To mark the release of Mary and the Witch’s Flower on 10th September, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
Combining an action-packed girl-power adventure with a magical fantasy tale, Mary And The Witch’S Flower introduces the spirited, red-haired Mary, spending the last weeks of summer in the English countryside with her Great-Aunt Charlotte. Following a mysterious black cat, Tib, into the woods she stumbles upon a magical flower that transforms a little broomstick into one that flies! Mary is fast whisked away high above the cloudsand transported to Endor College – a school of witchcraft and wizardry! Mary is warmly welcomed by headmistress Madame Mumblechook (Kate Winslet) and the eccentric Doctor Dee (Jim Broadbent). Believing her to be a once-in-a-lifetime magical prodigy they give Mary a guided tour of the dazzling school and invite her to join. But Mary discovers all is not as it...
Combining an action-packed girl-power adventure with a magical fantasy tale, Mary And The Witch’S Flower introduces the spirited, red-haired Mary, spending the last weeks of summer in the English countryside with her Great-Aunt Charlotte. Following a mysterious black cat, Tib, into the woods she stumbles upon a magical flower that transforms a little broomstick into one that flies! Mary is fast whisked away high above the cloudsand transported to Endor College – a school of witchcraft and wizardry! Mary is warmly welcomed by headmistress Madame Mumblechook (Kate Winslet) and the eccentric Doctor Dee (Jim Broadbent). Believing her to be a once-in-a-lifetime magical prodigy they give Mary a guided tour of the dazzling school and invite her to join. But Mary discovers all is not as it...
- 9/10/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A little girl takes a magical broomstick ride to a school for witches in this appealing animation from the director of When Marnie Was There
‘Innocence has a catalytic effect on the absorption of magic.” These words, from the worryingly named Doctor Dee, are a very good description of the film’s ethos. This Japanese animation is from director Hiromasa “Maro” Yonebayashi, who made When Marnie Was There for Studio Ghibli. It is another example of that remarkable way in which Japanese animation is reviving the memory of classic English children’s literature from the 1960s and 70s – otherwise forgotten in its native land.
Mary and the Witch’s Flower is adapted from the 1971 novel The Little Broomstick, by the prolific popular author Mary Stewart. A little English girl called Mary is a lonely child living with her great-aunt in the countryside while her parents are away. She encounters a...
‘Innocence has a catalytic effect on the absorption of magic.” These words, from the worryingly named Doctor Dee, are a very good description of the film’s ethos. This Japanese animation is from director Hiromasa “Maro” Yonebayashi, who made When Marnie Was There for Studio Ghibli. It is another example of that remarkable way in which Japanese animation is reviving the memory of classic English children’s literature from the 1960s and 70s – otherwise forgotten in its native land.
Mary and the Witch’s Flower is adapted from the 1971 novel The Little Broomstick, by the prolific popular author Mary Stewart. A little English girl called Mary is a lonely child living with her great-aunt in the countryside while her parents are away. She encounters a...
- 5/3/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Former Ghibli animator/director Hiromasa Yonebayashi has miraculously harnessed the charm of his previous employer for this feature debut from Studio Ponoc; a new anime company founded by producer Yoshiaki Nishimura. Mary and the Witch’s Flower, Yonebayashi’s third feature following Arrietty and When Marnie Was There, is a sprightly and spirited fantasy adventure that’s garlanded with that unparalleled Ghibli magic and matchless capacity to whisk viewers away into captivating fantasylands.
After an action-loaded prologue, the story sashays into serener settings where we meet Mary at the start of her adventure. Mary is an affable yet lumbering youngster, staying with her aunt in a chocolate box village, while her parents are away on a business trip. Mary befriends a black cat who leads her to discover a rare, purple flower (the Fly-by-night). She is then swiftly spirited away to a city in the clouds and welcomed to the...
After an action-loaded prologue, the story sashays into serener settings where we meet Mary at the start of her adventure. Mary is an affable yet lumbering youngster, staying with her aunt in a chocolate box village, while her parents are away on a business trip. Mary befriends a black cat who leads her to discover a rare, purple flower (the Fly-by-night). She is then swiftly spirited away to a city in the clouds and welcomed to the...
- 3/27/2018
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Founded by Studio Ghibli veterans Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura and employing the majority of the animators from Studio Ghibli when it announced it was ceasing feature production, Studio Ponoc’s first feature is Mary and The Witch’s Flower featuring the same lush and evocative animation Studio Ghibli was so legendary for, carrying the torch forward into another generation.
Like some of the favourite Studio Ghibli films, Mary is based on an English Children’s novel – The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart, and tells a story of a young girl called Mary who finds a mysterious flower that can give her the power to become a witch, transporting her to a school for witchcraft and wizardry that harbours a dark secret. The English dub of Mary and the Witch’s Flower will feature Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner and Louis Serkis.
While spending the last weeks of...
Like some of the favourite Studio Ghibli films, Mary is based on an English Children’s novel – The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart, and tells a story of a young girl called Mary who finds a mysterious flower that can give her the power to become a witch, transporting her to a school for witchcraft and wizardry that harbours a dark secret. The English dub of Mary and the Witch’s Flower will feature Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner and Louis Serkis.
While spending the last weeks of...
- 2/26/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
I'm pretty excited about this upcoming anime film from Studio Ponoc called Mary and the Witch's Flower. It looks like such a crazy and imaginative film and the first three minutes of the film have been released online and I've gotta say it's totally wild! There's also some crazy cool and weird stuff that you would expect to see from a Studio Ghibli film, like soldiers that morph into flying sea creatures. I guess that makes sense as the film was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, an animator who worked for Studio Ghibli on some of their classics such as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo. He is also the director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty.
The movie tells the adventurous story of a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night. The film...
The movie tells the adventurous story of a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night. The film...
- 1/9/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are back to work on a new feature film, but in the interim when it was thought that The Wind Rises may be their final outing, a handful of veterans from the studio went on to form their own company, Studio Ponoc. Their first feature is Mary and the Witch’s Flower, the latest from director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty and When Marnie Was There), an adaptation of Mary Stewart’s The Little Broomstick, as scripted by the director and Riko Sakaguchi (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya). Ahead of a U.S. release in January thanks to Gkids, a new trailer has now arrived.
The story follows a young girl named Mary (Hana Sugisaki) who discovers a forbidden plant that grants her the power to become a witch for one night. Dan Schindel said in our review, “While there are plenty...
The story follows a young girl named Mary (Hana Sugisaki) who discovers a forbidden plant that grants her the power to become a witch for one night. Dan Schindel said in our review, “While there are plenty...
- 12/27/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
We've got a great new magical U.S. trailer for the upcoming fantasy anime film Mary and the Witch's Flower. The wonderful and imaginative looking film tells the adventurous story of a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night. The film features the voice talents of Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent.
The film comes from Hiromasa Yonebayashi, an animator who previously worked for Studio Ghibli on anime classics such as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo. He is also the director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty. It looks like he did an incredible job bringing this story to life and I'm pretty excited about seeing it!
Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great-Aunt Charlotte and seemingly no adventures or friends in sight. She follows...
The film comes from Hiromasa Yonebayashi, an animator who previously worked for Studio Ghibli on anime classics such as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Ponyo. He is also the director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty. It looks like he did an incredible job bringing this story to life and I'm pretty excited about seeing it!
Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great-Aunt Charlotte and seemingly no adventures or friends in sight. She follows...
- 12/21/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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