The fate of Studio Ghibli may be in limbo, but Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s future is starting next summer.
The haunting melody that plays during the trailer comes courtesy of Takatsugu Muramatsu, another staff member with a connection to Studio Ghibli.
It’s unclear whether that arrival will be in theaters or home video, but either way, it looks like this continuation of the Ghibli spirit will eventually be made available to anime fans outside Japan.
Cribbing from the Ghibli playbook, the story is an adaptation of a work of children’s literature: British author Mary Stewart’s 1971 novel The Little Broomstick.