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60 of 78 · most liked firsttonight's Ghibli film (with friends!!) was Earwig and the Witch . . . hey guys I actually, unironically, deeply loved this
positive · AI labelView post →Even worse, he directed Earwig and the Witch... Tales From Earthsea was at least somewhat competent
negative · AI labelView post →Rewatched Earwig and the Witch for our podcast's Ghibli marathon. Was I fair when I gave this movie a 2/10 back when I first viewed it? No. Even a 0 is too high. Legit putrid fucking movie.
negative · AI labelView post →Round 23 of my Studio Ghibli marathon, it’s Earwig and the Witch… a film I have strong feelings about 😅 we’ll see how I feel about it this time…
neutral · AI labelView post →Earwig and the Witch: The anti-Ghibli movie made by the bastard son who crafted Tales from Earthsea, Earwig and the Witch is the worst Studio Ghibli movie ever, with ugly and stiff CGI, unlikable characters and an ending that felt incomplete, the very opposite of what you would find in a Ghibli film
negative · AI labelView post →Ranking the 9 Ghibli films not directed by Isao Takahata or Hayao Miyazaki. At the bottom at 9th - not surprisingly - is the only Ghibli film I would say has nothing to recommend it - Earwig and the Witch. The worst Ghibli film by far…
negative · AI labelView post →Watching the Minecraft Movie twice in a row felt shorter than watching Earwig and the Witch *once*
negative · AI labelView post →I might have forgotten certain details or scenes and so I might need to rewatch some of these. But I'm gonna agree with 'My Neighbour Totoro'. And I'm pretty sure 'My Neighbours the Yamadas' is also generally pretty feel good and trying to be about life's lessons (despite the similar titles, these two aren't related or at all similar). Also I may be mistaken but I think 'The Cat Returns' is generally just a whimsical fantasy without *too much* of the deep and heavy stuff. Although that's…
neutral · AI labelView post →my top 5: 1. Spirited Away 2. Kiki's Delivery Service 3. The Wind Rises 4. Earwig and the Witch 5. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind I might have to watch The Boy and the Heron this week since it's on Max
positive · AI labelView post →- .//HackSIGN - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - Steins;Gate - Angel Beats - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Spice and Wolf - Time of Eve - Un-Go - Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation - Metropolis 2001 - Summer Wars - Studio Ghibli films (everything cept for Earwig and the Witch which I won't watch)
neutral · AI labelView post →youtu.be/XZO9lrCuqio It's podcast time again and myself, @lizzyrosevo.bsky.social & @missyrowvoice.bsky.social are almost done with our Oddyssy of the Ghibli Movie marathon! But this one may have come close to ending us as we discuss Earwig and the Witch (among other things)
neutral · AI labelView post →The only exception I have for that is for [Earwig and the Witch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig_and_the_Witch). It's by no means a bad film, but I was underwhelmed by it. From an animation standpoint, it was still pretty good, but it kinda shows that "we're doing our first ever 3D animated movie" kinda vibe. Especially with scenes like the worms punishment scenes with so few worms, making it feel like an underwhelming punishment. Again, I imagine the people behind it put in so much…
neutral · AI labelView post →Earwig and the Witch, the third film directed by Miyazaki Goro - and Studio Ghibli's second TV movie - was first broadcast five years ago today!
neutral · AI labelView post →I was incorrect about my Ghibli movie count, there were 4 left including tonight’s. I forgot about Earwig and the Witch.
neutral · AI labelView post →Surely I can’t be the only one to immediately think of this movie when someone is mentioning Earwig and the Witch:
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi bluesky a promo with anime movie #promosky my anime movie interests part 1 Spirited Away Howl's Moving Castle The Boy and the Heron Earwig and the Witch Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Shika no Ou Drifting Home Birthday Wonderland Pompo: The Cinéphile Comment Down below
neutral · AI labelView post →With ‘Earwig and the Witch’ (2020), I’ve now completed the Ghibli filmography. It wasn’t as bad as some make it out to be as it was entertaining at times, but there was hardly any character growth, and it admittedly did feel like half the film was missing—a better half about Earwig’s mother…
neutral · AI labelView post →Share an ANIMATED movie title that begins with the letter “E” 🎥 E is for… Earwig and the Witch (2021) 🖤 #moviesky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →As an animation lover, just for purely the animation itself, I personally love just about any Ghibli film ( minus Earwig and the Witch, the 3D animated Ghibli movie, for just the animation ). I cannot think of any prettier looking animation, besides maybe the odd few scenes from a movie like The Ice Queen ( the Eastern block one ) or something in [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oxP3TyuQx0) hauntingly beautiful style. Though, I think atmosphere/story have more to play into that than not.…
negative · AI labelView post →Finally, Miyazaki Goro's latest film, Earwig and the Witch (アヤと魔女), is another children's novel adaptation that could have been made by his father instead. At one point during the studio's feature film hiatus, Hayao was toying with two options: Earwig, and a mysterious personal project. [9/10]
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming from the man who was responsible for Earwig and the Witch ( アーヤと魔女 ), this means little. The man who was responsible for arguably one of the absolute worst Ghibli films trying to tell us that in a couple years we'll have a full-on AI film. Don't make me laugh.
negative · AI labelView post →Wouldn't mind the second half of Earwig and the Witch because that movie felt like it was shipped UNFINISHED
negative · AI labelView post →Japanese Animation TV Ranking, March 11-17: Earwig and the Witch film earned a 6․8% rating, and Frieren earned a 4․2% rating.
neutral · AI labelView post →We never expected that a movie called EARWIG AND THE WITCH would have so many… worms? This week, we’re trying to make sense of Goro Miyazaki’s bizarre, CG-animated film, and whether or not it deserves all the scorn
neutral · AI labelView post →And that was every single film directed by Goro Miyazaki. From Up On Poppy Hill was definitely his best movie and Tales From Earthsea was his worst. Earwig and the Witch, I think it depends on how much you can tolerate the animation and the main character.
neutral · AI labelView post →When it opened in cinemas in November 2004, it was another critical and commercial hit for Miyazaki. Despite the changes, Jones said she liked the film too. After her passing in 2011, Miyazaki's son would go on to adapt another of her stories, Earwig and the Witch, with Studio Ghibli. [11/11]
neutral · AI labelView post →Earwig and the Witch is a good ghibli movie fuck da haters.
positive · AI labelView post →I can definitely say Earwig and the Witch is the worst anime film I've seen, it's no wonder after that we got The Big and The Heron, though if I had to pick a second, it would be Tales From Earthsea a.k.a. the only anime film to receive the Japanese equivalent to the Razzie for Worst Picture
negative · AI labelView post →all of them except Earwig and the Witch. seriously that movie is painful
negative · AI labelView post →I'm pretty sure the movie about Miyazaki's son being a failure is Earwig and the Witch. (You see that's the film his son directed) youtu.be/Lk5YWIbwzRE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →2025 movie thread #16: Earwig and the Witch (2020). Yeah, finally got around to this. I still can't believe we got another Ghibli adaptation of a Diana Wynne Jones book and this was the result 😭 letterboxd.com/davisgsee/fi...
negative · AI labelView post →Ooh. Earwig and the Witch was a very controversial one! It was Studio Ghibli's first fully CG animated film! I've only seen the trailer, and I'm comparing it to what came before. But it looks so bad. Looks like those tacky mobile games adverts.
neutral · AI labelView post →All in all, despite being occasionally fun and different, it lacks any substance you’d expect from a Ghibli film. I think kids would get more out of ‘Earwig and the Witch’, but I also think if you were going to show kids a Ghibli film there’s a whole catalogue of better films for them to watch.
negative · AI labelView post →Okey Dokey everyone! I'm washed, I'm fed, and now it's time to kick off the month of October with 2020's "Earwig and the Witch"! Here's hoping this one is better than last nights movie...#EarwigAndTheWitch #YearOfGhibli @digiranma.bsky.social @ochan35afterdark.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Sheesh, StudioCanal has seriously fallen off now that they cannot release the next Ghibli film anymore. Here's hoping Elysian has learned how to properly distribute Japanese animation after not sending Earwig and the Witch to theatres in its original language...
neutral · AI labelView post →Director by hayao's son, I don't think I'm familiar with Earwig and the Witch. Or his other two movies. Or the ice Queen, i see a horror movie from 2005? Does it have animation scenes within it? Very cool short, the visual style reminds me somewhat of Fantastic Planet, although the content couldn't be more Russian. I'd be willing to continue reading your list for the next hour, thanks! I never watched Franklin growing up, i'll take a peek at the go to school episode.
neutral · AI labelView post →Earwig and the Witch - 4/10 I see the heart of a good movie here but I think it ended up feeling kinda underdeveloped, and that's not even mentioning the obvious ugly visual style that makes it look like a Disney Jr. show. Everything looks so plasticky.
negative · AI labelView post →Recently picked up a copy of Earwig and the Witch from my local free little library and similar to the movie I was left feeling very disappointed. I love Diana Wayne Jones, but this feels incomplete. The ending is so abrupt and almost nothing happens.
negative · AI labelView post →You know I find it funny when people say Grave of the Fireflies is a movie they never want to see again Because there's already a Ghibli movie that exists with that description, it's called Earwig and the Witch
neutral · AI labelView post →So I tried watching Earwig and the Witch but I think it’s the most poorly done Studio Ghibli movie EVER! The English audio is very obvious not the original, which is rare to be noticeable in a Ghibli film. The voice actors tone don’t match the expressions AT ALL. And the 3D animation… why?
negative · AI labelView post →#movies #anime Earwig and the Witch (2020) — The next Spirited Away, in that it's about child labor in a magical setting. (Both Miyazakis approve?) I was kinda dreading watching this one given its reputation for being complete trash, but, well... it's not *good* but I didn't really hate it either.
neutral · AI labelView post →I know Studio Ghibli's digital films (from Princess Mononoke onward) were the same way. They were meant to be projected on physical film. It's why Ghibli films, even that one CGI film they made Earwig and the Witch, have a 35mm film grain, smoothing, gate weave filter, and colour LUT on them.
neutral · AI labelView post →it's unfortunate that so many are dropping traditional animation. Hayao mastered it for sure. His last film is insane. It's basically about his very mortal son Goro with Hayao as a God. I liked Goro's Earwig and the Witch. It follows the book really well.
positive · AI labelView post →While the Ghibli Park was being made under Miyazaki Goro’s supervision, Goro also found time to make a surprise new film: the TV movie Earwig and the Witch (アーヤと魔女). It was Ghibli’s first regular release in six years, but its use of 3DCG was met with scepticism. [23/29]
neutral · AI labelView post →96. Earwig and the Witch (2020) absolutely bizarre childrens' movie, it doesn't really have a great story flow and the themes are somewhat questionable but it has some interesting ideas and it kind of works in the first half, very weird to see from Studio Ghibli 🦇 5/10
neutral · AI labelView post →Well, apart from Earwig and the Witch, I think there's consensus that's the one truly bad Ghibli movie. :p
neutral · AI labelView post →In 2020, Miyazaki had this to say about the full-CG animation movie "Earwig and the Witch": "I was curious how they would use CG for this film, but after seeing the final cut, I have no complaints. The work gains in freedom thanks to being CG rather than pencil-drawn.... I have nothing but praise."
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m late but I watched: ✨Earwig and The Witch✨ It’s a really cute and fun film by legendary studio Ghibli! Their first 3D animated film! A tad shorter than most of their films it felt a bit rushed at times but overall I really enjoyed it! 7.8/10 #anime #movie #ghibli #studioghibli
positive · AI labelView post →Funny thing: After being told time and again that "Earwig and the Witch" was not a good film and I probably would not like it, I have to say...I really enjoyed it! I love that Goro Miyazaki experimented with the formula and put out a good product! #YearOfGhibli
positive · AI labelView post →2020. EARWIG AND THE WITCH During Studio Ghibli's semi-hiatus, Goro directed the 3D-animated TV series Ronja the Robber's Daughter. He sparked controversy by exploring 3D animation further in this adaptation of an unfinished Diana Wynne Jones novel, which became Ghibli's second TV movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →time to watch the 3D animated Ghibli film that no one asked for - Earwig and the Witch by director Goro Miyazaki. 📽️ NW:
neutral · AI labelView post →We watched two #StudioGhibli movies last night. Earwig & the Witch was fine, glad I finally watched it. The second movie we watched was The Red Turtle. This movie was beautiful, tragic, haunting, mesmerizing and I'm still struggling to form words to describe how I feel about it. I'm still thinking about it after a sleep, so that says something. It was difficult to watch at times and I literally sobbed twice during it. There is no dialogue in the film and the music is used sparingly, which made…
neutral · AI labelView post →I am still not sure if this movie being ignored by Animation Fans is a blessing in disguise. I would screen this movie to people who hate something like Earwig and the Witch for having even lower-graphic CGI or think CGI is inferior compared to handdrawn 2D just to hear their thoughts. - Jay
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Earwig and the Witch (HD/HDX) (Vudu) (US) for $6.99 Cast: Kokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada Genre: (Foreign) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/earwig_and...
neutral · AI labelView post →Studio Ghibli E29 of The Complete Catalog is live (the penultimate ep)! Professor Caitlin Casiello and I tackle EARWIG AND THE WITCH, widely considered the worst film from the studio. We don't disagree. But we do *try* to find some things to like! Links 👇
neutral · AI labelView post →Another book source for a Ghibli film added to my shelf! (And reading backlog...) I've also got the original books for Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle, Arrietty (The Borrowers), and When Marnie Was There. Howl's Moving Castle is the only Ghibli film based on a book where I read the book before seeing the movie. #EarwigAndTheWitch #StudioGhibli
neutral · AI labelView post →33. Earwig and the Witch So boring, and it's more annoying because it's clear how underbaked this movie is. It could've easily been extended by 15-20 minutes, that's how much of a nothingburger it is; over an hour of nothing, then suddenly plot in the last 5 minutes. The Mandrake was funny though.
negative · AI labelView post →One point goes to the Earwig and The Witch movie for being more full of life than this crap. Can someone summon the MC from there to go make fun of Coca Cola’s board of directors
neutral · AI labelView post →Best example of a movie adaptation done by the children of a legendary creator (The Peanuts Movie) VS worst example of a movie adaptation written by the done of a legendary creator (Earwig and the Witch). Thoughts on both?
neutral · AI labelView post →Having said that wasn't the studio itself that pushed him to direct the film (and subsequently Earwig and the Witch) and his father pushed back against the idea? It wouldn't change anything but I just want to make sure in case I'm getting the story wrong
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