Synopsis:

The manga is set in Showa 38 (1963, a year before the Tokyo Olympics) and follows the coming of age of an ordinary, pigtailed high school girl named Komatsuzaki in Yokohama, a harbor city near Tokyo. Her sailor father went missing after an accident, and her photographer mother is frequently going abroad for work. Her family now runs a lodging house. The manga recounts Komatsuzaki’s everyday life of “laughter and tears” with two boys — a school newspaper member named Shun Kazama and the student council president Mizunuma.

[via Catsuka]

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Disney has released an US trailer for Hiromasa Yonebayashis The Secret World of Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty/Karigurashi no Arrietty) at Apple featuring the voices of Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, David Henrie and Moises Arias. Arrietty will open in US theaters in February 2012.
For a quick comparison, check out the British trailer released from LoveFilm with a different dub cast back in June.

[via ComingSoon.net & Apple Movie Trailers]

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Disney has unveiled the poster art for the US theatrical opening of Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s The Borrower Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty). Thanks to the new title The Secret World of Arrietty and those “realistic” shading filters, it makes the film look like some DTV production that the latest work from Studio Ghibli…

[via IMPAwards]

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I don’t know if From Up On Poppy Hill is the official English title for Kokurika-Zaka Kara (コクリコ坂から), Goro Miyazaki’s second anime at Studio Ghibli, but at least it’s a title I can remember.

Synopsis [via ANN]:

The manga is set in Showa 38 (1963, a year before the Tokyo Olympics) and follows the coming of age of an ordinary, pigtailed high school girl named Komatsuzaki in Yokohama, a harbor city near Tokyo. Her sailor father went missing after an accident, and her photographer mother is frequently going abroad for work. Her family now runs a lodging house. The manga recounts Komatsuzaki’s everyday life of “laughter and tears” with two boys — a school newspaper member named Shun Kazama and the student council president Mizunuma.

[via Wildgrounds & @catsuka & YouTube]

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muhootsaver has located a teaser trailer for the upcoming new film from Studio Ghibli’s director Goro Miyazaki (son of Hayao Miyazaki). Kokuriko-Zaka Kara (コクリコ坂から) is based on a 1980s manga from Chizuru Takahashi and Tetsuro Sayama and will open in theaters across Japan on July 16th.

Synopsis [via ANN]:

The manga is set in Showa 38 (1963, a year before the Tokyo Olympics) and follows the coming of age of an ordinary, pigtailed high school girl named Komatsuzaki in Yokohama, a harbor city near Tokyo. Her sailor father went missing after an accident, and her photographer mother is frequently going abroad for work. Her family now runs a lodging house. The manga recounts Komatsuzaki’s everyday life of “laughter and tears” with two boys — a school newspaper member named Shun Kazama and the student council president Mizunuma.

[via Can you Moe? & YouTube]

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LoveFilm has posted an English dubbed trailer for Optimum’s upcoming theatrical release of Studio Ghibli’s The Borrower Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty) in July. I think the British accents fit the setting of the film perfectly, but Disney disagrees and announced to use their own dub for the US release in February.

[via ANN & LoveFilm.com]

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This Summer could become really expensive for Studio Ghibli fans. This weekend Disney Home Entertainment Japan announced to release Yoshifumi Kondo and Hayao Miyazaki’s 1995 Whisper of the Heart (耳をすませば) on Blu-ray Disc on July 20th to follow the home video release of Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s The Borrower Arrietty (Karigurashi no Arrietty) in June.
Next to the original Japanese dub and subtitles, AV Watch also mentions English, German, Korean and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) dubs with English, Korean and Chinese subtitles.
[Thanks to WTK for the heads-up!]
Preorder Whisper of the Heart Blu-ray Disc @ Amazon.co.jp

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