Only days after we reported on a whole set of
beautiful images from
Studio Ghibli's forthcoming
When Marnie Was There, we get our first look at the film in motion. Unsurprisingly, it looks suitably beautiful for a Ghibli production, with lush backgrounds and attractive character designs. The film itself will be a real test for second time director
Hiromasa Yonebayashi. His first feature film
Arriety had a screenplay written by one
Hayao Miyazaki, but this time the script is co-written by Yonebayashi himself, alongside Miyazaki's Arriety co-writer
Keiko Niwa and
Masahi Ando, an established animator making his scripting début. Can the director step out from the massive shadow of the master animator himself? It remains to be seen, but Marnie looks at the very least to be a visual treat.
The trailer made it's début on Japanese TV and has since found its way online. There's no dialogue, but it features the English Language theme "
Fine On The Outside" by US-based singer/songwriter
Priscilla Ahn.
When Marnie Was There will open in Japanese cinemas on July 19th 2014.
