The woman has magical capabilities, using a lock of her hair and turning it into worms to obscure the car's vision as she successfully gets away to St Morwald's Home for Children. The baby peacefully chews on a tape titled 'Earwig' in pen. She flees by motorcycle with a baby swaddled to her chest with a blanket.

Erica's mother dropping her off at the orphanageĪ mysterious red-hared woman drops of baby at St Morwald's Home for Children.Ī woman with thick, curly red hair is tailed by a yellow car with mechanical pinchers on the highway. It is set to premiere in theaters in Japan with additional new scenes on August 27, 2021.Ĭhildren's Picture Book Ghibli's Dining Table Earwig and the Witch, a cookbook featuring food inspired by the film, was published on April 28, 2021, by SHUFUNOTOMO. All 26-episodes of Ronja, the Robber's Daughter was broadcast in conjunction with the film's premiere on NHK. The film aired on NHK General Television from 7:30 - 8:52pm on Decem, and pre-released at the Lumière Festival, from October 10 to 18, 2020. The story revolves around Erica, a bright, young orphan who pits her wits against her magic-wielding foster parents in a mysterious new home. This is Gorô's third film, after Tales from Earthsea and From Up on Poppy Hill.

It is based on the 2011 book of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones, which was translated by Kaoruko Tanaka and published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten in 2012. A co-production between Studio Ghibli, NHK and NHK Enterprises, the film originally aired on television on December 30, 2020, on NHK General TV, and was released in theatres on August 27, 2021, by Toho. 82 minutes Earwig and the Witch (アーヤと魔女, Āya to Majo), also titled Āya and the Witch, is a 3DCG animated film directed by Goro Miyazaki and written by Keiko Niwa and Emi Gunji.

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