New York-based foreign animation distributor GKIDS has acquired North American rights to When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie), the latest film by Studio Ghibli. The film opened in Japan last July.
Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty) and based on the British children’s novel by Joan G. Robinson, the film follows a young girl who is attracted to an abandoned house and a mysterious girl who appears in its window.
The screenplay was written by Yonebayashi with Keiko Niwa (From Up on Poppy Hill, Secret World of Arrietty) and Masashi Ando, who also designed the characters and directed the animation.
