The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty
Original Title	Kari-gurashi no Arietti (借りぐらしのアリエッティ)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 2	POP Sound
Voice Director 1	Ray Gillon
Voice Director 2	Gary Rydstrom
Translation & Adaptation	Jim Hubbert Rieko Izutsu-Vajirasarn Karey Kirkpatrick
Recorded	2011 2012
Dub Country 1	United Kingdom
Dub Country 2	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	2010

Arrietty, titled 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 by Studio Ghibli, based on Mary Norton's juvenile fantasy novel, The Borrowers. The film was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and written by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa.

Synopsis Sho moves into his great aunt's house and soon discovers the presence of tiny people, the Borrowers, living there. A 14-year-old Borrower named Arrietty strives to prove herself by helping her father gather materials that her family needs from Sho's new home. However, Arrietty and Sho meet, breaking the rule that humans must not know about the Borrowers' existence. As Sho and Arrietty's relationship develops, human interference endangers the Borrowers' lives. Arrietty and Sho work together to try and protect the Borrowers' way of life.

Dubbing History

Two different English dubs were produced for Arrietty. The first dub was produced by Optimum Releasing for a U.K. release, and released July 29, 2011. Why Optimum chose to produce their own dub is unclear, though it's believed that Optimum wanted to release the film in the UK before Disney's American dub was ready. It may also be due to Arrietty being based on an English novel. This version of the dub is also released in Australia.

Disney's dub would be released to theaters on February 17, 2012, under the title The Secret World of Arrietty. The North American dub was directed by Gary Rydstrom, produced by Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy and written by Karey Kirkpatrick. The names of the humans were westernized in the Disney dub.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
			Optimum	Buena Vista
	Arrietty	Mirai Shida	Saoirse Ronan	Bridgit Mendler
	Shō (Shawn)	Ryūnosuke Kamiki	Tom Holland	David Henrie
	Homily	Shinobu Ōtake	Olivia Colman	Amy Poehler
	Pod	Tomokazu Miura	Mark Strong	Will Arnett
	Sadako Maki (Jessica)	Keiko Takeshita	Phyllida Law	Gracie Poletti
	Spiller	Tatsuya Fujiwara	Luke Allen-Gale	Moisés Arias
	Haru (Hara)	Kirin Kiki	Geraldine McEwan	Carol Burnett

Additional Voices

Optimum Ray Gillon

Buena Vista Steve Alpert Peter Jason Karey Kirkpatrick Frank Marshall

Notes

• The first Studio Ghibli film to have two different English dubs since Porco Rosso.
• While GKIDS attempted to get the licensing for the UK dub to release for their 2017 re-release of the film on Blu-Ray and DVD, they were ultimately unable to negotiate the rights.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Dub	Region	Country
Optimum Releasing	2012		Optimum Releasing (UK)	2 PAL	United Kingdom
				B DVB-T
Buena Vista Home Entertainment			Disney (US)	1 NTSC	United States
				A DVB-T
Madman Entertainment			Optimum Releasing (UK)	4 PAL	Australia
				B DVB-T
GKIDS	2017		Disney (US)	1 NTSC	United States
				A DVB-T
	2021			A DVB-T

External Links

• The Secret World of Arrietty at the Internet Movie Database
• The Secret World of Arrietty (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia