“Earwig and the Witch” (アーヤと魔女, Āya to Majo) is the upcoming Japanese computer-animated television film produced by Studio Ghibli and directed by Gorō Miyazaki, and it is supposed to be a faithful adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones's eponymous novel. Takes a more three-dimensional approach, “Earwig and the Witch” marks a profound shift in style from the classin Studio Ghibli. The cast includes 13-year-old child actress Kokoro Hirasawa Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, and the script is by veteran Ghibli writer Keiko Niwa. It is scheduled to air on NHK on December 30, 2020, with no word as yet of a theatrical release in the country.
Synopsis
In 1990s England, Earwig, a 10-year-old orphan girl who grew up without knowing that she is a witch's daughter, is taken from the orphanage and adopted by a strange duo and starts living with them in a spooky house filled with mystery and magic.
