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** Anna has BlueEyes. This is foreshadowing that she is of MixedAncestry. [[spoiler:Who else has blue eyes? Marnie, who turns out to be Anna's grandmother.]]
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** Anna has BlueEyes.blue eyes. This is foreshadowing that she is of MixedAncestry. [[spoiler:Who else has blue eyes? Marnie, who turns out to be Anna's grandmother.]]
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* AdvertisedExtra: In the english dub, Kathy Bates has a ''tiny'' role as the mean girl's mother. That didn't stop her name being put all over the advertising.
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* [[spoiler: SecretDiary: Sayaka finds Marnie's diary and shows it to Anna upon which the latter realize that she just imagined her encounters with Marnie.]]
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* [[spoiler: SecretDiary: Sayaka [[spoiler:Sayaka finds Marnie's diary and shows it to Anna upon which the latter realize that she just imagined her encounters with Marnie.]]
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* [[spoiler: SuddenlyVoiced: The fisherman at the end when hearing the name "Marnie".]]
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* [[spoiler: TimeTravel: Combined with LivingMemory. Both seem possible in the beginning and the difference matters in the end.]]
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* [[spoiler: SuddenlyVoiced: The [[spoiler:The fisherman at the end when hearing the name "Marnie".]]
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* HighClassGloves: Most of the ladies at the dinner party have them. [[TheFashionista Marnie's mother wears them in every scene she appears in]].
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* BreakTheCutie: Happens to [[spoiler:Marnie prior to the film. She was a sweet girl growing up whose parents were never around and who was left supervised by abusive staff. When she grew up she married her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]] but he ended up dying when their daughter was young. [[spoiler:Marnie]] broke down so badly she was sent to an asylum for several years, which ruined her relationship with her daughter as she felt she had been [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]]. They never mended that bond however after her daughter's [[OutlivingOnesOffspring death]] she took in her young granddaughter [[spoiler:Anna]] before dying herself. She was a DotingGrandparent but everything caused her to 'come back' as a ghost child and befriend Anna, while she visited the countryside.]]
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* BreakTheCutie: Happens to [[spoiler:Marnie prior to the film. She was a sweet girl growing up whose parents were never around and who was left supervised by abusive staff. When she grew up she married her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]] but he ended up dying when their daughter was young. [[spoiler:Marnie]] Marnie broke down so badly she was sent to an asylum for several years, which ruined her relationship with her daughter as she felt she had been [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]]. They never mended that bond however after her daughter's [[OutlivingOnesOffspring death]] she took in her young granddaughter [[spoiler:Anna]] Anna before dying herself. She was a DotingGrandparent but everything caused her to 'come back' as a ghost child and befriend Anna, while she visited the countryside.]]
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'''''When Marnie Was There''''', (in Japanese ''Omoide no Marnie'' or "Marnie of My Memories") is the 22nd anime film produced by Creator/StudioGhibli. It was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and written by him in collaboration Keiko Niwa and Masashi Ando, and based on the classic 1967 children's [[FilmOfTheBook novel]] ''When Marnie Was There'' by Joan G. Robinson.
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* AlcoholHic: Anna gets one after accidentally drinking wine.
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* AdultFear:
** Having an IllGirl who always seems to collapse at any time as a foster kid, who in turn is worried about costing you money with doctor visits. Setsuko recounts that Yoriko would call her everyday to ask for advice on how to raise Anna.
** Anna is found multiple times lying unconscious on the ground while in the countryside. Setsuko doesn't think twice about it.
** Thinking that even though your foster parents are sweet, that [[spoiler:they get a subsidy to take care of you and may be OnlyInItForTheMoney]] which makes your relationship complicated because of abandonment issues
** Suffering [[spoiler:a nervous breakdown due to your husband dying, which ruins ties with your daughter. Then just as you get a second chance with your granddaughter, to raise her, you die and leave her in foster care.]] Marnie is in tears when she has to tell Anna [[spoiler:that she's sorry for leaving her, and that she can't stay longer.]]
--> '''Marnie''': So please, Anna, I need you to forgive me."=
* AffectionateNickname: Sayaka's brother calls her "Sherlock" in the English dub.
* AlcoholHic: Anna gets one after accidentally drinkingwine.wine, and gets drowsy.
** Having an IllGirl who always seems to collapse at any time as a foster kid, who in turn is worried about costing you money with doctor visits. Setsuko recounts that Yoriko would call her everyday to ask for advice on how to raise Anna.
** Anna is found multiple times lying unconscious on the ground while in the countryside. Setsuko doesn't think twice about it.
** Thinking that even though your foster parents are sweet, that [[spoiler:they get a subsidy to take care of you and may be OnlyInItForTheMoney]] which makes your relationship complicated because of abandonment issues
** Suffering [[spoiler:a nervous breakdown due to your husband dying, which ruins ties with your daughter. Then just as you get a second chance with your granddaughter, to raise her, you die and leave her in foster care.]] Marnie is in tears when she has to tell Anna [[spoiler:that she's sorry for leaving her, and that she can't stay longer.]]
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* AffectionateNickname: Sayaka's brother calls her "Sherlock" in the English dub.
* AlcoholHic: Anna gets one after accidentally drinking
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: "[[TearJerker I love you, Marnie! And I won't ever forget you!]]"
* ButNowIMustGo: At the climax, [[spoiler:Marnie has to say goodbye to Anna, and asks that the latter forgive her.]]
* CatchYourDeathOfCold: Sayaka when remembering Anna is in the rain worries that she'll get pneumonia.
* CatchYourDeathOfCold: Sayaka when remembering Anna is in the rain worries that she'll get pneumonia.
* CoolBigBro: Sayaka's brother takes her out into the rain to find Anna and then runs for help when they find a feverish, soaked Anna.
* CooldownHug: Anna offers Marnie one on hearing her story after Marnie's sandcastle gets destroyed.
* CooldownHug: Anna offers Marnie one on hearing her story after Marnie's sandcastle gets destroyed.
* CryCute:
** Marnie while in the silo with Anna because she's terrified.
** Anna and Sayaka when [[spoiler:Hisako tells them Marnie's story]].
** Yoriko when she [[spoiler:confesses to Anna about the subsidies.]]
** Marnie while in the silo with Anna because she's terrified.
** Anna and Sayaka when [[spoiler:Hisako tells them Marnie's story]].
** Yoriko when she [[spoiler:confesses to Anna about the subsidies.]]
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* DramaticThunder: Twice at the silo. First a powerful thunder [[PaperTiger prevents the two maids to go through with their plan]] to [[BreakTheCutie force Marnie to enter the detested silo]]. Later a dramatic thunder scares Marnie big time when inside the silo with Anna.
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* DramaticThunder: Twice at the silo. First a powerful thunder [[PaperTiger prevents the two maids to go through with their plan]] to [[BreakTheCutie force Marnie to enter the detested silo]].silo]] as a prank. Later a dramatic thunder scares Marnie big time when inside the silo with Anna.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Anna and Sayaka are horrified when they learn that Marnie's governess and maids abuse her.
* GildedCage: Marnie lives in a luxurious mansion with wealthy parents, but her governess is abusive and the maids bully her. [[spoiler:Hisako]] explicitly says that Marnie was neglected.
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* [[spoiler: GhostlyGoals: Marnie wants to spend time with Anna, who is truly her granddaughter, and help her grow beyond her abandonment issues.]]
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* [[spoiler: GhostlyGoals: [[spoiler: Marnie wants to spend time with Anna, who is truly her granddaughter, and help her grow beyond her abandonment issues.]]
* HistoryRepeats: Marnie [[spoiler:repeats her parents' mistakes, sending her daughter off to boarding school at a young age due to Marnie being ill, leaving her daughter Emily to grow up independent and estranged. Emily, like her mother, went off to get married in a rush, only to die in a car accident with her husband and leave their baby alive. The cycle finally breaks when Anna makes up with her foster parents]].
* HopeSpot: For Marnie, it was [[spoiler:getting a chance to raise her granddaughter better than she raised her own daughter. She then died a year later from shock and health complications, leaving Anna in foster care.]]
* HopeSpot: For Marnie, it was [[spoiler:getting a chance to raise her granddaughter better than she raised her own daughter. She then died a year later from shock and health complications, leaving Anna in foster care.]]
* JerkassRealization: Downplayed; Anna over the course of the movie, realizing that her ParentalAbandonment issues make her unwilling to trust the people who care for her.
* MamaBear: Setsuko is one when Anna is accused of being a delinquent.
* MistakenIdentity:
** Sayaka asks Anna, [[spoiler:"Are you Marnie?"]] and claims she found the latter's diary.
** Later on, when Anna finds Marnie in the silo, the latter calls her [[spoiler:Kazuhiko, her boyfriend.]]
** Sayaka asks Anna, [[spoiler:"Are you Marnie?"]] and claims she found the latter's diary.
** Later on, when Anna finds Marnie in the silo, the latter calls her [[spoiler:Kazuhiko, her boyfriend.]]
* NoAccountingForTaste: Marnie falls for a guy [[spoiler:that left her alone in a silo, a place she fears, all night to help with her phobia.]] That guy would later become [[spoiler:Anna's grandfather.]]
* NotNowKiddo: Anna when Sayaka reveals that she [[spoiler:found the rest of Marnie's diary]] right when Marnie goes missing near the silo, and Anna knows that the silo is Marnie's worst fear. Sayaka lampshades this.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Marnie to her parents every time they leave, and to Anna in the silo.
* SheCleansUpNicely:
** Marnie when she dresses for the party in a pink dress.
** Anna in her festival clothes.
* ShesAllGrownUp: [[spoiler:Marnie at her wedding.]]
** Marnie when she dresses for the party in a pink dress.
** Anna in her festival clothes.
* ShesAllGrownUp: [[spoiler:Marnie at her wedding.]]
* SinkOrSwimMentor: [[spoiler:Kazuhiko]] left Marnie alone in the silo for one night so she would have to face her fears. He comes back for her in the morning.
* SpoiledSweet:
** Marnie is this, living with wealthy parents but also befriending the lonely Anna.
** Sayaka is the same way, though also adventurous.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Marnie is dragged around this way by Nan and the maids. Justified in that she is a child and they are full-grown adults.
* StepfordSmiler:
** Anna is this around everyone, hiding her feelings unless provoked because she knows that she has a good life and thus she shouldn't complain. The few times that the facade breaks is heartbreaking, like when she tells Marnie that [[spoiler:she found out her foster parents were being paid to look after her, but they use it to take care of her, and she hates that it was being kept a secret.]]
** Marnie is a CheerfulChild, up to the point where she reveals that [[spoiler:her Nan and the maids were abusive and her parents while good people aren't always around to protect her]].
* SpoiledSweet:
** Marnie is this, living with wealthy parents but also befriending the lonely Anna.
** Sayaka is the same way, though also adventurous.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Marnie is dragged around this way by Nan and the maids. Justified in that she is a child and they are full-grown adults.
* StepfordSmiler:
** Anna is this around everyone, hiding her feelings unless provoked because she knows that she has a good life and thus she shouldn't complain. The few times that the facade breaks is heartbreaking, like when she tells Marnie that [[spoiler:she found out her foster parents were being paid to look after her, but they use it to take care of her, and she hates that it was being kept a secret.]]
** Marnie is a CheerfulChild, up to the point where she reveals that [[spoiler:her Nan and the maids were abusive and her parents while good people aren't always around to protect her]].
* TroubledFetalPosition:
** Marnie when two maids tried to drag her to the silo, and later on when she's trapped in there due to her own fear.
** Marnie when two maids tried to drag her to the silo, and later on when she's trapped in there due to her own fear.
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[spoiler:Marnie came back in ghost form to assist with her granddaughter's ParentalAbandonment.]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Sayaka's "Are you Marnie?"]]
* [[spoiler: WriteBackToTheFuture]]: [[spoiler:Marnie's diary]] in effect though not in intent.
* [[spoiler: WriteBackToTheFuture]]: [[spoiler:Marnie's diary]] in effect though not in intent.
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* WhamLine: WhamLine:
** [[spoiler: Sayaka's "Are you Marnie?"]]
** Yoriko talking about a photograph: [[spoiler:"Someone at the orphanage told me it belonged to your grandmother."]]
*[[spoiler: WriteBackToTheFuture]]: WhenSheSmiles: Anna's laugh is quite sweet since at best she gives a repressed smile.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Marnie is scared of the silo because "naughty children get locked up there" and the maids as a prank nearly did lock her up there on a stormy night.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:Marnie's diary]] in effect though not in intent.
** [[spoiler: Sayaka's "Are you Marnie?"]]
** Yoriko talking about a photograph: [[spoiler:"Someone at the orphanage told me it belonged to your grandmother."]]
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Marnie is scared of the silo because "naughty children get locked up there" and the maids as a prank nearly did lock her up there on a stormy night.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:Marnie's diary]] in effect though not in intent.
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* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: The beginning of the movie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie is Anna's grandmother. As girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna was effectively a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Anna comes to terms with her her abandonment issues and learns to appreciate her adoptive family but only at the price of learning the tragedies that consumed her biological family. She finally appreciates what she has because it represents everything her parents and grandparents lost.]]
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Anna comes to terms with her her abandonment issues and learns to appreciate her adoptive family but only at the price of learning the tragedies that consumed her biological family. She finally appreciates what she has because it represents everything her parents and grandparents lost.]]
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* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: The beginning of the movie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie is Anna's grandmother. As girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna Marnie was effectively viewing Anna as a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]
*[[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Anna [[spoiler:Anna comes to terms with her her abandonment issues and learns to appreciate her adoptive family but only at the price of learning the tragedies that consumed her biological family. She finally appreciates what she has because it represents everything her parents and grandparents lost.]]
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''When Marnie Was There'', (''Omoide no Marnie, "Marnie of My Memories" '') is the 22nd anime film produced by Creator/StudioGhibli, written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and [[FilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] "When Marnie Was There" by Joan G. Robinson. It was released on July 19, 2014.
Anna is an introverted, alienated and [[IllGirl severely asthmatic]] twelve-year-old girl from Sapporo, who only finds solace in her talent for drawing. To aid her health, Anna's parents send her to stay with relatives living in a rural seaside part of Japan, where Anna soon becomes fascinated by a large Western-style manor looming near the marsh next to the village she stays in. The first time she goes there she finds it abandoned and run-down, but on her second visit the house is suddenly full of life and light. More importantly, it appears to be home to a blonde girl named Marnie, who looks exactly like the girl Anna had been seeing in her dreams.
Anna is an introverted, alienated and [[IllGirl severely asthmatic]] twelve-year-old girl from Sapporo, who only finds solace in her talent for drawing. To aid her health, Anna's parents send her to stay with relatives living in a rural seaside part of Japan, where Anna soon becomes fascinated by a large Western-style manor looming near the marsh next to the village she stays in. The first time she goes there she finds it abandoned and run-down, but on her second visit the house is suddenly full of life and light. More importantly, it appears to be home to a blonde girl named Marnie, who looks exactly like the girl Anna had been seeing in her dreams.
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The film (and novel) tell the story of Anna, an introverted, alienated and [[IllGirl severely asthmatic]] twelve-year-old girl from Sapporo, who only finds solace in her talent for drawing. To aid her health, Anna's parents send her to stay with relatives living in a rural seaside part of
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The film was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature in 2016, becoming the fifth Studio Ghibli film to achieve such an honor.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, Sandra is pretty rude to Anna, even taking into account Anna's introverted behavior, and the two never become friends. The movie's version of the character, Nobuko, is perfectly friendly towards Anna when she joins her at a festival. While she does upset Anna by pointing out her unusual blue eyes, it's more InnocentlyInsensitive than actual malice (she does so because she genuinely thinks they're cool and pretty). When she gives an angry retort to Anna's outburst, she follows up with the suggestion that they put the whole thing behind them and enjoy the evening. By the end of the film, Anna apologizes for her behavior and Nobuko asks her to join in on trash clean-up next summer.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, Sandra is pretty rude to Anna, even taking into account Anna's introverted behavior, and the two never become friends. The movie's version of the character, Nobuko, the movie version, is perfectly friendly towards Anna when she joins her at a festival. While she does upset Anna by pointing out her unusual blue eyes, it's more InnocentlyInsensitive than actual malice (she malice. (She does so because she genuinely thinks they're cool and pretty). pretty.) When she Sandra gives an angry retort to Anna's outburst, she follows up with the suggestion that they put the whole thing behind them and enjoy the evening. By the end of the film, Anna apologizes has apologized for her behavior and Nobuko asks her to join in on trash clean-up next summer.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Anna is frequently noted to act oddly for a child or focus on strange things. The book starts with her acting incredibly detached from other people, enjoying spending time alone, limiting interactions with the family she lives with, and sending postcards to her guardian that are only a few sentences long. She views the world as being a circle with people on the "inside" and on the "outside", believing herself to be on the outside and separate from everyone else. At one point, she goes into a fury over an insult which everyone, even the narrator, considers to be silly. She also doesn't seem to have many friends, but the people she does meet and bond with (Marnie [[spoiler:and, later, the family that moves into her house]]) she's able to form very close ties to. Some of her behavior can be attributed to her [[spoiler:fearing that her foster mother is only keeping her for the money]], but her reaction to that still comes across as unusual for an upset child.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Anna develops a very close and intimate friendship with the titular Marnie that consists of having a OldFashionedRowboatDate, cute dancing together, and declaring their love for each other. She also gets quite upset when Marnie shows interest in a boy. However, the last minute reveal that [[spoiler:Marnie is Anna's DeadAllAlong ''grandmother'' as a child]] really [[RelationshipWritingFumble muddles up]] the story's intentions.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Anna develops a very close and intimate friendship with the titular Marnie that consists of having a OldFashionedRowboatDate, cute dancing together, and declaring their love for each other. She also gets quite upset when Marnie shows interest in a boy. However, the last minute reveal that [[spoiler:Marnie is Anna's DeadAllAlong ''grandmother'' as a child]] really [[RelationshipWritingFumble muddles up]] the story's intentions.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Anna is frequently noted to act oddly for a child or focus on strange things. The As the book starts with her acting incredibly begins, she book acts detached from other people, enjoying enjoys spending time alone, limiting interactions with has little time for the family she lives with, and sending sends postcards to her guardian that are only a few sentences long. She views the world as being a circle with people on the "inside" and on the "outside", believing herself to be on the outside and separate from everyone else. At one point, she goes into a fury over an insult which everyone, even the narrator, considers to be silly. She also doesn't seem to have many friends, but the people she does meet and bond with (Marnie [[spoiler:and, later, the family that moves into her house]]) she's able to form very close ties to. Some of her behavior can be attributed to her [[spoiler:fearing that her foster mother is only keeping her for the money]], but her reaction to that still comes across as unusual for an upset child.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Anna develops avery close and intimate friendship with the titular Marnie that consists of having Marnie. They go on a OldFashionedRowboatDate, cute dancing together, and declaring their love for each other. She also gets quite upset when Marnie shows interest in a boy. However, the The last minute reveal that [[spoiler:Marnie is Anna's DeadAllAlong ''grandmother'' as a child]] really [[RelationshipWritingFumble muddles up]] the story's intentions.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Anna develops a
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* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: The beginning of the movie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie turns out to be Anna's grandmother, and as a girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna was effectively a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Anna comes to terms with her her abandonment issues and learns to appreciate her adoptive family but only at the price of learning the tragedies that consumed her biological family. She finally appreciates what she has because it represents everything her parents and grandparents lost.
* BlushSticker: Anna gets these frequently.
* BreakTheCutie: Happened to [[spoiler:Marnie]] prior to the film. She was a sweet girl growing up whose parents were never around and who was left supervised by abusive staff. When she grew up she married her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]] but he ended up dying when their daughter was young. [[spoiler:Marnie]] broke down so badly she was sent to an asylum for several years, which ruined her relationship with her daughter as she felt she had been [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]]. They never mended that bond however after her daughter's [[OutlivingOnesOffspring death]] she took in her young granddaughter [[spoiler:Anna]] before dying herself. [[spoiler:She was a DotingGrandparent but everything caused her to 'come back' as a ghost child and befriend Anna, while she visited the countryside.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Anna comes to terms with her her abandonment issues and learns to appreciate her adoptive family but only at the price of learning the tragedies that consumed her biological family. She finally appreciates what she has because it represents everything her parents and grandparents lost.
* BlushSticker: Anna gets these frequently.
* BreakTheCutie: Happened to [[spoiler:Marnie]] prior to the film. She was a sweet girl growing up whose parents were never around and who was left supervised by abusive staff. When she grew up she married her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]] but he ended up dying when their daughter was young. [[spoiler:Marnie]] broke down so badly she was sent to an asylum for several years, which ruined her relationship with her daughter as she felt she had been [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]]. They never mended that bond however after her daughter's [[OutlivingOnesOffspring death]] she took in her young granddaughter [[spoiler:Anna]] before dying herself. [[spoiler:She was a DotingGrandparent but everything caused her to 'come back' as a ghost child and befriend Anna, while she visited the countryside.]]
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* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: The beginning of the movie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie turns out to be is Anna's grandmother, and as a grandmother. As girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna was effectively a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]
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* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: Anna comes to terms with her her abandonment issues and learns to appreciate her adoptive family but only at the price of learning the tragedies that consumed her biological family. She finally appreciates what she has because it represents everything her parents and grandparents
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* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: Marnie's diary has the pages about her silo adventure ripped out so that it wouldn't tell Anna (and the audience) what's gonna happen next. Sayaka finds the missing pages afterwards.
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* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: Marnie's [[spoiler:Marnie's diary has the pages about her silo adventure ripped out so that it wouldn't tell Anna (and the audience) what's gonna happen next. Sayaka finds the missing pages afterwards.]]
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** Anna has BlueEyes. This is foreshadowing that she is of MixedAncestry. [[spoiler:Who else has blue eyes? Marnie, who turns to be Anna's grandmother.]]
** Marnie dresses in a vintage fashion that resembles styles from the early to mid 20th century. It's unusual for a girl her age but not particularly unheard of and it establishes her [[GirlyGirlAndTomboy the girly girl to Anna's tomboy]]. [[spoiler:It also foreshadows that Marnie is DeadAllAlong and not a modern child]].
** Marnie dresses in a vintage fashion that resembles styles from the early to mid 20th century. It's unusual for a girl her age but not particularly unheard of and it establishes her [[GirlyGirlAndTomboy the girly girl to Anna's tomboy]]. [[spoiler:It also foreshadows that Marnie is DeadAllAlong and not a modern child]].
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** Anna has BlueEyes. This is foreshadowing that she is of MixedAncestry. [[spoiler:Who else has blue eyes? Marnie, who turns out to be Anna's grandmother.]]
** Marnie dresses in a vintage fashion that resembles styles from the early tomid 20th mid-20th century. It's unusual for a girl her age but not particularly unheard of and it establishes her [[GirlyGirlAndTomboy the girly girl to Anna's tomboy]]. [[spoiler:It also foreshadows that Marnie is DeadAllAlong and not a modern child]].
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* GhostlyGoals: [[spoiler:Marnie wants to spend time with Anna, who is truly her granddaughter, and help her grow beyond her abandonment issues.]]
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Marnie is Anna's grandmother.]]
* LoveLetterLunacy: Parental love version: Anna's isolation and depression began when she found a hidden letter to her foster mother that rocked her whole world.
* MeaningfulEcho: On the boat Sayaka's wants the diary to be her and Anna's secret which echoes the scene earlier at the same place where Marnie asked to keep her relationship with Anna a secret. The connection is that Marnie's diary brought Anna and Sayaka together as friends.
* MelancholyMoon: There are several haunting images of the crescent moon shining over the bay at night.
* LoveLetterLunacy: Parental love version: Anna's isolation and depression began when she found a hidden letter to her foster mother that rocked her whole world.
* MeaningfulEcho: On the boat Sayaka's wants the diary to be her and Anna's secret which echoes the scene earlier at the same place where Marnie asked to keep her relationship with Anna a secret. The connection is that Marnie's diary brought Anna and Sayaka together as friends.
* MelancholyMoon: There are several haunting images of the crescent moon shining over the bay at night.
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Marnie is Anna's grandmother. Kazuhiko is therefore her grandfather and Marnie's mother and father are Anna's are, therefore great-grandparents.]]
* LoveLetterLunacy: [[spoiler: Parental love version: Anna's isolation anddepression disillusionment began when she found a hidden letter to her foster mother that rocked her whole world.
world.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler: On the boat Sayaka's wants the diary to be her and Anna's secret which echoes the scene earlier at the same place where Marnie asked to keep her relationship with Anna a secret. The connection is that Marnie's diary brought Anna and Sayaka together asfriends.
friends.]]
* MelancholyMoon: There areseveral haunting images of the crescent moon shining over the bay at night.
* LoveLetterLunacy: [[spoiler: Parental love version: Anna's isolation and
* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler: On the boat Sayaka's wants the diary to be her and Anna's secret which echoes the scene earlier at the same place where Marnie asked to keep her relationship with Anna a secret. The connection is that Marnie's diary brought Anna and Sayaka together as
* MelancholyMoon: There are
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* MsExposition: Hisako, whose story fills in many of the gaps by the end of the movie.
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* MsExposition: Hisako, whose blantly so. Her story fills in many of the gaps by the end of the movie.
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* NoAntagonist: This is a ComingOfAgeStory with the focus on figuring out just who Marnie is but there are no real antagonistic characters.
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* NoAntagonist: This is a ComingOfAgeStory with the focus on figuring out just who Marnie is is. There are some instances of cruelty but there are no real antagonistic characters.antagonist.
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-->'''Anna''': My real parents died when I was little. My grandmother, too. I know they didn't die on purpose, but... sometimes I feel like...I can't forgive them... for leaving me all alone.
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-->'''Anna''': My real parents died when I was little. My grandmother, too. I know they didn't die on purpose, but... sometimes I feel like... I can't forgive them... for leaving me all alone.
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Anna and Marnie's relationship ''seems'' to veer in that direction at first. [[spoiler: Things are not quite as they seem to be though.]]
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Anna and Marnie's relationship ''seems'' to veer in that direction at first. [[spoiler: Things are not quite as they seem to be seem, though.]]
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* SecretDiary: Sayaka finds Marnie's diary and shows it to Anna upon which the latter realize that she just imagined her encounters with Marnie.
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* [[spoiler: SecretDiary: Sayaka finds Marnie's diary and shows it to Anna upon which the latter realize that she just imagined her encounters with Marnie.]]
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* SuddenlyVoiced: The fisherman at the end when hearing the name ''Marnie''.
* TimeTravel: Combined with LivingMemory. Both seem possible in the beginning and [[spoiler: the difference matters in the end]].
* TimeTravel: Combined with LivingMemory. Both seem possible in the beginning and [[spoiler: the difference matters in the end]].
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* [[spoiler: SuddenlyVoiced: The fisherman at the end when hearing the name ''Marnie''.
"Marnie".]]
* [[spoiler: TimeTravel: Combined with LivingMemory. Both seem possible in the beginning and[[spoiler: the difference matters in the end]]. end.]]
* [[spoiler: TimeTravel: Combined with LivingMemory. Both seem possible in the beginning and
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* WhamLine: Sayaka's "Are you Marnie?".
* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:Marnie's diary]] in effect though not in intent.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:Marnie's diary]] in effect though not in intent.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Sayaka's "Are you Marnie?".
Marnie?"]]
*WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler: WriteBackToTheFuture]]: [[spoiler:Marnie's diary]] in effect though not in intent.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The governess and two maids abuse and bully Marnie when her parents are away.
** ForTheEvulz: From the description we're given, the governess and maids were bullying Marnie for no apparent reason other than sheer malice.
** ForTheEvulz: From the description we're given, the governess and maids were bullying Marnie for no apparent reason other than sheer malice.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The governess and two maids abuse and bully Marnie when her parents are away.
** ForTheEvulz: Fromaway. In addition, from the description we're given, the governess and maids were bullying Marnie [[ForTheEvulz for no apparent reason other than sheer malice.malice]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the book, Sandra is pretty rude to Anna, even taking into account Anna's introverted behavior, and the two never become friends. The movie's version of the character, Nobuko, is perfectly friendly towards Anna when she joins her at a festival. While she does upset Anna by pointing out her unusual blue eyes, it's more InnocentlyInsensitive than actual malice (she does so because she genuinely thinks they're cool and pretty). When she gives an angry retort to Anna's outburst, she follows up with the suggestion that they put the whole thing behind them and enjoy the evening. By the end of the film, Anna apologizes for her behavior and Nobuko asks her to join in on trash clean-up next summer.
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** ForTheEvulz: From the description we're given, the governess and maids were bullying Marnie for no apparent reason other than sheer malice.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: The fisherman at the end when hearing the name ''Marnie''.
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* TheVoiceless: The fisherman apparently hasn't said a single word for quite some time but [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness breaks his silence at the end]] when hearing the name ''Marnie''.
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* TheVoiceless: The fisherman apparently hasn't said a single word for quite some time but [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness [[SuddenlyVoiced breaks his silence at the end]] when hearing the name ''Marnie''.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The imagery used in promotional materials led some people to believe that the movie deals with a [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship budding romance between the two female leads]]. [[spoiler:It doesn't.]]
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The imagery used in promotional materials led some quite a few people to believe that the movie deals with a [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship budding romance between the two female leads]]. [[spoiler:It doesn't.]]
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* DaydreamSurprise: After supper, the scene cuts to Anna walking through the marsh to the mansion and seeing Marnie for the first time. Then the scene cuts to Anna in her bed, revealing the whole sequence to be a dream of hers.
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* DaydreamSurprise: After supper, the scene cuts to Anna walking through the marsh to the mansion and seeing Marnie for the first time. Then the scene cuts to Anna in her bed, revealing suggesting that the whole sequence to be was a dream of hers.dream.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Anna develops a very close and intimate friendship with the titular Marnie that consists of having a OldFashionedRowboatDate, cute dancing together, and declaring their love for each other. She also gets quite upset when Marnie shows interest in a boy. However the last minute reveal that [[spoiler:Marnie is Anna's DeadAllAlong ''grandmother'' as a child]] really [[RelationshipWritingFumble muddles up]] the story's intentions.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Anna develops a very close and intimate friendship with the titular Marnie that consists of having a OldFashionedRowboatDate, cute dancing together, and declaring their love for each other. She also gets quite upset when Marnie shows interest in a boy. However However, the last minute reveal that [[spoiler:Marnie is Anna's DeadAllAlong ''grandmother'' as a child]] really [[RelationshipWritingFumble muddles up]] the story's intentions.
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Anna is an introverted, alienated and [[IllGirl severely asthmatic]] twelve-year-old girl from Sapporo, who only finds solace in her talent for drawing. To aid her health, Anna's parents send her to a relatives living in a rural seaside part of Japan, where Anna soon becomes fascinated by a large Western-style manor looming near the marsh next to the village she stays in. The first time she goes there she finds it abandoned and run-down, but on her second visit the house is suddenly full of life and light. More importantly, it appears to be home to a blonde girl named Marnie, who looks exactly like the girl Anna had been seeing in her dreams.
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Anna is an introverted, alienated and [[IllGirl severely asthmatic]] twelve-year-old girl from Sapporo, who only finds solace in her talent for drawing. To aid her health, Anna's parents send her to a stay with relatives living in a rural seaside part of Japan, where Anna soon becomes fascinated by a large Western-style manor looming near the marsh next to the village she stays in. The first time she goes there she finds it abandoned and run-down, but on her second visit the house is suddenly full of life and light. More importantly, it appears to be home to a blonde girl named Marnie, who looks exactly like the girl Anna had been seeing in her dreams.
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* FosterKid: Marnie's governess abuses her when her parents aren't around. [[spoiler: Anna fears Yoriko only adopted her for the money.]]
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* FosteringForProfit: Anna feared Yoriko only adopted her for the money. Turns out, it wasn't the case.
* FosterKid: Marnie's governess abuses her when her parents aren't around.[[spoiler: Anna fears Yoriko only adopted her for the money.]]
* FosterKid: Marnie's governess abuses her when her parents aren't around.
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* DramaticThunder: Twice at the silo. First a powerful thunder prevents the two maids to go through with their plan to [[BreakTheCutie force Marnie to enter the detested silo]]. Later a dramatic thunder scares Marnie big time when inside the silo with Anna.
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* DramaticThunder: Twice at the silo. First a powerful thunder [[PaperTiger prevents the two maids to go through with their plan plan]] to [[BreakTheCutie force Marnie to enter the detested silo]]. Later a dramatic thunder scares Marnie big time when inside the silo with Anna.
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* {{Diary}}: Plot point when Sayaka finds Marnie's diary and shows it to Anna upon which the latter realize that she just imaginged her encounters with Marnie.
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''When Marnie Was There'' , (''Omoide no Marnie, "Marnie of My Memories" '') is the 22nd anime film produced by Creator/StudioGhibli, written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and based on the novel "When Marnie Was There" by Joan G. Robinson. It was released on July 19, 2014.
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''When Marnie Was There'' , There'', (''Omoide no Marnie, "Marnie of My Memories" '') is the 22nd anime film produced by Creator/StudioGhibli, written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and [[FilmOfTheBook based on the novel novel]] "When Marnie Was There" by Joan G. Robinson. It was released on July 19, 2014.
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* AlcoholHic: Anna gets one after accidentally drinking wine.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Anna is frequently noted to act oddly for a child or focus on strange things. The book starts with her acting incredibly detached from other people, enjoying spending time alone, limiting interactions with the family she lives with, and sending postcards to her guardian that are only a few sentences long. She views the world as being a circle with people on the "inside" and on the "outside", believing herself to be on the outside and separate from everyone else. At one point, she goes into a fury over an insult which everyone, even the narrator, considers to be silly. She also doesn't seem to have many friends, but the people she does meet and bond with (Marnie [[spoiler:and, later, the family that moves into her house]]) she's able to form very close ties to. Some of her behavior can be attributed to her [[spoiler:fearing that her foster mother is only keeping her for the money]], but her reaction to that still comes across as unusual for an upset child.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Anna develops a very close and intimate friendship with the titular Marnie that consists of having a OldFashionedRowboatDate, cute dancing together, and declaring their love for each other. She also gets quite upset when Marnie shows interest in a boy. However the last minute reveal that [[spoiler:Marnie is Anna's DeadAllAlong ''grandmother'' as a child]] really [[RelationshipWritingFumble muddles up]] the story's intentions.
* {{Arcadia}}: Anna is sent to the countryside to improve [[IllGirl her health]]. She (and the audience) are treated to some [[SceneryPorn beautiful shots of rural Japan]].
* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: The beginning of the movie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie turns out to be Anna's grandmother, and as a girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna was effectively a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]
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* ComingOfAgeStory: Anna matures a lot throughout her adventures with Marnie.
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* ComingOfAgeStory: BlushSticker: Anna matures gets these frequently.
* BreakTheCutie: Happened to [[spoiler:Marnie]] prior to the film. She was alot throughout sweet girl growing up whose parents were never around and who was left supervised by abusive staff. When she grew up she married her adventures [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]] but he ended up dying when their daughter was young. [[spoiler:Marnie]] broke down so badly she was sent to an asylum for several years, which ruined her relationship with Marnie.her daughter as she felt she had been [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]]. They never mended that bond however after her daughter's [[OutlivingOnesOffspring death]] she took in her young granddaughter [[spoiler:Anna]] before dying herself. [[spoiler:She was a DotingGrandparent but everything caused her to 'come back' as a ghost child and befriend Anna, while she visited the countryside.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Happened to [[spoiler:Marnie]] prior to the film. She was a
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Forms part of the backstory when Marnie marries her childhood friend Kazuhiko.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Anna matures a lot throughout her adventures with Marnie.
* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: Marnie's diary has the pages about her silo adventure ripped out so that it wouldn't tell Anna (and the audience) what's gonna happen next. Sayaka finds the missing pages afterwards.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Marnie's housekeeper. Anna gets a taste of her too.
* DaydreamSurprise: After supper, the scene cuts to Anna walking through the marsh to the mansion and seeing Marnie for the first time. Then the scene cuts to Anna in her bed, revealing the whole sequence to be a dream of hers.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Marnie. She is Anna's grandmother as a child and died quite a bit prior to the film.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: Anna matures a lot throughout her adventures with Marnie.
* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: Marnie's diary has the pages about her silo adventure ripped out so that it wouldn't tell Anna (and the audience) what's gonna happen next. Sayaka finds the missing pages afterwards.
* CreepyHousekeeper: Marnie's housekeeper. Anna gets a taste of her too.
* DaydreamSurprise: After supper, the scene cuts to Anna walking through the marsh to the mansion and seeing Marnie for the first time. Then the scene cuts to Anna in her bed, revealing the whole sequence to be a dream of hers.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Marnie. She is Anna's grandmother as a child and died quite a bit prior to the film.]]
* {{Diary}}: Plot point when Sayaka finds Marnie's diary and shows it to Anna upon which the latter realize that she just imaginged her encounters with Marnie.
* DotingGrandparent: [[spoiler:Marnie]] died when her granddaughter was very young but was a caring grandmother for the time they spent together. She had an estranged relationship with her own daughter due to her daughter believing she [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]] her. [[spoiler:Marnie's love Anna is a focus of the film, though Marnie is presented as Anna's age until TheReveal at the end that she's Anna's grandmother. Due to a RelationshipWritingFumble their affections come off as romantic more than familial, which has [[IncestSubtext awkward implications]].]]
* DramaticThunder: Twice at the silo. First a powerful thunder prevents the two maids to go through with their plan to [[BreakTheCutie force Marnie to enter the detested silo]]. Later a dramatic thunder scares Marnie big time when inside the silo with Anna.
* EpiphanyTherapy: The encounter with Marnie helps Anna to overcome her deep-seated [[ParentalAbandonment abandonment issues]].
* FaceYourFears: Anna does this with Marnie when urging her to enter the silo and overcome her fear of this place.
* DotingGrandparent: [[spoiler:Marnie]] died when her granddaughter was very young but was a caring grandmother for the time they spent together. She had an estranged relationship with her own daughter due to her daughter believing she [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]] her. [[spoiler:Marnie's love Anna is a focus of the film, though Marnie is presented as Anna's age until TheReveal at the end that she's Anna's grandmother. Due to a RelationshipWritingFumble their affections come off as romantic more than familial, which has [[IncestSubtext awkward implications]].]]
* DramaticThunder: Twice at the silo. First a powerful thunder prevents the two maids to go through with their plan to [[BreakTheCutie force Marnie to enter the detested silo]]. Later a dramatic thunder scares Marnie big time when inside the silo with Anna.
* EpiphanyTherapy: The encounter with Marnie helps Anna to overcome her deep-seated [[ParentalAbandonment abandonment issues]].
* FaceYourFears: Anna does this with Marnie when urging her to enter the silo and overcome her fear of this place.
* FlyawayShot: The last scene before the credits is a zoom-out from the house into the sky [[spoiler:(where Marnie lives)]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Anna has BlueEyes. This is foreshadowing that she is of MixedAncestry. [[spoiler:Who else has blue eyes? Marnie, who turns to be Anna's grandmother.]]
** Marnie dresses in a vintage fashion that resembles styles from the early to mid 20th century. It's unusual for a girl her age but not particularly unheard of and it establishes her [[GirlyGirlAndTomboy the girly girl to Anna's tomboy]]. [[spoiler:It also foreshadows that Marnie is DeadAllAlong and not a modern child]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Anna has BlueEyes. This is foreshadowing that she is of MixedAncestry. [[spoiler:Who else has blue eyes? Marnie, who turns to be Anna's grandmother.]]
** Marnie dresses in a vintage fashion that resembles styles from the early to mid 20th century. It's unusual for a girl her age but not particularly unheard of and it establishes her [[GirlyGirlAndTomboy the girly girl to Anna's tomboy]]. [[spoiler:It also foreshadows that Marnie is DeadAllAlong and not a modern child]].
* FriendlessBackground: Being an overly introvert and quirky girl, Anna has no no friends at home.
* GhibliHills: A given.
* GhibliHills: A given.
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* HideYourLesbians: The beginning of the movie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie turns out to be Anna's grandmother, and as a girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna was effectively a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]
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* HideYourLesbians: HairContrastDuo: Blond Marnie and brunette Anna.
* HandsOnApproach: Thebeginning physical connection when Marnie shows Anna how to row the boat properly.
* HauntedHouse: Marnie's house and, to some extend, the Silo.
* HauntedHouseHistorian: The uncle alludes the hauntedness of themovie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between silo and the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie turns out to be Anna's grandmother, and as a girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna was effectively a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]mansion.
* HandsOnApproach: The
* HauntedHouse: Marnie's house and, to some extend, the Silo.
* HauntedHouseHistorian: The uncle alludes the hauntedness of the
* ImaginaryFriend: Anna come to this conclusion about [[spoiler:Marnie]] when reading her {{diary}}.
-->'''Anna''': [[spoiler:Marnie is...someone I made up. An imaginary girl, only in my mind.]]
* ImColdSoCold: Said word for word by Marnie inside the silo.
* InescapableNet: The bed sheet Marnie throws on the CreepyHousekeeper keeps the latter trapped long enough for Marnie to fetch the key and lock her up.
-->'''Anna''': [[spoiler:Marnie is...someone I made up. An imaginary girl, only in my mind.]]
* ImColdSoCold: Said word for word by Marnie inside the silo.
* InescapableNet: The bed sheet Marnie throws on the CreepyHousekeeper keeps the latter trapped long enough for Marnie to fetch the key and lock her up.
* IntimateHealing: When Marnie starts freezing in the silo, Anna crouches beside her to warm her up.
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* LoveLetterLunacy: Parental love version: Anna's isolation and depression began when she found a hidden letter to her mother that rocked her whole world.
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* LoveLetterLunacy: Parental love version: Anna's isolation and depression began when she found a hidden letter to her foster mother that rocked her whole world.world.
* MeaningfulEcho: On the boat Sayaka's wants the diary to be her and Anna's secret which echoes the scene earlier at the same place where Marnie asked to keep her relationship with Anna a secret. The connection is that Marnie's diary brought Anna and Sayaka together as friends.
* MelancholyMoon: There are several haunting images of the crescent moon shining over the bay at night.
* MixedAncestry: Anna is of Japanese and white ancestry. Because of that, unlike most other characters, she has blue eyes. [[spoiler:The titular Marnie turns out to be Anna's deceased grandmother as a child.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: On the boat Sayaka's wants the diary to be her and Anna's secret which echoes the scene earlier at the same place where Marnie asked to keep her relationship with Anna a secret. The connection is that Marnie's diary brought Anna and Sayaka together as friends.
* MelancholyMoon: There are several haunting images of the crescent moon shining over the bay at night.
* MixedAncestry: Anna is of Japanese and white ancestry. Because of that, unlike most other characters, she has blue eyes. [[spoiler:The titular Marnie turns out to be Anna's deceased grandmother as a child.]]
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* NoAntagonist: This is a ComingOfAgeStory with the focus on figuring out just who Marnie is but there are no real antagonistic characters.
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Marnie teaches Anna to rowboat and often bonds together with the rowboat.
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-->'''Anna''': My real parents died when I was little. My grandmother, too. I know they didn't die on purpose, but... sometimes I feel like...I can't forgive them... for leaving me all alone.
* PensieveFlashback: Towards the end when Hisako fills Anna in on Marnie's life story, we see Anna being present in the flashbacks.
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* SecondaryCharacterTitle: The film is about a girl named Anna who befriends the titular Marnie.
* ShrineToTheFallen: A variation of the living. The uncle and aunt have kept their daughter's room as it was when she left the house.
* ShrineToTheFallen: A variation of the living. The uncle and aunt have kept their daughter's room as it was when she left the house.
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* TrueBlueFemininity: Marnie favors wearing blue dresses. [[spoiler:Her style of dress could be {{foreshadowing}} to the fact she's not a modern day child]].
* TheVoiceless: The fisherman apparently hasn't said a single word for quite some time but [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness breaks his silence at the end]] when hearing the name ''Marnie''.
* VoiceoverLetter: When Anna reads Marnie's diary, it's voiced by Marnie herself.
* WhamLine: Sayaka's "Are you Marnie?".
* TheVoiceless: The fisherman apparently hasn't said a single word for quite some time but [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness breaks his silence at the end]] when hearing the name ''Marnie''.
* VoiceoverLetter: When Anna reads Marnie's diary, it's voiced by Marnie herself.
* WhamLine: Sayaka's "Are you Marnie?".
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The film was nominated for the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature in 2016, becoming the fourth Studio Ghibli film to achieve such an honor.
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The film was nominated for the AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedFeature in 2016, becoming the fourth Studio Ghibli film to achieve such an honor.
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'''''When Marnie Was There''''' , ('''''Omoide no Marnie, "Marnie of My Memories" ''''', 2014)''''
The 22nd anime film produced by Creator/StudioGhibli, written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and based on the novel "When Marnie Was There" by Joan G. Robinson. It was released on July 19, 2014.
The 22nd anime film produced by Creator/StudioGhibli, written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and based on the novel "When Marnie Was There" by Joan G. Robinson. It was released on July 19, 2014.
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* HideYourLesbians: The beginning of the movie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie turns out to be Anna's grandmother, and as a girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna was effectively a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]
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* HideYourLesbians: The beginning of the movie is virtually ''dripping'' with romantic tension between the two main characters, which led many viewers to believe that this would lead to a payoff by the end. [[spoiler: Marnie turns out to be Anna's grandmother, and as a girl she had feelings for Kazuhiko, a boy whom she later marries. Anna was effectively a stand-in for Kazuhiko all along.]]
