Short answers, pulled from the story.
Hiromasa Yonebayashi directed the 2014 Japanese animated film When Marnie Was There. He received the project assignment from Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki and initially turned down the role because he thought visualizing the story would be very difficult.
North American distribution for When Marnie Was There began on the 22nd of May 2015 through GKIDS. The film earned a total gross of $561,085 in United States and Canada during this period.
Anna Sasaki stands alone in the Kushiro wetlands of Hokkaido when her asthma attack at school sends her to this rural seaside town between Kushiro and Nemuro. Yohei Taneda designed the Marsh House that serves as the central location in the film after scouting actual buildings in Hokkaido for architectural inspiration.
Priscilla Ahn wrote and performed the theme song Fine On The Outside for the movie. She released an accompanying album titled Just Know That I Love You on the same date as the soundtrack music collection appeared on the iTunes Store on the 16th of July 2014 across 113 countries worldwide.
Total box office for When Marnie Was There reached approximately 7 billion yen by the end of 2014 in Japan alone. Home media sales in Japan combined Blu-ray and DVD units to reach at least 43,784 physical copies sold.