When Marnie Was There

A 12-year-old girl named Anna with low self-esteem stays with her foster parents and discovers a ghost named Marnie who helps her find closure with her identity issues. When Marnie Was There is a 2014 Japanese Japanese-language Comedy Animation motion picture starring Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Chris Stuckmann, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi and Alex Abbott. The movie is inspired from When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson. Studio Ghibli was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Yoshiaki Nishimura. The movie is directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Toho acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. When Marnie Was There was released on 19th July 2014 and takes a screen time of 103 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. When Marnie Was There was made on a budget of ₹115 crore and it was a super hit at box office gross of $3 billion. The screenplay for the movie was written by Masashi And , Keiko Niwa and Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Cinematography was done by Atsushi Okui and editing by Rie Matsubara and Takeshi Seyama. The music was composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu.