Arrietty

Arrietty , classified under the titles The Borrower Arrietty ( 借りぐらしのアリエッティ Kari-gurashi no Arietti ? ) in Japan and The Secret World of Arrietty in North America, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa . It is based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton , an English author of children's books , about a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of a typical household, borrowing items from humans to survive. The film stars the voices of Mirai Shida , Ryunosuke Kamiki , Shinobu Otake , Keiko Takeshita , Tatsuya Fujiwara , Tomokazu Miura and Kirin Kiki , and tells the story of a young Borrower (Shida) befriending a human boy (Kamiki), while trying to avoid being detected by the other humans. Toshio Suzuki produced the film and ...