![]() ![]() In this adaptation, the orphan is Anna Sasaki, a withdrawn, asthmatic schoolgirl stricken with self-loathing after she learns that her adoptive parents are receiving a government stipend for her care. Robinson’s 1967 novel about an orphan who befriends a mysterious stranger. ![]() ![]() Marnie, like Ghibli’s The Secret World Of Arrietty and Howl’s Moving Castle before it, is based on a beloved British children’s book-in this case, Joan G. If the studio has to cut back from here, at least it’s set yet another high-water mark before the tides recede. But this time, the images seem particularly lustrous, the colors especially rich. Like so many Ghibli features, Marnie is an accomplished animated showcase. ![]() It’s just hard to imagine that a reduced studio staff could keep up the lavish, loving quality of When Marnie Was There, the last movie on Ghibli’s animation docket. It’s still possible there will eventually be more Ghibli features. Ghibli reps have clarified that the studio isn’t going away, it’s just reorganizing and reducing staff, a necessary business reality given that Ghibli’s Miyazaki-directed movies far out-earned its non-Miyazaki movies. There’s been plenty of fuss and fury over the possible shutdown of Japan’s revered Studio Ghibli following the retirement of its founding animators, Hayao Miyazaki ( My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, The Wind Rises) and Isao Takahata ( Grave Of The Fireflies, The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya). ![]()
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