History Anime / Arrietty

* PragmaticAdaptation: Sticks far closer to the original book than either of the [[Film/TheBorrowers1997 two]] [[Film/TheBorrowers2011 live-action]] adaptations, but there are a lot of changes to both make the story more accessible and visually interesting. Aside from the shift in setting (Edwardian England to modern-day Western Tokyo), the most noticable ones are the addition of Spiller (who didn't show up until the second book about the Borrowers) and the cat (who wasn't in the books at all), and the fact Arrietty in the anime has a lot more freedom, being allowed to roam the garden whereas in the book she was kept confided to her home.
* TheQuietOne: Pod and Spiller.
** Sho isn't very talkative either.

* ShipTease: There are a few hints dropped here and there that Spiller likes Arrietty.

** Spiller's golden teapot near the film's end seems to resemble [[Anime/SpiritedAway Kamaji's]].

* MouseWorld: Well, more like a single dwelling.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Sho; the human boy who befriends Arrietty was not named in the book.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Sho's effort to do Arrietty and her family a kind turn by giving them the dollhouse kitchen not only traumatizes Homily and forces the family to prepare to move, but it also leads to Haru discovering their home and capturing Homily. Though Homily, as predicted, ''really'' likes that kitchen and is heartbroken to part from it.]]

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]]: French singer/songwriter Cécile Corbel became known to Ghibli filmmakers after she sent them a fan letter showing her love for their films along with a copy of ''Songbook, Vol 2", at the time, her most recent album. After listening the CD, they decided to ask her to write a song for the film and eventually, the whole score.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Inverted with Cecile Corbel and the Japanese version of ''[[ThematicThemeTune Arrietty's Song]]'', which she sings herself. It works.

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]]: Cécile Corbel became known to Ghibli filmmakers after she sent them a fan letter showing her love for their films along with a copy of ''Songbook, Vol 2", at the time, her most recent album. After listening the CD, they decided to ask her to write a song for the film and eventually, the whole score.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Sticks far closer to the original book than either of the [[Film/TheBorrowers1997 two]] [[Film/TheBorrowers2011 live-action]] adaptations, but there are a lot of changes to both make the story more accessible and visually interesting. Aside from the shift in setting (Edwardian England to modern-day Western Tokyo), the most noticable ones are the addition of Spiller (who didn't show up until the second book about the Borrowers) and the cat (who wasn't in the books at all), and the fact Arrietty in the anime has a lot more freedom, being allowed to roam the garden whereas in the book she was kept confided to her home.

* PlayingAgainstType: Comedic actor Will Arnett voicing the Creator/HarrisonFord-esque Pod.

''The Borrower Arietty'' is a 2010 StudioGhibli film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and written by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, in what marks the former's directorial debut. It's based on Hans Christian Andersen's "Literature/Thumbelina" and Mary Norton's series ''Literature/TheBorrowers.''

''The Borrower Arietty'' is a 2010 StudioGhibli film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and written by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki, in what marks the former's directorial debut. It's based on Mary Norton's series ''Literature/TheBorrowers.''

* RavensAndCrows: A crow attempts to catch Arrietty, only to crash and get stuck in a window screen.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sho's effort to do Arrietty and her family a kind turn by giving them the dollhouse kitchen not only traumatizes Homily and forces the family to prepare to move, but it also leads to Haru discovering their home and capturing Homily. Though Homily, as predicted, ''really'' likes that kitchen and is heartbroken to part from it.

* TheStoic: Pod. Sho/Shawn may also count to a lesser extent, since he never really shows any extreme emotions.

** Spiller's golden teapot near the film's end seems to resemble [[SpiritedAway Kamaji's]].

''The Borrower Arietty'' is a 2010 StudioGhibli film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and written by HayaoMiyazaki, in what marks the former's directorial debut. It's based on Mary Norton's series ''Literature/TheBorrowers.''

The film hit UK and Australian cinemas in June and September 2011 respectively under the shortened title ''Arrietty''. Disney released their own dub in the United States as ''The Secret World of Arrietty'' in February 2012.

* {{Foregone Conclusion}} [[spoiler:Sho survives his operation, since in the introduction you realize the story is told in past tense]]

** Sho's movements display a sense of enormous ponderous mass when shown from the borrowers' perspective. Ir's most apparent when Arrietty is riding on his shoulder.

* {{Foregone Conclusion}} [[spoiler:Sho survives his operation, since in the introduction you realize the story was told in past tense]]

** If I'm remembering correctly the director was a former art/background director, which explains the scenery looking much more porny then usual.

** Sho's movements display a sense of enormous ponderous mass when shown from the borrowers' perspective. Ir's most apparent when Arriety is riding on his shoulder.
** The crow attack, executed with the sort of intelligence that corvids actually possess. The crow spots Arietty, caws, and looks away, so Arietty turns away as well, to talk to Sho. Several ''minutes'' later, the "harmless" crow suddenly attacks ''from her blind side''. Only the cawing of another crow gives the attack away at the last second.

* SoapOperaDisease: Sho has a heart condition ever since he was a child.

* ShoutOut: Spiller's costume and facial markings are very reminiscent of San's wardrobe and make-up from ''PrincessMononoke'', which is an earlier ''StudioGhibli'' film.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Sticks far closer to the original book than either of the [[Film/TheBorrowers1997 two]] [[Film/TheBorrowers2011 live-action]] adaptations, but there are a lot of changes to both make the story more accessible and visually interesting. Aside from the shift in setting (Edwardian England to modern-day Western Tokyo), the most noticable ones are the addition of Spiller (who didn't show up until the second book about the Borrowers) and the cat (who wasn't in the books at all), and the fact Arrietty in the anime has a lot more freedom, being allowed to roam around the house and garden whereas in the book she was kept confided to her home.

The film hit UK and Australian cinemas in June and September 2011 respectively under the shortened title ''Arrietty''. Disney released their own dub in the United States as ''The Secret World of Arrietty''in February 2012.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The North American dub uses "Summertime" by Bridgit Mendler as the ending theme instead of "Arrietty's Song"

The film hit UK cinemas in the summer of 2011 under the shortened title ''Arrietty'', in Australia in the summer of 2011, and was released in February 2012 by Disney in the United States, retitled as ''The Secret World of Arrietty''. The film has a Disney dub and a separate UK dub.

* {{Lilliputians}}

** The main characters are tiny and live in an old house in an idyllic part of the country. Two of them trespass into an old woman's kitchen to gather condiments: one is small but bold, the other is larger and much more cautious. The old woman tries to exterminate them; their home is destroyed and the family has to make a dangerous journey downriver. The tiny/bold character meets a sympathetic young man and they form a brunette/redhead pair in one of the most (if not ''the'' most) gorgeous movies the film company has produced. [[{{Ratatouille}} That movie]] had FoodPorn in place of SceneryPorn. It's probably just a coincidence; then again the two companies are friends.