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Mary and The Witch's Flower
Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems. From TMDB
32 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Sep 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 10, 2026 · How this works
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Mary and The Witch's Flower is a 2017 animation adventure family film, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, starring Yuki Amami, Ryunosuke Kamiki and Hana Sugisaki.
- 27 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon
- posts span Apr 9, 2023 to Sep 5, 2026
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32 of 32 · most liked firstWe don't talk enough about how good Mary and the Witch's Flower was (both the book and the movie).
positive · AI labelView post →For another Disney-adjacent animated film about a magical school. There's also the Disney-coproduced Japanese-British film Mary and The Witch's Flower. Disney Japan coproduced it along with Studio Ponoc (a studio made up of ex-Ghibli animators) and khara (the creators of Neon Genesis Evangelion).
neutral · AI labelView post →Spirited Away was the first ghibli movie I ever saw and I was instantly in love. That, Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, and Kiki's Delivery Service are all so good! I also love similar works like Ronja the Robber's Daughter and Mary and the Witch's Flower. There's a bunch I still have to see though!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi bluesky today i do a promo with anime movie #promosky my anime movie interests part 3 Summer Wars The Boy and the Beast Your Name Children of the Sea Big Fish & Begonia Mary and the Witch's Flower The Imaginary Suzume Modest Heroes 12 months Comment down blow
neutral · AI labelView post →"Mary and the Witch's Flower" was a really cute and beautifully animated film
positive · AI labelView post →Studio Ghibli *style* movie without being Studio Ghibli? Mary and the Witch's Flower comes to mind. I feel like it has the same vibe.
neutral · AI labelView post →365 Days of Films Day 337 Mary and the Witch's Flower 2017 A really outstanding anime film. It has intriguiging Ghibli esque animation combined with a wonderful story that involves adorable kitties and some weirdo wizards and Witch's. #filmsky #movies #moviesky
positive · AI labelView post →Name: Leiland Goldwell (Gold) Current read: Wandance Last film: Mary and the Witch's Flower Fav book this year: The Blackthron and Grim trilogy by Juliet Marillier Fav watch this year: Izetta the Last Witch + something spooky:
neutral · AI labelView post →If you see this, quote with a gif of the last show/movie you watched. 🎥 #filmsky The last movie I saw was Mary and the Witch's Flower. Technically not a Ghibli film, but clearly inspired by their style and a pretty fun movie overall.
positive · AI labelView post →Naruto (Season 6), The Rose of Versailles & Mary and the Witch's Flower now available to stream on Netflix UK animeblurayuk.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/n...
neutral · AI labelView post →Big Fish & Begonia, Mary and the Witch's Flower and Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS Available to Stream on Amazon Prime Video in the UK animeblurayuk.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →'Mary and the Witch's Flower' from Studio Ponoc was a super sweet movie! Very obviously influenced by Ghibli (in a good way), and while it didn't hit me in the emotions as hard as some Ghibli movies do, I'd watch it again! (🧵 with some spoilers below while I write my thoughts out.) #chetrambles
positive · AI labelView post →"The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart adapted into the animation movie "Mary and the Witch's Flower"
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 Top 4 Movies Released on January 17! What's your fave? 1. Weathering with You (2020) 2. The Philadelphia Story (1941) 3. Juice (1992) 4. Mary and The Witch's Flower (2018) 40 movies released today! Check them out at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →OH ok wikipedia has proved me wrong, one of her children's books became the movie Mary and the Witch's Flower however I still find it bizarre none of her other romantic suspense books were
neutral · AI labelView post →10 Favorite Animated Features Mary and the Witch's Flower Princess Mononoke My Little Pony: The Movie The Hobbit (Rankin/Bass) The Last Unicorn How The Grinch Stole Christmas Heavy Metal Fantasia The Emperor's New Groove Lilo And Stitch
neutral · AI labelView post →2017. MARY AND THE WITCH'S FLOWER After Ghibli temporarily ceased production, Yonebayashi joined Nishimura Yoshiaki's new Studio Ponoc. He directed the studio's first release, based on yet another English book. More energetic than his previous projects, this remains his most recent feature film.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know that it was a fully SUCCESSFUL attempt, but it was an ATTEMPT at least. Hell, when they wanted to make their own film, some of the animators just LEFT Ghibli and formed studio Ponoc to make MARY AND THE WITCH'S FLOWER.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was like "that's not a Ghibli movie, right?". And then I remembered, oh no, I was thinking of Mary and the Witch's Flower. Which was a good movie.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) Mary and the Witch's Flower 1080p (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Anime) (iMDB) 7.1 Cast: Hana Sugisaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yuki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hikari Mitsushima, Jirô Satô»
neutral · AI labelView post →It's June! We're going to continue playing 007 - we didn't make it very far last week, so hopefully we'll start getting into it on Saturday! Wolf's Rain and Bleach continue during our watch party, and anime movie night presents Mary and the Witch's Flower. See you this weekend!
neutral · AI labelView post →7. The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie 8. Suzume 9. Nimona. 10. Ride Your Wave 11. Summer Wars 12. The Imaginary 13. Mary and the Witch's Flower 14. Ni No Kuni
neutral · AI labelView post →Mary and the Witch's Flower is a really good film. Probably my fave Gkids release. youtu.be/u8tsjNYEYKQ?...
positive · AI labelView post →Mary and the Witch's Flower: 8/10 Pretty good movie. Characters were fun and memorable, animation was phenomenal, music was great, and the story was pretty decent. The only problem I had with the movie was the extremely slow beginning, which almost made me stop watching tbh
positive · AI labelView post →Mary and the Witch's Flower The first film by Studio Ponoc, the offshoot studio of Ghibli, and it's directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who directed a couple of Ghibli movies prior. I bring that up because while I like this movie a fair bit, it's very much riding off of Ghibli's coat tails.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mary and the Witch's Flower might be my favorite Hiromasa Yonebayashi movie. It being such an accessible film plays to his strengths, I think. It also feels like if an early Pokemon movie was somehow predominantly animated by former Ghibli talent. It's a pretty comfy watch.
positive · AI labelView post →Today is Yonebayashi Hiromasa's birthday! 🎂 He directed Arrietty and When Marnie Was There at Studio Ghibli, and then Mary and the Witch's Flower and part of Modest Heroes at @ponoc-i.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →4. Movie? Mary and the Witch's Flower 🧹✨
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Mary and the Witch's Flower this morning. Lovely little film. Absolutely nails the Ghibli vibe the studio was going for.
positive · AI labelView post →Mary and the Witch's Flower is a fantastic film youtu.be/9P883TzxWuQ?...
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Mary and The Witch's Flower with some friends yesterday. REALLY good movie. Everytime a new scene happened, I just kept gushing about the backgrounds because they are absolutely breathtaking.
positive · AI labelView post →Just watched Mary and the Witch's Flower again, and it would be one of my favorite Ghibli films... if it were a Ghibli film! The apple doesn't fall far from the tree with Studio Ponoc, and Hiromasa Yonebayashi works much the same magic here as he did with Arrietty and When Marnie Was There. No pun intended. Mary sits comfortably next to such Ghibli heroines as Arrietty, Kiki, and Chihiro. #Anime #MaryAndTheWitchsFlower #StudioPonoc #HiromasaYonebayashi
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