Trailer for the Hayao Miyazaki Produced Animated Film THE BORROWER ARRIETTY

Hayao Miyazaki has written and produced a new animated film based on Mary Norton's fantasy novel The Borrowers, through his Studio Ghibli animation house. Directing the film is Hiromasa Yonebayashi who worked as a key animator on a few Miyazaki's animated classics which include Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away. He is 36 years old and apparently he's the youngest feature director in Studio Ghibli history. 

The film is called The Borrower Arrietty, and here's a description of the plot.

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items “borrowed” from the house’s human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

I love the style and design of the movie. It's right in line with the other classic Miyazaki films, there is no doubt he's had a very heavy influence in how the film was made. It shows in the trailer and footage. The film will be released in Japan on July 17th 2010. Check out the trailers below and let us know what ya think!