Anna makes the assumption that they only pretend to love her for the money. Anna admits to finding government documents that show how her foster parents are paid to take care of her.
The next day, Marnie reappears and the two girls discuss their home lives. Anna runs to the mansion where she meets a girl named Sayaka, who discovered Marnie's diary hidden in a drawer. She also tells Anna that the mansion is being renovated for new owners. Hisako comments that Anna's sketches look like a girl whom she knew when she was young. Anna returns to the mansion but it appears abandoned and dilapidated again.Ī week later, Anna meets Hisako, an older woman who paints pictures of the marsh and the mansion. Later, some townspeople find Anna asleep by the post office. While there, Anna sees Marnie dancing with a boy named Kazuhiko. Marnie invites Anna to a party at the mansion. The two agree to keep their meeting secret and they meet again on the next evening. On the night of the Tanabata festival, Anna gets into an argument with a local girl and runs away to the mansion where she meets the blonde girl, Marnie. Starting that night, Anna dreams of seeing a blonde girl in the mansion. Setsu tells her that the mansion used to be a vacation home for some foreigners, but it has been empty for a long time. She looks around, finding it familiar, but gets trapped there by the rising tide until she is found by Toichi, a taciturn old fisherman. At the doctor’s recommendation to send Anna to a place where the air is clean, both foster parents decide to have her spend the summer break with Yoriko's relatives, Setsu and Kiyomasa Oiwa, who live in a rural, seaside town called Kissakibetsu, located between Kushiro and Nemuro.Īnna sees an abandoned mansion across a salt marsh and goes to investigate. After collapsing from an asthma attack, Yoriko discusses Anna’s recently withdrawn attitude with her doctor. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 88th Academy Awards.Īnna Sasaki is an introverted 12-year-old girl living in Sapporo with foster parents, Yoriko and her husband. It was released in theatres on 19 July 2014, and on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on 18 March 2015. The film received positive reviews from critics, praising its animation, music, vocal performances, and emotional story. It was also the final film that Yonebayashi directed for Ghibli before he decided to quit the studio. The film featured the final work for Studio Ghibli animator Makiko Futaki, who died in May 2016. It was the final film for Studio Ghibli, before they announced that it would take a short hiatus after The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki a year before the film was released. As the summer progresses, Anna spends more time with Marnie, and eventually Anna learns the truth about her family and foster care. Anna comes across a nearby abandoned mansion, where she meets Marnie, a mysterious girl who asks her to promise to keep their secrets from everyone. The film follows Anna Sasaki staying with her relatives in a town in Kushiro wetlands, Hokkaido. Information collected is aggregated and anonymous.By Studio Ghibli for Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DYMP, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI and distributed by Toho. These cookies enable us to provide better services based on how users use our website, and allow us to improve our features to deliver better user experience. Marketing Cookies are placed by third-party providers with our permission, and any information collected may be shared with other organizations such as publishers or advertisers. These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. We use the information collected to evaluate and improve the performance of your shopping experience. They also enable use of the Shopping Cart and Checkout processes, assist in regulatory and security issues, measure traffic and visits, and retrieve order information for affiliate commissions.
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