Hiromasa Yonebayashi	...	(Director)
Joan G. Robinson, Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando, Hiromasa Yonebayashi	...	(Writer)
Sara Takatsuki	...	(voice)
Kasumi Arimura	...	(voice)
Takatsugu Muramatsu	...	Composer
Nanako Matsushima	...	Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
Susumu Terajima	...	Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Toshie Negishi	...	Setsu Oiwa (voice)
Ryôko Moriyama	...	Elderly Lady (voice)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki	...	Nanny (voice)
Hitomi Kuroki	...	Hisako (voice)
Ava Acres	...	Sayaka (voice)
Kyle Arem	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Laura Bailey	...	Nobuko's Friend (voice)
Kathy Bates	...	Mrs. Kadoya (voice)
Eric Bauza	...	Marnie's Dad (voice)
Bob Bergen	...	Dr. Yamashita (voice)
Taylor Autumn Bertman	...	Young Marnie (voice)
Atsushi Okui	...	Cinematographer

Comments: An androgynous, blue--eyed little Japanese girl meets Rapunzil or Cinderella or someone who speaks Japanese. It's a cartoon about a couple girls who turn out to have a unique relationship that defies a timeline and was too deep for me. I think there was social commentary on foster children subsidies and foreigners.

From the evil bastards at Studio Ghibli, a little. An androgynous, blue-eyed Japanese girl meets Rapunzil or Cinderella or some blond phantom who speaks Japanese. It's a cartoon about a couple girls who turn out to have a unique relationship that defies a timeline and was too deep for me. I think there was social commentary on foster children subsidies and foreigners. The animation was okay. I enjoy beautiful landscapes but the ones here were fake. Somebody just drew them. I couldn't justify having watched this. Wish I would have punted.

Summary: Anna, who is a shy girl, is sent to stay with an old couple in a village along the coast. She doesn't open up to anyone and stays to herself. Anna then meets a strange girl named Mani. They become friends, but none of the village residents know about Mani's existence.

Based on novel "When Marnie Was There" by British author Joan G Robinson (published April 2, 2002 by Harper Collins).