Studio Ghibli and NHK posted the first visuals from the studio’s first CG feature, Goro Miyazaki’s anime of Diana Wynne Jones’ Earwig and the Witch (Aya to Majo) novel, on Friday.
Goro Miyazaki directed the Tales from Earthsea and From Up On Poppy Hill anime films at Studio Ghibli, and also directed the Internationa Emmy-winning Ronja the Robber’s Daughter CG anime series at Polygon Pictures, with assistance by Studio Ghibli.
Goro Miyazaki is directing the movie as the studio’s first full 3D CG feature, and Hayao Miyazaki is credited for the movie’s planning and development.
Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle also inspired a 2004 anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, and the film earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.