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. I only really have one quibble.the resolution to the story was very fast and not especially satisfying. 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 have never read this book nor had I heard of it before seeing the movie. 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. What's next? Well, it's a bit like "Frankenstein".but you'll have to see for yourself. 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. 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. When the story begins, Mary seems to be a pretty ordinary young girl. In many ways, "Mary and the Witch's Flower" is like taking Kiki from that classic movie and sending her to Hogwarts! Seriously. 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.
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