“When Marnie Was There” Leads Announced

A while back, the critically acclaimed, Academy Award winning animation studio Studio Ghibli announced that they will be releasing an animated movie based on Joan G. Robinson’s novel When Marnie Was There, which will be directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Arrietty) and is currently scheduled to be released in Japan this summer.

Today, the two leads roles were revealed with two newcomers to animation making their debuts – with Sara Takatsuki (Daily Lives of High School Boys live-action movie) taking on the role of Anna, with Kasumi Arimura voicing the titular Marnie.

The North American singer and songwriter Priscilla Ahn has also been announced as performing the movie’s main theme “Fine On The Outside”, which marks the first time Studio Ghibli has featured a theme where the only spoken language is English as the main theme of one of their features.

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