'Marnie of [My] Memories') is a 2014 Japanese animated psychological drama film co-written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, produced by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho.

Anna comes across a nearby abandoned mansion, where she meets Marnie, a mysterious girl who asks her to promise to keep their secrets from everyone.

As summer progresses, Anna spends more time with Marnie and learns the truth about her family and adoption.

The film featured the final work for Studio Ghibli animator Makiko Futaki, who died in May 2016.

The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation, music, vocal performances, and emotional story.

Anna Sasaki is a 12-year-old girl with low self-esteem living in Sapporo with her foster parents, Yoriko and her husband.

Anna tells Marnie she found documents showing her foster parents are paid to care for her.

She assumes that they only pretend to love her for the money and says she can't forgive her biological family for leaving her behind and dying.

Sayaka finds the missing pages from Marnie's diary, which include passages about Kazuhiko and the silo.

[10] Hiromasa Yonebayashi was assigned the project by Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki, who asked him to change the setting of the story to Japan.

Yonebayashi found the story moving, but he "thought it would be very difficult to visualize as a film," and initially turned down the role.

[12] Yonebayashi intended the film to be encouraging to children in Japan who felt lonely and isolated, and hoped that "when they see Marnie, maybe they could take a little step forward".

[16] The first "Image Song" disc features music composed to express the personality of the characters and feel of places in the film.

Priscilla Ahn, the writer and performer of the movie's theme song, "Fine on the Outside", also released an accompanying album to the film called Just Know That I Love You on 16 July 2014.

[35] In the United Kingdom, it was 2016's third best-selling foreign language film on home video (behind Victor Young Perez and Ip Man 3).

Her agent Caroline Sheldon sold the rights of the book to 10 countries, including Japan, Italy, Spain and China.

The website's critical consensus reads, "When Marnie Was There is still blessed with enough visual and narrative beauty to recommend, even if it isn't quite as magical as Studio Ghibli's greatest works.