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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. 
User Ratings: 42 ratings have been given [details]
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 Excellent: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:9, dub:8)
 Decent: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 So-so: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (others:1
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Seen in part or in whole by 51 users, rank: #6757 (of 10059)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 5.976 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.581, rank: #7833 (of 10234)
Weighted mean: 6.008 (Decent), rank: #7537 (of 10234) (seen all: 6.01)
Bayesian estimate: 6.355 (Decent+), rank: #5969 (of 7688)
Running time: 82 minutes 
Vintage:
2020-10-18 (France, 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 - [AU] (Blu-ray) 2021-06-02 (from $16.90)
    Earwig And The Witch [Steelbook] (Blu-ray) 2021-09-27 (from $30.13)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Earwig and the Witch (BD+DVD) 2021-04-06 (from $25.08)
    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)
DVD (Region 4)
    Earwig and the Witch (DVD) 2021-06-02 (from $24.25)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Goro Miyazaki 
Screenplay:
Emi Gunji 
Keiko Niwa 
Music: Satoshi Takebe 
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 

Accounting Manager: Noriyoshi Tamagawa 
Assistant Director: Emi Gunji 
Auditor: Hirotaka Nakao 
Business Development: Chiyoshi Tanaka 
Business Development Manager: Shin Hashida 
CG Animation Director: Seri Tan 
Character Merchandise Development:
Hiroyuki Ichikawa 
Jian Dai 
Mika Yasuda 
Tomomi Imai 
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:
Keisuke Narita 
Masato Abe 
Financial Affairs:
Junko Itō 
Nobuko Toba 
Takayasu Itō 
Financial Affairs Manager: Noriyoshi Tamagawa 
Foley: Mika Yamaguchi 
General Affairs Manager: Daisuke Nishikata 
Lab Coordinator:
Kazunori Nagasawa (IMAGICA Lab.) 
Takeshi Kojima (IMAGICA Lab.) 
Manipulator: Takahiro Iida 
Music Performance:
Hiroki Kamemoto (GLIM SPANKY; guitar; theme songs) 
Kavka Shishido (drums; theme songs) 
Kiyokazu Takano (Mrs. GREEN APPLE; bass; theme songs) 
Minako Kawae 
Naomi Urushibara 
Rie Yoshihara 
Ryōji Ihara 
Satoshi Shōji 
Satoshi Takebe (keyboard; theme songs) 
Takashi Adachi 
Tetsuro Toyama 
Yoshihiro Kawamura 
Yūko Nakakita 
Music Production:
Takatoshi Horino (Halftone Music) 
Yui Inagaki (Halftone Music) 
Music Recording Engineer: Yoshinori Waraya 
Original Stage Setting: Miho Satake 
Photography Technical Support: Takafumi Nakayama 
Planning: Hayao Miyazaki 
Post-Production Director: Eriko Kimura 
President Room: Yasutoshi Fujita 
Production Advancement:
Kou Yokota 
Risa Sanada 
Yumi Nogami 
Production Affairs Manager: Shinsuke Nonaka 
Production Cooperation:
Mamiko Hotta 
Miho Sada 
Takuo Murase 
Yosuke Miyake 
Production producer: Kentaro Morishita 
Production Supervision:
Isao Yoshikuni 
Keisuke Tsuchihashi 
Promotion Room:
Ayano Fujiwara (Ghibli Park) 
Kana Sakurai (Ghibli Park) 
Manami Meguro (Ghibli Park) 
Mayu Naitō (Ghibli Park) 
Rō Nakashima (Ghibli Park) 
Takako Matsuo (Ghibli Park) 
Yuka Ohashi (Ghibli Park) 
Yūki Yazawa (Ghibli Park) 
Yūsuke Tajima (Ghibli Park) 
Publishing Manager: Chinami Tai 
Recording: Shuji Suzuki 
Recording Adjustment: Kōji Kasamatsu 
Recording Assistant:
Chihiro Matsuda 
Emi Andō 
Sound Production: Tamaki Kojo 
Studio Coordinator:
Akiko Nagatsuka (Hinokiya Studio) 
Chiaki Tachikawa 
Fumihito Hayakawa 
Kazato Usui (Hinokiya Studio) 
Kyoko Konishi (Hinokiya Studio) 
Maasa Murase (Hinokiya Studio) 
Megumi Takahashi (Hinokiya Studio) 
Sadaaki Nishinoo 
Takashi Endō (Hinokiya Studio) 
Tsubasa Ichimura (Hinokiya Studio) 
Yūya Kurihara (Hinokiya Studio) 
Studio Engineer: Daisuke Yokoyama 
System Management: Noriyuki Kitakawachi 
Technical Support: Shinichiro Koshi 
Theme Song Composition: Satoshi Takebe 
Theme Song Lyrics: Goro Miyazaki 
Theme Song Performance: Sherina Munaf 
Kokoro Hirasawa as Earwig 

Etsushi Toyokawa as the Mandrake 
Gaku Hamada as Thomas 
Sherina Munaf as Earwig's Mother 
Shinobu Terajima as Bella Yaga  

Yūji Ueda as Mr. Jenkins 
Yusei Saito as Custard 

Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Translation: Don Brown 
Accent Coach: Taylor Lawrence 
Additional Casting:
Ned Lott 
Rodney Uhler 
ADR Writer: Tony Oliver 
Audio Editor: Chelsey Cohen 
Audio Engineer: Michael Schneider 
Casting Director: Stephanie Sheh 
Printmaster: Gary Coppola 
Production Supervision: Clark Cheng 
Recording engineer: Michael Sinterniklaas 
Remote Recording Coordinator: Chelsey Cohen 
Script Supervision:
Clark Cheng 
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 
Vivienne Rutherford as Sally 

English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post 
Distributor: Shout! Factory (USA) 
Internet Streaming: HBO Max (USA) 
Licensed by:
Elysian Film Group (UK/Ireland) 
GKIDS (US and Canada) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Hervé Icovic 
Assistant ADR Director: Ouahiba Djema 
Recording engineer: Marim Hoxha 
Sound Mixing: Marim Hoxha 
Élina Solomon as Aya 

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:
Eduardo Gutierrez (Spain dub) 
Luis Leonardo Suárez (Mexican dub) 
Translation:
Ayako Kishi (Spain dub) 
Luis Leonardo Suárez (Mexican dub) 
ADR Script:
Eduardo Gutierrez (Spain dub) 
Luis Leonardo Suárez (Mexican dub) 

ADR Coordination: Tomás García (Spain dub) 
Mix Engineer:
Ewa Głowacka-Tryniecka (Mexican dub) 
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:
Iyuno-SDI Group Mexico (Mexican dub) 
Perfect Sound (Spain dub) 
Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Spain) 
Netflix 
Licensed by: Vértigo Films (Spain) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Massimiliano Alto 
Translation: Francesco Nicodemo 
Executive producer:
Maria Fiorentini 
Romina Franzini 

Dialogues: Roberta Bonuglia 
Dubbing Assistant: Giulia Nofri 
Dubbing Engineer: Lorenzo Schirru 
Mixing: Andrea Roversi 
Ilaria Pellicone as Erica (Aya) 

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

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

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 

Alevtina Chernyavskaya as Aya's mother 
Alexander Filchenko as
Mandragor 
Thomas 
Tatiana Yegorova as Bella Yaga 

Anna Balitskaya as Custard 
Ekaterina Toborovets as Thelma 
Nadezhda Ivanova as Director 
Olga Matskevich as Demon 
Roman Slatvinsky as Cook 

Russian companies
Dubbing Studio: Reanimedia 
Licensed by: Russian Report 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director:
Ascensão Amaral (Portugal dub) 
Marco Aurélio Campos (Brazilian dub) 
Translation:
Ana Madureira (Portugal dub) 
Beatriz Corrêa (Brazilian dub) 
Producer:
Bruna Rafaela (Brazilian dub) 
João Paulo Chaim (Brazilian dub) 
Júnior Pereira (Brazilian dub) 
Mateus Pereira Grassini (Brazilian dub) 
Nathalie Syllos (Brazilian dub) 

Audio Captation: Ademir Domingues (Brazilian dub) 
Music Director: Cidalia Castro (Brazilian dub) 
Recording engineer:
Bruno Thomaz (Brazilian dub) 
Douglas Prado (Brazilian dub) 
Rodrigo Augusto (Brazilian dub) 
Thiago A. Xavier (Brazilian dub) 
Sound Mixing:
Ewa Głowacka-Tryniecka (Brazilian dub) 
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:
Iyuno-SDI Portugal (Portugal dub) 
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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