The Secret World of Arrietty Film Comic, Vol. 2 by Hiromasa Yonebayashi - ISBN: 9781421541174
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Tiny borrowers, big dangers, and a friendship that could save them all.

The Secret World of Arrietty Film Comic, Vol. 2

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    7 February 2012

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Summary

Based on the beloved classic The Borrowers by Mary Norton

Arrietty isn’t your ordinary fourteen-year-old girl—she is small enough to make her home under the floorboards of a typical house, “borrowing” what she and her family need from the giants in whose shadows they live. A young boy named Shawn befriends Arrietty, but when adults discover the Borrowers, Arrietty and Shawn must work together to save her family. Based on the classic novel by Mary Norton, The Secre…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421541174
ISBN-10:1421541173
Author:Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Publisher:Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Imprint:Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:7 February 2012
Weight:424g
Dimensions:181mm x 127mm x 18mm
Series:The Secret World of Arrietty (Film Comic)
About The Author

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Born in 1973 in Ishikawa-ken, Japan, Hiromasa Yonebayashi studied Commercial Design at the Kanazawa College of Art. In 1996, Yonebayashi joined Studio Ghibli and worked as an “in-between” animator on Princess Mononoke (1997) and My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999). He then served as Key Animator for Spirited Away (2001), “The GHIBLIES Episode 2” (2002), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), and Ponyo (2008). He was also the Assistant Supervising Animator for Tales from Earthsea (2006).

Yonebayashi has also worked on short films for the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka. He was the Director of Animation for “Mei and the Baby Cat Bus” (2002), the Supervising Animator for “Imaginary Flying Machines” (2002), and also storyboarded and directed “Evolution” (2008), a short film documenting the “Films Go Round” exhibit.

Yonebayashi made his debut as the director of a feature-length animated film with Studio Ghibli’s production Arrietty. After Arrietty, Yonebayashi directed another Ghibli movie, When Marnie Was There (2014). He later left the studio and made Mary and the Witch’s Flower for Studio Ponoc.

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