Abandoning Hand-drawn Animation, Studio Ghibli Announces Its First CGI Film

Abandoning Hand-drawn Animation, Studio Ghibli Announces Its First CGI Film – Studio Ghibli will create computer animation for the first time.

For those of you who don’t know that Studio Ghibli has long been making animations in the traditional way or drawn by hand. Although made in a traditional way, they managed to produce a number of famous films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirit Away. After decades passed, the Japanese animation studio finally made a very big decision. The decision was to end their traditional ways and switch to releasing animated films entirely using computers.

Entertainment Weekly reports that the film, titled Aya and The Witch, will premiere on Japan’s NHK this winter. Legendary director Hayo Miyazaki has been involved with the planning of this project. Although this task should have gone to his son Goro Miyazaki, who previously directed the films Tales from Earthsea and From Up on Poppy Hill.

Studio Ghibli New Film Adaptation

According to NHK, the film will be an adaptation of Earwig and The Witch, a 2011 children’s book. The book was written by Dianan Wynee Jones which tells the story of an orphan girl. The girl must use her wits to survive in the magical house of the witch who adopted her. This will be the second time after Jones’ story which was adapted by Ghibli, namely Howl’s Moving Castle in 2004.

Until now, it is not known whether after its screening on Japanese TV, Aya and The Witch will be available in countries outside of Japan. While this is still a secret, fans of Ghibli animation can now enjoy their work more easily. Because currently most of the Studio Ghibli movies are available on streaming services on the recently launched HBO Max.

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