secret world of arrietty is a studio ghibli movie based on the novel 'the borrowers'. before i saw this version, i had only seen the 1973 adaptation, which was very stressful for me and not as enjoyable. the idea of being so small gives me a lot of anxiety, but arrietty has so much charm! i love it! arrietty and her parents are "borrowers" - tiny people who hide in houses and take small items that are discarded or won't be missed. their hidden home is beautiful, and they have all the ingenuity of little humans in a world made for larger people. a young boy comes to live in the house where they live, and arrietty becomes friends with him.