Mary meets Madam Mumblechook and Doctor Dee at the magical Endor College. The Little Broomstick whisks Mary away to a complex of buildings in the clouds, known as Endor College for witches. The bulb releases magical power, making the broomstick come to life and enabling Mary to ride it like a witch. Tib-cat leads Mary to a broomstick but she accidentally bursts a fly-by-night bulb on it. The gardener identifies the flowers as "fly-by-night" legend has it that witches covet the flower for its magical power. Tib-cat and Gib-cat, Peter's cats, lead Mary to some mysterious glowing flowers. A local boy named Peter teases her for her clumsiness and wild red hair.
The bored, friendless girl tries to make herself useful through chores, but repeatedly messes up. Mary Smith moves into the northern English country estate of her Great Aunt Charlotte. Mary gains magical powers after finding a mysterious broomstick. Actors Sugisaki, Amami and Kamiki have had prior experience performing in previous Studio Ghibli works. Yuki Amami and six other cast members were announced on May 23.
The film was publicly announced with its poster visual on December 14, 2016, and its lead voice actor Hana Sugisaki was announced on February 23, 2017. It was called Mary and the Witch's Flower, New Translation (Translation by Toshiya Echizen, Yuki Nakata ) and was published by Kadokawa. It was originally released in Japan on 1975 as Small Magic Broom (Translation by Kyoko Kakegawa / illustration by Akahoshi Akira Mamoru) and republished on 2017 due to the release of this film adaptation. It is based on 1971 British children's story The Little Broomstick by Mary Stuart (1916 - 2014). Additionally, 80% of the staff that were involved in this film had previously worked at Ghibli. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, director of The Secret World of Arrietty and When Marnie Was There, and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, who worked alongside Isao Takahata in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, had left Ghibli to found Studio Ponoc on April 15, 2015, to produce this film. The film began life following the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki and the shutting down of the production side of Studio Ghibli in 2014. It premiere in Japan on July 8, 2017, by Toho while the English-language dubbed and subtitled version was released concurrently in the United States on January 19, 2018, by GKIDS. Mary and the Witch's Flower (メアリと魔女の花, Meari to Majo no Hana) is an Japanese animated feature films and produced by Studio Ponoc and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and produced Yoshiaki Nishimura.
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