Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
friendship
based on novel or book
imaginary friend
flashback
photograph
calm
anime
personal diary
psychological
Rank
#19 in 2014·#1041 overall
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Cast
Sara Takatsuki
Anna Sasaki (voice)
Kasumi Arimura
Marnie (voice)
Nanako Matsushima
Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
Susumu Terajima
Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Toshie Negishi
Setsu Oiwa (voice)
Ryoko Moriyama
Elderly Lady (voice)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Nanny (voice)
Hitomi Kuroki
Hisako (voice)
Hiroyuki Morisaki
Art Teacher (voice)
Takuma Otoo
Neighborhood Association Officer (voice)
Hana Sugisaki
Sayaka (voice)
Bari Suzuki
Elderly Lady 2 (voice)
Crew
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Director
Masashi Ando
Screenplay
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Screenplay
Koji Hoshino
Producer
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Producer
Toshio Suzuki
Executive Producer
Naoya Fujimaki
Co-Producer
Tamaki Kojo
Line Producer
Masashi Ando
Animation Director
Yohei Taneda
Art Direction
Masashi Ando
Character Designer
Kitaro Kosaka
Key Animation
Popular Reviews
2755 reviews
Vampire67
10.0★ · 01/14/26
“you’re my precious secret” 🤍 🌙
i genuinely don’t know what to say. My sooky self was crying so hard!! it is one of the most touching & most beautiful films i have ever seen. i don’t even know how to express how i feel after watching this but omg i loved it!! i won’t mention any spoilers bc it’s a film i think everyone deserves to go into it without knowing anything because it’s genuinely such a stunning & touching film & one I’ll never stop thinking about 🤍
thank you to my mootie **@Dudu|Horror **for recommending this film!!
brb while i go watch ‘When Marnie Was There’ edits on tiktok & cry 🖤
“you’re my precious secret” 🤍 🌙
i genuinely don’t know what to say. My sooky self was crying so hard!! it is one of the most touching & most beautiful films i have ever seen. i don’t even know how to express how i feel after watching this but omg i loved it!! i won’t mention any spoilers bc it’s a film i think everyone deserves to go into it without knowing anything because it’s genuinely such a stunning & touching film & one I’ll never stop thinking about 🤍
thank you to my mootie **@Dudu|Horror **for recommending this film!!
brb while i go watch ‘When Marnie Was There’ edits on tiktok & cry 🖤
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Marie Hajinefitou
10.0★ · 05/26/26
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Anno Egadze
8.0★ · 04/12/26
Thought Anna had a crush on Marnie but the ending is actually beautiful
Thought Anna had a crush on Marnie but the ending is actually beautiful
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Ester
10.0★ · 03/21/26
Not one person that has watched this movie has felt it like Ive felt it
Not one person that has watched this movie has felt it like Ive felt it
