A normal girl gets magical powers for a night in Studio Ponoc`s MARY AND THE WITCH`S FLOWER, coming to home video in North America. Image courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. © 2017 Source: Source: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Official Site: maryflower.jp (Japan), gkids.com/films/mary-and-the-witchs-flower (US) On May 1st, the acclaimed anime film MARY AND THE WITCH`S FLOWER (????????, Meari to Majo no Hana, 2017) comes to Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital) and DVD from GKIDS and Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Academy Award nominee Hiromasa Yonebayashi, director of WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (????????, Omoide no Maanii, 2014) and THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (????????????, Karigurashi no Arrietty, 2010) and key animator on SPIRITED AWAY (????????, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, 2001), presents a dazzling new adventure about a young girl who discovers a flower that grants her magical powers -- but only for one night. Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great-Aunt Charlotte when she discovers an old broomstick and the strange flower that blossoms only once every seven years. Suddenly, Mary finds herself whisked away to Endor College -- a school of magic run by Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But the school is not all that it seems, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try to set things right. Distributor: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Street Date: May 1, 2018 Run Time: 103 Minutes Rating: PG
Images courtesy of Universal Studios Home Entertainment. © 2017 Blu-ray Combo Pack UPC: 1-9132-90559-2-2 Unit Type: Standard Number of Media: 2 Packaging: Snap Case with Slip Sleeve SRP: $29.98 Disc 1: BD-50 (Single Sided) Layers: Single Picture: 1.85:1 Widescreen / Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: English DTS-HD 5.1, Japanese DTS-HD 5.1 Subtitles: English SDH, French Bonus Features: • Includes a digital copy of MMARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER • NTV Special: Creating MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER • A Special Conversation: SEKAI NO OWARI, Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura • Film Completion Press Conference • Theatrical Promotional Movie • Interview with the Filmmakers • Trailers • TV Spots Disc 2: DVD-9 (Single Sided) Layers: Single Picture: 1.85:1 Widescreen / Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Subtitles: English SDH, French Bonus Features: • NTV Special: Creating MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER • A Special Conversation: SEKAI NO OWARI, Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura • Film Completion Press Conference • Theatrical Promotional Movie • Interview with the Filmmakers • Trailers • TV Spots
Images courtesy of Universal Studios Home Entertainment. © 2017 DVD UPC: 1-9132-90559-1-5 Unit Type: Standard Number of Media: 1 Packaging: Snap Case with Slip Sleeve SRP: $22.98 Disc Type: DVD-9 (Single Sided) Layers: Single Picture: 1.85:1 Widescreen / Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Subtitles: English SDH, French Bonus Features: • NTV Special: Creating MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER • A Special Conversation: SEKAI NO OWARI, Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura • Film Completion Press Conference • Theatrical Promotional Movie • Interview with the Filmmakers • Trailers • TV Spots
About Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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About Studio Ponoc
Studio Ponoc is the new home of the next generation of creative minds behind films from the award-winning Studio Ghibli, which has delighted audiences with its breathtaking films for over 30 years including SPIRITED AWAY and PONYO. Studio Ponoc’s Oscar-nominated founder Yoshiaki Nishimura (THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA and WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE) brought together Oscar-nominated Hiromasa ‘Maro’ Yonebayashi (ARRIETTY and WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE) with former Studio Ghibli animators and artists, and other renowned animators and artists, to create new films in the famed tradition of the breathtakingly beautiful hand-drawn and hand-painted animated works of Studio Ghibli.
About GKIDS
GKIDS is a distributor of award-winning animation for both adult and family audiences. Theatrical releases include Tomm Moore’s Oscar nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS, Michel Ocelot’s acclaimed AZUR & ASMAR, European Film Award Best Animated Feature winner MIA AND THE MIGOO, Nina Paley’s multiple-award-winning SITA SINGS THE BLUES, and Japan Academy Prize winner SUMMER WARS by Mamoru Hosoda. Upcoming GKIDS releases include 2011 Berlin official selection A CAT IN PARIS and Annecy winner ELEANOR`S SECRET. GKIDS is also producer of New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival, North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens. NYICFF is an Oscar-qualifying event and jury members include Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon, Gus van Sant, Matthew Modine, James Schamus, Michel Ocelot, and Christine Vachon.
For more information on MARY AND THE WITCH`S FLOWER, please see the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan: