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Title: Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
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| Hana Sugisaki | ... | Mary (voice) | |
| Ryûnosuke Kamiki | ... | Peter (voice) | |
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Yûki Amami | ... | Madam Mumblechook (voice) |
| Fumiyo Kohinata | ... | Doctor Dee (voice) | |
| Hikari Mitsushima | ... | The Red-Haired Witch (voice) | |
| Jirô Satô | ... | Flanagan (voice) | |
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Ken'ichi Endô | ... | Zebedee (voice) |
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Eri Watanabe | ... | Miss Banks (voice) |
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Shinobu Ôtake | ... | Great-Aunt Charlotte (voice) |
| Ikue Ôtani | ... | Tib (voice) | |
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Lynn | ... | Gib (voice) |
| Ruby Barnhill | ... | Mary (voice) | |
| Kate Winslet | ... | Madam Mumblechook (voice) | |
| Jim Broadbent | ... | Doctor Dee (voice) | |
| Ewen Bremner | ... | Flanagan (voice) | |
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 a mysterious cat into the nearby forest, where she discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blossoms only once every seven years and only in that forest. Together the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds and far away to Endor College - a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and, when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try to set things right. Based on Mary Stewart's 1971 classic children's book "The Little Broomstick", "Mary and The Witch's Flower" is an action-packed film full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the stirring, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world. Featuring the voices of Ruby Barnhill and Academy ...
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One of Studio Ghibli's most wonderful films was "Kiki's Delivery Service"---an anime movie about a young witch who goes into the world to find herself. In many ways, "Mary and the Witch's Flower" is like taking Kiki from that classic movie and sending her to Hogwarts! Seriously.
When the story begins, Mary seems to be a pretty ordinary young girl. However, when she meets a black cat in the forest and finds a broom, something very strange happens....a weird slime pours from a flower onto her hands and instantly she can fly using the broom. She has no idea what she's doing but soon she and the cat are in a far away magical land with talking animals as well as a witch's school....Endor! But things aren't all happy and laughter there....and after a while she isn't sure who to trust. What's next? Well, it's a bit like "Frankenstein"...but you'll have to see for yourself.
This film is based on Mary Stewart's 1971 story "The Little Broomstick"....which came out long before Kiki or Harry Potter....so although similar to the other stories, it is an original as well. I have never read this book nor had I heard of it before seeing the movie.
So it is any good? Well, the animation quality is excellent and although it looks just like a Studio Ghibli movie, it's instead made by a different Japanese studio. I liked the film quite a bit. I only really have one quibble...the resolution to the story was very fast and not especially satisfying.