Arietty is not one of Ghibli's best, but that doesn't stop it from being a truly charming film. In fact I haven't seen a Ghibli I dislike, even their weakest Tales from Earthsea while problematic is worth a viewing. Studio Ghibli have been responsible for some of my favourite animated movies, especially Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Castle in the Sky and My Neighbour Totoro. The designs are ace, and the world of the borrowers and the human beans merge beautifully. Being Ghibli we get a lovely little cat character, Niya. Her heart is in the right place, but she doesn't get into a ridiculous amount of trouble.
Arriety is adventurous, but never annoying. Ghibli have taken everything great about the story, and toned down the designs and motives, making this a realistic and engaging fantasy.
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I'd already seen the excellent TV Mini-series and the over-the-top American film with Goodman. I was very familiar with The Borrowers, and was a bit disappointed I was getting something original from Ghibli. First time director Yonebayashi shows that Ghibli has much more life and talent to give. The quiet nature of Arriety is so relaxing, with gorgeous music from Cecile Corbel. What Ghibli understand, more than anyone, is that kids don't need bright/crass/non stop films. A shot lingers just long enough for a ladybird to take flight, or the mother to stir her tea after a conversation. Luckily for us, the details are all present. Subtle moments of life and nature, that the animators could have saved time and money by not including them. There are moments here that you wouldn't even get in a live action movie. Arriety is the exact cure needed for such loud and obnoxious 3D CGI movies that come out every other week. I'm glad since I loathed the last Ghibli film I saw (Pom Poko).
I saw it just days after going to the Ghibli Museum in Japan, and it was breathtaking. After Arrietty, Yonebayashi directed another Ghibli movie, When Marnie Was There (2014), then left the studio and made Mary and the Witch’s Flower for Studio Ponoc.This was stunning. Yonebayashi made his debut as the director of a feature-length animated film with Studio Ghibli's production Arrietty.
He was the Director of Animation for the “Mei and the Baby Cat Bus” (2002), the Supervising Animator for “Imaginary Flying Machines” (2002), and also storyboarded and directed “Evolution” (2008), a short film documenting the “Films Go Round” exhibit. Yonebayashi has also worked on short films for the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka. He was also the Assistant Supervising Animator for Tales from Earthsea (2006). In 1996 Yonebayashi joined Studio Ghibli and worked as an “in-between” animator on Princess Mononoke (1997) and My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), and as Key Animator for Spirited Away (2001), “The GHIBLIES Episode 2” (2002), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), and Ponyo (2008). Born in 1973 in Ishikawa-ken, Japan, Hiromasa Yonebayashi studied Commercial Design at the Kanazawa College of Art.
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