A lovingly crafted fantasy on an epic scale, “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” is a film about transformation made by filmmakers in transition. Directed by Studio Ghibli veteran Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2015 ...

The heroine of “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” — that would be Mary — may not technically be an orphan, but for narrative purposes she might as well be. Exiled to the care of her great-aunt while her ...

GKIDS Films has released the first two and a half minutes of Mary and the Witch’s Flower ahead of the film’s U.S. release on Jan. 19, and the clip is every bit as enchanting as we could hope for. The ...

Studio Ponoc surprised many anime fan early on this year when it released the gorgeous Mary and the Witch’s Flower anime film. After a small, but successful run in theaters, now even more fans can see ...

The first feature production of the new Japanese animation house Studio Ponoc — founded by veterans of Hayao Miyazaki’s celebrated Studio Ghibli in the wake of Miyazaki’s supposed retirement – Mary ...

To animation junkies, Studio Ghibli is a rare flower: No other practitioners of the craft in the last four decades have produced as many works of visual beauty and narrative complexity as the Japanese ...

Mary and The Witch’s Flower is a colorful and visually stunning spectacle, a film that packs plenty of detail within its frames. And while it doesn’t always capture the magic it attempts to display, ...

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There’s something heartbreaking to the idea of a child who’s eager to help around the house but creates more of a mess than they end up cleaning. That’s Mary, the title character of Hiromasa ...

Hiromasa Yonebayashi's magical first effort with upstart Studio Ponoc achieves the same high standard of his work with Studio Ghibli, 'Arriety' and 'When Marnie Was There.' British novelist Mary ...