Mary and the Witch’s Flower Reportedly Opening May 2018

Earlier this month, Altitude Films released the first English dubbed trailer for Mary and the Witch’s Flower, the first anime film from Studio Ponoc, directed by the Academy Award-nominated Studio Ghibli alumni Hiromasa Yonebayashi (When Marnie Was There). Now, Launching Films has seemingly confirmed a 18 May, 2018 UK theatrical release for the film.

The English dub stars Ruby Barnhill (Steven Spielberg’s The BFG), Kate Winslet (Titanic), Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting). AnimeNewsNetwork describes the film’s story, inspired by Mary Stewart’s The Little Broomstick, as:

It is Tib the black cat who leads Mary to the strange flower in the woods. When she discovers a little broomstick shortly afterwards, she is astonished to feel it jump in to action. Before she can gather her wits, it is whisking her over the treetops, above the clouds, and in to the grounds of Endor College, where: ‘All Examinations Coached for by A Competent Staff of Fully-Qualified Witches.’

Mary and the Witch’s Flower opened in Japan on 8th July 2017 and is set to open in both the US and Australia on 18 January, 2018.

Source: AnimeNewsNetwork.