A new Studio Ghibli movie is a rare thing – especially since the legendary Japanese animation house closed its doors following the release of 2014’s
How Do You Live?, but his son Goro Miyazaki has directed
Earwig And The Witch, due in UK cinemas from 28 May.
In a break from tradition, this one doesn’t feature the usual Ghibli anime visual style – instead, it’s the studio’s first 3D-animated feature. But there are still plenty of Ghibli hallmarks: for one, it centres on a headstrong young girl (that’s the Earwig of the title, voiced in the UK dub by Taylor Paige Henderson) and her chatty little cat Thomas, voiced by