Book to Studio Ghibli: The Borrowers by Mary Norton / The Secret World of Arrietty

We are back with our special edition of the Pod! Book to Studio Ghibli, where we cover all the adaptations (or at least the ones we can get in English) from our favourite animation studio. This week we are looking at Arrietty, based on a classic children's book, The Borrowers by Mary Norton. Arrietty was released in 2020 was the debut film for director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (When Marnie Was There, Mary and the Witch's Flower) and was adapted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa. 

I'm joined for this epic journey into Studio Ghibli by the talented Lauren O'Farrell so please check out her work out on Instagram and Twitter @deadlyknitshade.

As per usual spoilers aplenty! We break down the book and the film and try and figure out whether or not the original is the best or did they improve on the text.

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