 NHK announced on their official website the main cast and supporting staff for Studio Ghibli's 3DCG animated film Aya to Majo on Thursday. The film, an adaptation of Diane Wynne Jones' children's novel Earwig and the Witch, will premiere on NHK General TV at 7:30 p.m. (JST) on December 30.Cast Aya: Kokoro Hirasawa (Tora-san: Boku ga Neko ni Natta Wake live-action film) Bella Yaga: Shinobu Terajima (Oh Lucy! live-action film) Mandrake: Etsushi Toyokawa (Hanbun, Aoi live-action drama) Thomas: Gaku Hamada (Pokemon Movie 21: Minna no Monogatari) Staff Script: Keiko Niwa (Omoide no Marnie), Emi Gunji Animation Director: Tan Seri Character, Stage Setting Draft: Miho Satake (Sorairo Magatama) Character Design: Katsuya Kondou (Mononoke Hime) Background Art: Yuki Takeuchi Animation Producer: Kentarou Morishita (Captain Herlock production coordinator) CG Supervisor: Yukinori Nakamura (Kemushi no Boro) Sound Director: Kouji Kasamatsu (Karigurashi no Arrietty) Dubbing Director: Eriko Kimura (Gake no Ue no Ponyo sound director) Music: Satoshi Takebe (Coquelicot-zaka kara) Production Supervisor: Isao Yoshikuni (Piano no Mori (2018)), Keisuke Tsuchikashi (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen), Kouji Hoshino (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) A band led by Takebe (keyboard) that includes Indonesian singer Sherina Munaf (vocals), Hiroki Kamemoto of GLIM SPANKY (guitar), Kiyokazu Takano of Mrs. GREEN APPLE (bass), and Kavka Shishido (drums) will perform music for the film. Aya to Majo is being directed by Gorou Miyazaki (Coquelicot-zaka kara, Ged Senki) with planning by his father, Hayao Miyazaki (Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa director). Toshio Suzuki (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) is producing the film with Studio Ghibli alongside NHK and NHK Enterprises. Originally set to premiere at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival before the festival was cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Aya to Majo is the second anime film adaptation of one of Jones' novels. Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli adapted her 1986 young-adult fantasy novel Howl's Moving Castle in November 2004, and the film was later nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards. Source: NHK Anime World |
AiimeeNov 12, 2020 4:44 PM
| Oh wow, we finally get more news on this at long last. I wonder if this will get released outside of Japan, I'd like to watch this. |
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xamantra said: I'm not a Ghibli hater, but I don't consider a full-"3DCG" show an anime. It's just an "animated film" not a "weeb's anime". It's been almost 3 years since I last watched a live-action or any full-3dcg shows. I'm ready for the salt. anime = animation made in Japan CGI anime being cheap and souless most of the time is a different issue. |
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xamantra said: I'm not a Ghibli hater, but I don't consider a full-"3DCG" show an anime. It's just an "animated film" not a "weeb's anime". It's been almost 3 years since I last watched a live-action or any full-3dcg shows. I'm ready for the salt. This is the dumbest thing I’ve read so far today |
| Am I too suspicious, or are the Ghibli so successful in the west, not least because of the enormous influence of Western animation on them? Xenocrisi said: xamantra said: I'm not a Ghibli hater, but I don't consider a full-"3DCG" show an anime. It's just an "animated film" not a "weeb's anime". It's been almost 3 years since I last watched a live-action or any full-3dcg shows. I'm ready for the salt. This is the dumbest thing I’ve read so far today This person has clearly not seen 3DCG animations in various Japanese games, many of which look much more anime-ish than any modern ongoings. |
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xamantra said: I'm not a Ghibli hater, but I don't consider a full-"3DCG" show an anime. It's just an "animated film" not a "weeb's anime". It's been almost 3 years since I last watched a live-action or any full-3dcg shows. I'm ready for the salt. Not a Ghibli fan, but using CG is very common these days. All that sakuga of Ufotable is 70% CG filters with 30% 2d animation. And there is a difference between 2016 Berserk and actual good CG. |
| I'm pretty disappointed to learn it's going to be a 3D venture of the Studio. I was hoping and clamouring for a 2D animated film! Personally, I think it's a mistake, most 3D animations from Japan (exceptions are Land of the Lustrous and Demon Slayer) don't exactly hold up very well and often come across as cheap or lazy! Even-tho 3D animation's pretty difficult. |
| Visit my MAL profile and/or add me as a friend at Wxku_shi. |
| looks like shit fr though 3D sucks |
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| The characters model in the poster looks so bad. i don't even want to watch this even if it's free. 😫 |
 Try reading Spy x Family Manga ^_^ U will love it, i promise... |
| wow it will air on TV for free? the TV license profit for this better be huge |
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