Jack Gracie chats with Mary and The Witch’s Flower director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura… When Studio Ghibli announced it was closing production of feature films in 2014 many saw it as the end of an era, even if they did take back that statement a few years later. However, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret […]
Movie Review – Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2018)
Mary and the Witch’s Flower, 2018. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Featuring the voice talents of Ruby Barnhill, Kate Winslet, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Jim Broadbent and Ewen Bremner. SYNOPSIS: A girl bored of rural life finds herself transported to a school of magic when she picks an unusual flower in the woods. Since the closure of […]
New poster and trailer for Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower
GKIDS has released a new poster and trailer for Mary and the Witch’s Flower, the debut film from Studio Ponoc, which is directed by the Academy Award-nominated Hiromasa Yonebayashi, animator on Spirited Away and director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty. Check them out here… Mary is a plain, young […]
New trailer for Studio Ponoc’s anime feature Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Studio Ponoc has released a new subtitled trailer for the upcoming anime Mary and the Witch’s Flower., which is directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (When Marnie Was There) and is based on Mary Stewart’s children’s fantasy novel The Little Broomstick; watch it below… The novel’s description reads: It is Tib the black cat who leads Mary to […]
First official trailer released for Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower
After When Marnie was There was released and fans knew that was could be the last film we would see from the magical Studio Ghibli, Marnie’s director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura got together and created Ghibli’s spiritual successor, Studio Ponoc. The first film out of the studio is Mary and the Witch’s Flower, a story based upon […]
Movie Review – When Marnie Was There (2014)
When Marnie Was There, 2014. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Featuring the voice talents of Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura and Hana Sugisaki (Japanese)/Hailee Steinfield, John C. Reilly and Geena Davis (English). SYNOPSIS: A troubled teen finds peace in a beach-side town and a mysterious new friend, Marnie… Studio Ghibli likes to take us on a journey. Whether we are […]