Studio Ponoc surprised many anime fan early on this year when it released the gorgeous Mary and the Witch’s Flower anime film. After a small, but successful run in theaters, now even more fans can see ...

Hiromasa Yonebayashi's magical first effort with upstart Studio Ponoc achieves the same high standard of his work with Studio Ghibli, 'Arriety' and 'When Marnie Was There.' British novelist Mary ...

Mary and The Witch’s Flower is a colorful and visually stunning spectacle, a film that packs plenty of detail within its frames. And while it doesn’t always capture the magic it attempts to display, ...

In 2014, audiences worldwide were stunned to learn Studio Ghibli was halting production on future films following the retirement of its most famous creator, Hayao Miyazaki. The director has since ...

To animation junkies, Studio Ghibli is a rare flower: No other practitioners of the craft in the last four decades have produced as many works of visual beauty and narrative complexity as the Japanese ...

A lovingly crafted fantasy on an epic scale, “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” is a film about transformation made by filmmakers in transition. Directed by Studio Ghibli veteran Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2015 ...

After the legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement a few years ago (luckily, it didn’t seem to take; he announced plans for a new film in 2017), many wondered who would pick up the ...

There’s something heartbreaking to the idea of a child who’s eager to help around the house but creates more of a mess than they end up cleaning. That’s Mary, the title character of Hiromasa ...