Original title: Ghibli’s “Aya and the Witch” released a new trailer and will be released on August 27. Source: 3DM finishing
The 3DCG theatrical animation “Aya and the Witch”, which was postponed due to the epidemic, released a new trailer today (June 17), and confirmed the new schedule, which will be released in Japan on August 27.“Aya and the Witch” is produced by Japanese animation studio Ghibli, directed by Goro Miyazaki, and planned by Hayao Miyazaki.
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The content of the work is based on the adaptation of the novel “Earwig and the Witch” by the British writer Diana Winnie Jones. The plot describes the story of a young girl living in an orphanage who was adopted by a man and woman who can use magic one day. .
Aya, who lives in an orphanage, met a man and a woman in the yard who wanted to adopt her. The other said that they needed Anya to be their magic assistant. Thinking that there would be a chance to learn magic in the future, Anya agreed to the other party’s request.
But Anya, who came to the other party’s residence, lived a life of dealing with big and small chores every day, and did not learn any magic at all. After being bored with all this, Anya began to want to act according to her own will to fight back against the current life situation.
“Aya and the Witch” was first aired on the NHK integrated channel on December 30, 2020 in the form of a TV animation, and then publicly shown in theaters all over Japan as a movie animation. It was originally scheduled to be released on April 29, 2021, but was postponed due to the impact of the new crown epidemic.