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WATCH: Studio Ghibli releases trailer for first CGI film ‘Earwig and the Witch’

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WATCH: Studio Ghibli releases trailer for first CGI film ‘Earwig and the Witch’

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The upcoming 3D film is directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Goro Miyazaki

Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli is coming out with their first ever 3D computer-generated animated film called Earwig and the Witch, an animation style that deviates from like their usual 2D, hand-drawn style.

GKIDS Films, the studio behind Studio Ghibli North America, released the English-dubbed trailer on Wednesday, December 23. The film centers follows British orphan Earwig as he discovers a world of magic, spells, potions, and secrets under the same roof of her adoptive mother-turned-evil-witch.

WATCH: Studio Ghibli releases trailer for first CGI film ‘Earwig and the Witch’

Earwig and the Witch’s characters are voiced by Taylor Paige Henderson, Richard E. Grant, Dan Stevens, and country singer Kacey Musgraves, who also sang the English version of the film’s theme song.

The film is directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Goro Miyazaki, the son of Hayao Miyazaki, the brain behind Ghibli classics Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Spirited Away. It is produced by co-founder Toshio Suzuki, and is based on the children’s novel by Diana Wynne Jones.

According to an Entertainment Weekly report, the film will be released in Japan late December 2020, while viewers in the US are to expect an early 2021 premiere. – Rappler.com

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