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  1. Sep 25, 2017 · Mary is an approachable, entertaining heroine who starts off the film with some minor self-doubts: she hates her bushy red hair, and she has the usual worries of a kid facing a new school. Later ...

    • Tasha Robinson
  2. Jan 18, 2018 · Based on “The Little Broomstick,” a durably popular novel by Mary Stewart, and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” is a charming children’s entertainment ...

    • Hiromasa Yonebayashi
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  4. Jan 18, 2018 · Note: this review is based on a viewing of the English dubbed version. Mary and the Witch's Flower opens dramatically, as a flame-haired witch flees a burning castle, pursued by creatures that ...

  5. Mary and the Witch's Flower ( Japanese: メアリと魔女の花, Hepburn: Meari to Majo no Hana) is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, produced by Studio Ponoc founder Yoshiaki Nishimura, animated by Studio Ponoc, and distributed by Toho in Japan. Based on the 1971 book The Little Broomstick ...

    • メアリと魔女の花
    • The Little Broomstick, by Mary Stewart
  6. Jan 19, 2018 · The action sequences are intricate and thrilling. “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” is based on The Little Broomstick, a 1971 children’s novel by popular British author Mary Stewart (who just died in 2014). It’s not hard to picture J.K. Rowling reading The Little Broomstick as a child, getting swept away by the story of a regular kid (who ...

  7. Jan 16, 2018 · The story concerns a lonely 10-year-old who discovers a broomstick in the woods, along with a magical flower, whose bluebell-like blooms can transform her into a powerful witch, one night at a time.

  8. Apr 27, 2018 · Mary and the Witch’s Flower feels truly timeless, an animated classic in waiting that will delight audiences both young and old. Hiromasa Yonebayashi has captured the very essence of Studio Ghibli for this first Studio Ponoc effort; but whereas Miyazaki and Takahata peppered their films with deeper political messages, his humble aim is to ...