When Marnie Was There
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| Japanese | 思い出のマーニー |
| Hepburn | Omoide no Mānī |
| Literally | Marnie of [my] Memories |
| Directed by | Hiromasa Yonebayashi |
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When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson |
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| Music by | Takatsugu Muramatsu |
| Cinematography | Atsushi Okuo |
| Edited by | Rie Matsubara |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget |
¥1.15 billion (US$10.5 million) |
| Box office |
¥3.85 billion (US$34.1 million) |
| When Marnie Was There Soundtrack Music Collection | ||
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| Soundtrack album by Takatsugu Muramatsu | ||
| Released | 16 July 2014 | |
| Genre | Soundtrack | |
| Length | 1:11:18 | |
| Label |
Studio Ghibli Records Tokuma Japan Communications |
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| Singles from When Marnie Was There Soundtrack Music Collection | ||
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When Marnie Was There (Japanese: 思い出のマーニー Hepburn: Omoide no Mānī?, literally Marnie of [My] Memories) is a 2014 Japanese anime drama film written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, produced by Studio Ghibli and based on Joan G. Robinson's novel of the same name, although it transposes the setting from Norfolk, England from the original novel to Sapporo. The film follows Anna Sasaki living with her relatives in the seaside town. Anna comes across a nearby abandoned mansion, where she meets Marnie, a mysterious girl who asks her to promise to keep their secrets from everyone. As the summer progresses, Anna spends more time with Marnie, and eventually Anna learns the truth about her family and foster care.
It was the final film for Studio Ghibli, before they announced that its division took a short hiatus after The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki a year before the film was released. It also marked the final film credit for Studio Ghibli animator Makiko Futaki. The film was released in theatres on 19 July 2014, and on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on 18 March 2015. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 88th Academy Awards.
Anna Sasaki is an introverted 12-year-old girl who lives in Sapporo with foster parents, Yoriko and her husband. Anna is distant and unhappy with them, because she finds out that they receive money from the government to take care of her but will not discuss her feelings, leaving her foster parents mystified and worried by her behaviour. One day at school, she collapses from an asthma attack and her parents send her to spend the summer with Setsu and Kiyomasa Oiwa, relatives of Yoriko, in a rural, seaside town where the air is clear, located between Kushiro and Nemuro.
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