Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason

After we, Miya-san and I, reached the decision of making Arrietty, we were talking about the needed story angles. Suddenly, Miya-san asked me who should be the director. Now I know he always wants concrete answers and then an idea popped up in my mind and in a whim I said Maro Yonebayashis nick name at the studio. Hearing that, Miya-san seemed to be a little surprised and scowled and I knew why: for his next movie plan he assumes to use Maro as the main animator and if Maro becomes a director, then Miya-san cant use him. Anyway, we called Maro to our room and told him about it. Of course Maro was much surprised. Back then my idea was just a whim, but now I can tell about the reason behind it. Hes an immensely skilled animator with world-class talent. Plus, after he began working on the production, I also got to know he has enough talent as a director. Furthermore, he has a good personality and is loved by everyone in the studio. When I informed everybody about the new director the whole the studio was in a state of turmoil. However, now everyone agrees. Though there are many elder veteran animators in the studio, they dont hesitate to help Maro. Now I know you wonder why Yonebayashi doesnt attend this press conference, but actually Miyazaki told Maro never to show his face in public. According to him making a movie basically can go two ways, either being successfully released or end up being shelved. Sometimes it can even be cancelled halfway and furthermore he is just a newbie as a director. If production fails hell be publicly humiliated. Never chatter about it in public. Q: Why are you digitally releasing the theme song on iTunes and as a ringtone? Suzuki Toshio: Well, young people tend not to buy CDs, but instead get their music online. We want as many people as possible to hear this music. Now let me tell you why we use Ccile Corbel. I get a lot of CDs from all over the world sent to me time asking for a trial listening all the time. There are too many for me to listen to and so usually I leave them without breaking the seal. However, when I was worrying about Arriettys song, as always a CD was sent to me. Like taking any port in a storm, I happened to open the CD. It had a small piece of paper with a short English hand written text in it. Im not good at English, but Ccile-san had written in easy English This is my Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason album. All of these songs have been influenced by Ghibli movies. It got my interest. Listening to it, I first heard a Celtic harp and her voice followed. In an instant I thought it could show a small peoples world. Maro also liked it very much and we asked her to join work with us. Q: How is the movie progressing? Suzuki Toshio: To tell the truth, I dont want to be asked that question. No doubt it goes slowly and Maro must hurry. When the new year comes, we dont have much time left. part I 16th of December, STUDIO GHIBLIS NEW FILM KARIGURASHI NO ARRIETTY ANNOUNCED: After yesterdays exclusive warming up on Twitter by GhibliWorld, today Studio Ghibli made the official announcement of their new full length feature film titled Karigurashi no Arrietty The Borrower Arrietty. The film will be an adaptation of Mary Nortons Carnegie Medal winning Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason The Borrowers and, as hinted earlier on GhibliWorld, will be directed by Yonebayashi Hiromasa. Unlike the original novel, which tells a story about tiny people who borrow things from normal humans during the 1950s in Enland, Studio Ghibli have transferred their version to Tokyo Koganei in 2010 Koganei is where Studio Ghibli is settled and tell the story of 14-year-old little Arrietty Chiisana Arriety was the films original title. Yonebayashi earlier worked as a key animator on previous Ghibli works like Howls Moving Castle, Ponyo and Spirited Away and was animation director for Miyazaki Goros Gedo Senki. Karigurashi no Arrietty will be his directing debut which is something he did not expect to happen as told by Ghibli producer Suzuki Toshio earlier this week. Nowadays Yonebayashi is encouraged by Miyazaki Hayao every single day, who also happens to be the one handling the planning of the film. Production, as always, will be handled by Suzuki Toshio.