StudioCanal have announced the UK DVD and Blu-Ray releases of 'Arrietty' for the 9th January, 2012. Inspired by Mary Norton’s classic children’s book 'The Borrowers', the film focuses on a friendship that develops between a human boy and a tiny 14 year old girl who lives under the floorboards.
Synopsis
Beneath our floorboards and inside our walls live a tiny race of people called the Borrowers. Pod (Tomokazu Miura), Homily, and their adventurous daughter Arriety (Shida Mirai) make up one of the few Borrower families that still exist in the world. One day, young boy Sho moves into the house they reside in and notices Arriety briefly. Despite Pod and Homily's warnings about the danger human beings pose to their kind, Arriety forms a friendship with Sho. Fascinated by the Borrowers, Sho begins to commit acts of kindness for Arriety's family, only to raise the attention of housekeeper Haru (Kirin Kiki).
Features
Storyboards
Trailers and Japanese TV Spots
Interviews with Hayao Miyazaki, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and Cecile Corbel
“Arrietty’s Song” Promotional Video
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Artwork and trailer are below, and you can preorder both versions now from Amazon.co.uk.
