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Earwig and the Witch (special)

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Alternative title:
Aya e a Feiticeira (Portuguese)
Aya et la Sorcière (French)
Āya to Majo (Japanese)
Aya und die Hexe (German)
Earwig e la strega (Italian)
Earwig y la bruja (Spanish)
アーヤと魔女 (Japanese)
Genres: magic
Themes: witches
Plot Summary: Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald's, disguised as foster parents. Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness—with a lot of help from a talking cat—she decides to show the witch who's boss.
Ratings: 42 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:9, dub:8)
 Decent: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:3)
 So-so: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (others:1
1 German subtitled
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 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 52 s, rank: #6678 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 5.976 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.581, rank: #7766 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.008 (Decent), rank: #7470 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.01)
Bayesian estimate: 6.355 (Decent+), rank: #5925 (of 7635)
Running time: 82 minutes
Vintage:
2020-10-18 (, Lumière Grand Lyon Film Festival)
2020-12-30 (Japan, NHK)
2021-04-30 (Spain)
2021-07-21 (Italy)
2021-07-29 (Portugal)
2021-08-27 (Japan, theatrical screening)
Release dates: We have 5
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Earwig and the Witch (Jan 31, 2021)
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Earwig And The Witch [Steelbook] (Blu-ray) 2021-09-27 (from $29.04)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Earwig and the Witch (BD+DVD) 2021-04-06 (from $19.96)
    Earwig and the Witch [SteelBook] (BD+DVD) 2021-04-06 (from $25.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Earwig and the Witch (DVD) 2021-04-06 (from $13.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Screenplay:
Keiko Niwa
Original creator: Diana Wynne Jones (novel "Earwig and the Witch")
Original Character Design: Miho Satake
Character Design: Katsuya Kondō
Sound Director: Kōji Kasamatsu
Cgi Director: Yukinori Nakamura
Producer: Toshio Suzuki

ing Manager: Noriyoshi Tamagawa
Advertising:
Yumiko Nishimura
Animation:
Zu Qi Xu
Animation Technical :
Takaya Naitō
Assistant Director: Emi Gunji
Auditor: Hirotaka Nakao
Background Art:
Yūya Takeda
Business Development: Chiyoshi Tanaka
Business Development Manager: Shin Hashida
Casting Affairs:
Takuya Ōno
CG Animation Director: Seri Tan
Character Merchandise Development:
Tomomi Imai
Character Modeling:
Yuya Fukuda
Character Rigging:
Takahiro Nowatari
Color Management: Tomohiro Hasegawa (IMAGICA Lab.)
Data Conform: Naoto Hosonuma (IMAGICA Lab.)
Digital Cinema Mastering: Miho Takatsuka (IMAGICA Lab.)
End Credits Production: Hideki Takeuchi
Engineering Assistant:
Masato Abe
Financial Affairs:
Takayasu Itō
Financial Affairs Manager: Noriyoshi Tamagawa
General Affairs:
Yūko Yamada
General Affairs Manager: Daisuke Nishikata
Lab Coordinator:
Takeshi Kojima (IMAGICA Lab.)
Liberal Arts Coordinator:
Nozomu Ito
Manipulator: Takahiro Iida
Modeling Reference:
Yusuke Kojima
Music Performance:
Yūko Nakakita
Music Production:
Yui Inagaki (Halftone Music)
Music Recording Engineer: Yoshinori Waraya
Original Stage Setting: Miho Satake
Overseas Promotion:
Yan Wen Ma
Photography:
Yutaro Tada
Photography Technical : Takafumi Nakayama
Planning: Hayao Miyazaki
Post-Production Director: Eriko Kimura
President Room: Yasutoshi Fujita
Producer Room:
Shuhei Tadano
Production:
Koji Hoshino
Production Advancement:
Yumi Nogami
Production Affairs:
Yuri Izuta
Production Affairs Manager: Shinsuke Nonaka
Production Assistant:
Yuki Yokota
Production Cooperation:
Yosuke Miyake
Production producer: Kentaro Morishita
Production Supervision:
Keisuke Tsuchihashi
Promotion Room:
Yūsuke Tajima (Ghibli Park)
Publishing:
Yuri Morita
Publishing Manager: Chinami Tai
Recording: Shuji Suzuki
Recording Adjustment: Kōji Kasamatsu
Recording Assistant:
Emi Andō
Simulation:
Yutaka Iwama
Sound Production: Tamaki Kojo
Special Effects:
Yūsaku Yamada
Studio Coordinator:
Yūya Kurihara (Hinokiya Studio)
Studio Engineer: Daisuke Yokoyama
System Management: Noriyuki Kitakawachi
Technical : Shinichiro Koshi
Theme Song Composition: Satoshi Takebe
Theme Song Lyrics: Goro Miyazaki
Theme Song Performance: Sherina Munaf
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio Ghibli
Digital Lab: IMAGICA Lab.
Music Production: Halftone Music
Music Recording:
Sound Inn Studios
Production Assistance:
Zinou Pharmaceutics, Inc.
Sound Effects Production: Digital Circus
Sound Production Assistance:
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Theme Song Production: Yamaha Music Communications
English cast
English staff
Translation: Don Brown
Producer:
Stephanie Sheh

Accent Coach: Taylor Lawrence
Additional Casting:
Rodney Uhler
ADR Writer: Tony Oliver
Audio Editor: Chelsey Cohen
Audio Engineer: Michael Schneider
Casting Director: Stephanie Sheh
Printmaster: Gary Coppola
Production Assistant:
Zoe Martin 
Production Supervision: Clark Cheng
Recording engineer: Michael Sinterniklaas
Remote Recording Coordinator: Chelsey Cohen
Script Supervision:
Stephanie Sheh
Song Adaptation: Tony Oliver ("Don't Disturb Me")
Song Editing: Jared Faber
Song Mixing: Jared Faber
Theme Song Performance: Kacey Musgraves ("Don't Disturb Me")
Voice Direction: Michael Sinterniklaas

Dan Stevens as Thomas
Kacey Musgraves as Earwig's Mother
Richard E. Grant as The Mandrake
Vanessa Marshall as Bella Yaga

Alex Cartaña as Assistant Matron
Eva Kaminsky as Assistant Cook
JB Blanc as Mr. Jenkins
Logan Hannan as Custard
Pandora Colin as Matron
Summer Jenkins as Phyllis
Tom Bromhead as Cook

English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Distributor: Shout! Factory (USA)
Internet Streaming: HBO Max (USA)
Licensed by:
Man Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Hervé Icovic
ADR Script:
Shoko Takahashi

Assistant ADR Director: Ouahiba Djema
Recording engineer: Marim Hoxha
Sound Mixing: Marim Hoxha

Micha Lescot as Thomas
Rafaëlle Cohen as La mère d'Aya
Sylvia Bergé as Bella Yaga
Thierry Hancisse as Mandrake

Anatole Jamet as Custard
Hélène Babu as La directrice de l'orphelinat
Marlène Goulard as Thelma
French companies
Dubbing Studio: BHI - By Hervé Icovic
Licensed by: Wild Bunch
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
ADR Director:
Luis Leonardo Suárez (Mexican dub)
Translation:
Luis Leonardo Suárez (Mexican dub)
ADR Script:
Luis Leonardo Suárez (Mexican dub)

ADR Coordination: Tomás García (Spain dub)
Mix Engineer:
Jesús Javier Sáiz Salso (Spain dub)
Theme Song Adaptation: Jazmín Abuín (Spain dub)
Theme Song Performance: Jazmín Abuín (Spain dub)
Amanda Hinojosa as Earwig (Mexican dub)
Cristina Yuste as Earwig (Spain dub)
Lourdes Fabrés as Earwig (Catalan dub)

Abraham Aguilar as The Mandrake (Spain dub)
Alex De Porrata as Thomas (Catalan dub)
Carlo Vázquez as Thomas (Mexican dub)
Gloria Gonzalez as Bella Yaga (Catalan dub)
Jaume Solà as Custard (Catalan dub)
Jazmín Abuín as Earwig's Mother (Spain dub)
Jordi Salas as Mandràgora (Catalan dub)
Jose Luis Orozco as Mandrágora (Mexican dub)
Pepa Castro as Bella Yaga (Spain dub)
Raúl Rojo as Thomas (Spain dub)
Rommy Mendoza as Bella Yaga (Mexican dub)

Amparo Bravo as Custard (Spain dub)
Ana Ángeles García as Matron (Spain dub)
Ana María Camps as Cuinera (Catalan dub)
Andrea Alzuri as Teacher (Spain dub)
Armando Réndiz as Sr. Jenkins (Mexican dub)
Carles Lladó as Títols (Catalan dub)
Eduardo Gutierrez as
Cook (Spain dub)
Mr. Jenkins (Spain dub)
Iris Lago as Delma (Catalan dub)
Jesús Pérez Benito as Announcer (Spain dub)
Lourdes Fabrés as Mare de l'Earwig (Catalan dub)
María Blanco as Assistant Matron (Spain dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Matrona (Catalan dub)
Mayte Mira as Phyllis (Spain dub)
Rocio Garcel as Matrona (Mexican dub)
Sebastian Albavera as Custard (Mexican dub)
Toni Astigarraga as Sr. Jenkins (Catalan dub)

Ivan Canovas (Catalan dub)
Mariona Bosch (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio:
Perfect Sound (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Netflix
Licensed by: Vértigo Films (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Massimiliano Alto
Translation: sco Nicodemo
Executive producer:
Romina Franzini

Dialogues: Roberta Bonuglia
Dubbing Assistant: Giulia Nofri
Dubbing Engineer: Lorenzo Schirru
Press Manager:
Georgette Ranucci
Ilaria Pellicone as Erica (Aya)

Caterina Shulha as Mamma di Erica
Daniela Calò as Bella Yaga
Pino Insegno as Mandragora (The Mandrake)

Liliana Sorrentino as Manageress
Italian companies
Distributor: Lucky Red
Dubbing: Iyuno-SDI Group
German staff
German cast
Dubbing Director: Sabine Bohlmann
ADR Script: Sabine Bohlmann

Angelina Markiefka as Ayas Mutter
Götz Otto as Mandrake
Kathrin Gaube as Bella Yaga
Markus Pfeiffer as Thomas

Jona Timmermanns as Pudding
Rosalie Seidl as Phyllis
Sabine Bohlmann as Dämon
Tatjana Pokorny as Stellvertretende Heimleiterin
Thomas Wenke as Koch
Uschi Wolff as Heimleiterin
German companies
Dubbing: Neue Tonfilm
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian cast
Dubbing Director: Alexander Filchenko
Translation: Sonya Samoilova

Recording engineer: Alexander Filchenko
Theme Song Lyrics: Tatiana Moskalenko
Theme Song Performance: Elena Dvurekova
Russian companies
Dubbing Studio: Reanimedia
Licensed by: Russian Report
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director:
Marco Aurélio Campos (Brazilian dub)
Translation:
Beatriz Corrêa (Brazilian dub)
Producer:
Nathalie Syllos (Brazilian dub)

Audio Captation: Ademir Domingues (Brazilian dub)
Music Director: Cidalia Castro (Brazilian dub)
Recording engineer:
Thiago A. Xavier (Brazilian dub)
Sound Mixing:
Przemysław Kruszewski (Portugal dub)
Gigi Patta as Earwig (Brazilian dub)
Isabel Queirós as Aya (Portugal dub)

Cidalia Castro as Mãe da Earwig (Brazilian dub)
Diego Marques as Thomas (Brazilian dub)
Isabel Carvalho as Bella Yaga (Portugal dub)
Joana Costa as Mãe da Aya (Portugal dub)
Jorge Paupério as Mandrake (Portugal dub)
Luiz Carlos Persy as Mandrake (Brazilian dub)
Mabel Cezar as Bella Yaga (Brazilian dub)
Tiago Araújo as Thomas (Portugal dub)

Beatriz Singer as Sally (Brazilian dub)
Carolina Alegria as Thelma (Portugal dub)
Cecília Lemes as Matrona (Brazilian dub)
Érica Kou as Thelma (Brazilian dub)
Faduli Costa as Sr. Jenkins (Brazilian dub)
Israel Barbosa as Custard (Brazilian dub)
Teca Pinkovai as Professora (Brazilian dub)
Valenthina Rodarte as Phyllis (Brazilian dub)
Valentina Rodarthe as Phyllis (Brazilian dub)

Beatriz Singer (Brazilian dub)
Priscila Franco (Brazilian dub)
Teca Pinkovai (Brazilian dub)
Valenthina Rodarte (Brazilian dub)
Valentina Rodarthe (Brazilian dub)
Portuguese companies
ADR Production: Iyuno-SDI Group
Distributor: Outsider Films (Portugal)
Dubbing Studio:
Unidub (Brazilian dub)
Internet Streaming: Netflix (PT-speaking regions)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Translation: J&T Contents
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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