Hayao Miyazaki's "Arya and the Witch the Movie" Long Interview Video Arrives! The film will finally hit the road on August 27!

A long interview with Hayao Miyazaki, the film's planner, about "Arya and the Witch," which will be released in theaters nationwide on August 27, 2021 (Friday), has arrived.

Arya and the Witch" is a children's book by British author Diana Wynne Jones, who is also known as the "Queen of Fantasy" and the author of "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004) directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
The original story was adapted into a film by an elite staff assembled from Japan and abroad under the direction of Hayao Miyazaki, who planned the film, and Goro Miyazaki, who directed it. This is Studio Ghibli's first full 3DCG feature-length animation.

⇒ Studio Ghibli's latest work "Arya and the Witch" will be released in theaters on April 29, 2021 (Thursday, national holiday)! Poster visual and trailer have also been released! (Current release date is August 27)

Arya and the Witch" has been selected as an Official Selection at the 2020 Cannes International Film Festival, and is now being released in North America and Australia, as well as in Europe and Asian countries. Amidst great attention and expectations overseas, the film was broadcast in Japan on NHK General TV on December 30, 2011. After the broadcast, Ghibli's new heroine, Arya's strong and dedicated figure became a topic of conversation and rave reviews.

After receiving a great response both in Japan and abroad, "Arya and the Witch" was decided to be released in theaters in Japan!
From the beginning, the film's visuals and sound have been produced to film standards, with some new cuts added, and "Arya and the Witch the Movie" will be brought to the big screen in theaters on August 27, 2021 (Friday), after a delay in its release. In addition, the film will be screened in Dolby Cinema, which provides an immersive experience with state-of-the-art sound and image technology.

A long interview with Hayao Miyazaki, who planned the visualization of "Arya and the Witch," has now arrived!

After the film was completed, we interviewed Mr. Hayao Miyazaki directly. In the video, he talks about the impetus for bringing the children's book "Arya and the Witch" into the film project, the process that led to the hiring of director Goro Miyazaki, the appeal of the film and Arya's character, and episodes with the original author, Diana Wynne Jones.

Long Interview with Hayao Miyazaki] "Arya and the Witch" Commemorating the August 27 release of "Arya and the Witch the Movie

Among his impressions of the preview,
I think it was very hard to make that one, so much so that I'm really praising it without giving it away. But straight away, I said to myself, "Arya can't lose! I'm going to stay here! I'm really happy that she didn't stray from her resolution to make the film. I wondered how they would do it with CG, but I had no complaints about that either. So when the staff came back after watching the preview, they sat down and said, "Oh, that was fun. That's the biggest compliment I can give.
He evaluated the film.

The film is liberated by the fact that it is CG instead of pencil," he said, giving his approval to Studio Ghibli's new attempt at 3DCG.

Arya and the Witch" will open in theaters nationwide on August 27 (Fri.). See Ghibli in theaters!

＜ Comment by Hayao Miyazaki
When I came across the children's book "Arya and the Witch," I thought it was such a great project.
Arya's cunning is not about being cunning.
It is something that everyone used to have and somehow lost.
It is something we need in order to live in these times.
─ ─ Shun Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki

Film information
Arya and the Witch
Opening in theaters nationwide on August 27, 2021 (Friday)

Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Hiroyuki Hirasawa, Sherina Munaf

Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones, translated by Kaoruko Tanaka, illustrated by Miho Satake, published by Tokuma Shoten
Planning: Hayao Miyazaki
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Music: Satoshi Takebe
Theme Song: Sherina Munaf (Yamaha Music Communications)
Studio Ghibli film
Distributor: Toho

＜Synopsis

Arya is a 10-year-old girl who grew up as an orphan,
Arya, a 10 year old orphan girl, lives a life without any difficulties in a children's home where she can do anything she wants.

Then, Arya is visited by a flamboyant woman named Bela Yaga,
Arya is visited by a pair of suspicious-looking men: a flamboyant woman who calls herself Vera Yaga and a tall man named Mandrake.
Arya is taken in by them.

I am a witch. I brought you here because I needed help.
If you teach me magic, I'll be your aunt's assistant.

Arya begins working as Bella Yaga's assistant on the condition that she will teach her magic.
However, Arya is always pushed around and never learns a single piece of magic.

For the first time in her life, Arya finds that everything around her is not as she would like it to be,
She begins to fight back with the help of Thomas, a black cat who knows the secrets of magic. ......

What's wrong with me?

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