We've Got Hollywood Covered How ‘Earwig and the Witch’ Dragged Studio Ghibli Into the World of CG Animation TheWrap awards magazine: “We had to create a team and a whole infrastructure from scratch,” says director Goro Miyazaki, son of the company’s legendary founder Hayao Miyazaki By Steve Pond | March 5, 2021 @ 4:09 PM A version of this story about “Earwig and the Witch” first appeared in the Oscar Nominations Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. The Japanese company Studio Ghibli is legendary for its hand-drawn animation, including the classics “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Princess Mononoke,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and the Oscar-winning “Spirited Away.” All of those films were directed by the studio’s co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki — but it’s his son, Goro Miyazaki, who has now given Studio Ghibli its first-ever 3DCG animated feature, “Earwig and the Witch.”