Directed by the nowhere-near-retired Hiromasa Yonebayashi, this gentle, supernaturally tinged tale of young female companionship doesn’t seem as much a work of artistic closure as, say, Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises, but it’s a suitably wistful, whispery note to go out on. But the lovely When Marnie Was There (Studiocanal, U) is, to all intents and purposes, Ghibli’s official farewell. It’s more than two years since it announced its creative hiatus, with co-founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata having made their respective final films. S tudio Ghibli, the revered Japanese house of lushly animated dreams, has enjoyed something of a protracted farewell.
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