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Thank You, Anna! But Our Ghostly Girlfriend is in Another Mansion (When Marnie Was There)

Posted in Anime, Gender, tagged Ghibli, queer, When Marnie Was There on 2015/05/21| 17 Comments »

You’re damn right this page has issues. [Image: screencap of the Wikipedia page for When Marnie Was There with the statement “this page has some issues” at the top

I HAD SUCH HOPE FOR YOU, MARNIE.

To be clear: I have not read the book, and I assume the movie is faithful to the original plot points.

Review contains so many gifs and some spoilers–the plot twist is embedded in a link, but there are a lot of pictures.

Miyazaki protégé Yonebayashi adds Studio Ghibli magic to Joan G. Robinson’s classic ghost story of a shy teenage tomboy who befriends a young blonde girl who may not be of this world. Subtitled, Ages 8+.

Here was my thought process throughout the movie:

HOORAY A NEW GHIBLI FILM