By the end she's essentially the same character she was in the beginning. I also don't enjoy the fact that Mary does not learn a thing throughout the course of the film. It was an okay film on its own, but it felt like a huge betrayal for all fans of the original Earthsea books. Studio Ghibli had this same problem with Tales from Earthsea. Studio Ponoc has essentially taken a quintessentially British children's novel and turned its mood, its atmosphere on its head, adding in a lot of unneeded anime tropes and visuals. I have not read the original novel, The Little Broomstick, but I'm somewhat familiar with Mary Stewart, the author. Which is why, it's my sad duty to inform you that the script is rather awful. The musical score is also nice, the voice actors are extremely talented and the whole film has this warm, inviting, fairytale-esque feeling to it. The character and set designs are amazing to look at, everything moves with graze and effortless fluidity, and there isn't a hair out of place, figuratively speaking. This is some of the most beautiful, vibrant, lush, detailed and gorgeous animation I've ever seen. And this is reflected in the quality of animation. Studio Ponoc was founded by former Studio Ghibli employees and a lot of its animators worked for Ghibli as well. She manages to bewitch a broom, which takes her to the Endor College for witches. In it a young girl, Mary Smith, has moved to the countryside and is out exploring one day when she stumbles upon a mystical flower, which has the power to grant her magical abilities. Mary and the Witch's Flower is the first feature film made by Studio Ponoc and the third film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who previously worked for Studio Ghibli. Reviewed by Vartiainen 5 / 10 Beautiful animation, so-and-so story Featuring the voices of Ruby Barnhill and Academy Award-winners Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent. 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. 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. 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. 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. Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great-Aunt Charlotte and seemingly no adventures or friends in sight.
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