arrietty-20120217,0,5083217.story?track=rss|title=The Secret World of Arrietty: Movie Review|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 16, 2012|access-date=February 16, 2012}} Turan also praised the detail and animation in the film, as well as its storyline. He also praised Karey Kirkpatrick and Gary Rydstrom for their adaptation of the film, as well as their casting decisions for the British and North American versions. Lisa Schwarzbaum, the reviewer for Entertainment Weekly, gave the film a "B+" and praised Arrietty for its animation.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/02/21/secret-world-arrietty/|title=The Secret World of Arrietty Review|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 15, 2012|access-date=February 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218202142/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20570679,00.html|archive-date=February 18, 2012|url-status=live}} Schwarzbaum later went on to say that the result is a "dreamy, soft-edge hybrid, equally interested in observing raindrops and the worries of a race of minuscule beings."
=Accolades=
Merchandise
=Comics=
Arrietty was adapted into a Japanese manga series. The adaptation was first published by Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. within Japan,{{cite book |url=http://www.tokuma.jp/bookinfo/9784197701544 |script-title=ja:フィルム・コミック 借りぐらしのアリエッティ １ |trans-title=Film Comic The Borrower Arrietty, Vol. 1 |publisher=Tokuma Shoten |access-date=May 25, 2015 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706081837/http://www.tokuma.jp/bookinfo/9784197701544 |archive-date=July 6, 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown}} and was released in four separate volumes. Viz Media released the English version of the manga within North America in January 2012.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-29/viz-adds-film-comics-for-ghibli-arrietty-movie |title=News: Viz Adds Film Comics for Ghibli's Arrietty Movie |date=May 29, 2011 |publisher=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531105948/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-29/viz-adds-film-comics-for-ghibli-arrietty-movie |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |url-status=live}}
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