The Borrower Arrietty 借りぐらしのアリエッティ

by - December 03, 2011

Studio Ghibli new film I just watched-

TThe Borrower Arrietty (借りぐらしのアリエッティ Kari-gurashi no Arietti?) and in the UK as Arrietty, is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy film based on Mary Norton's juvenile fantasy novel The Borrowers.The story takes place in 2010 in Koganei, western Tokyo and like the novel revolves around a group of "tiny people" who are 10 cm tall and live under the floorboards of a typical human household.

The story starts when a boy named Sho arrives at a house where his mother lived when she was a child. He is here to live with his aunt, Sadako for a peaceful living before his heart operation.
When Sho leaves the car, he sees a cat trying to attack something in the bushes. [ The same cat in the previous Studio Ghibli Film.]
He walks nearer and he notices a tiny human ( a borrower) named Arrietty. Arrietty is trying to gets the Bayleaf for her mother.
After the terrifying incidence, she quickly run back home. This is her room, like a garden.
After his father, Pod returns home, she beg her father to bring her along for her 1st borrowing.
Mother Homily, is worrying. Father Pod agrees to bring her out.
Borrowing is necessarily because they are out of sugar.
This is Haru, Sadako's maid, a mad lady ( you will know what I mean in later part).
Arrietty is preparing for her 1st borrowing. She is using a clip to clip her hair.

Their 1st stop is the Kitchen.
Father Pod is using sticker to climb the table.
Papa pod is showing Arrietty the sugar he get.
Carefully, Arrietty put the sugar into her bag.
The next stop is the room, on the way to get the tissue for her mother.
They pass by a doll house.
When Arrietty slowly pulling out the tissue paper,
She notices Sho is looking at her.
In a hurry to leave, Arrietty drop her sugar.
Arrietty is very upset about her failing in her 1st borrowing. 
The next day, Sho leaves the sugar that she dropped and a small piece of note.

This is what makes up Arrietty mind to look for Sho, and explain. At the time, Sho save Arrietty from a crow attack and they became friend.
But the incidence causes father Pod and Mother Homily deciding to move.
Meanwhile, Sadako shows the doll house to Sho and tell him that, the doll house is actually her mum's.
His grandfather order it from English, specially design for the tiny human who believes exist since generations.
One day, father Pod came back home with injured leg helped by Spiller, another tiny human.
The family is glad that when Spiller tells them that there are still several tiny human he saw before.


When mother Homily is taking a nap and father Pod is busying, Arrietty sneak out to meet Sho.
They talk about alot of things and that is when Sho really look at Arrietty.
At the time, the mad maid, Haru, discovered that the floorboard is open able and she found the tiny human.
Haru catch mother Homily and hide her inside the kitchen.
When Arrietty finds that her mother is missing, she quickly look Sho for help.
Together, they work as a team.
Finally, she found her mother safe and sound.
They pack up and leave that night. Head the river and find a new living space by Spiller's help.
Niya sees Arrietty and guided Sho to meet her for the last.
Arrietty really appreciate the protection given by Sho and give him her hair clip as a gift. Sho promises her that he will be all right after the operation.  

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