Aya and the Witch: Official Stills From Studio Ghibli's First Fully CG Film

Studio Ghibli has shared the first images from Goro Miyazaki's CG film Aya and the Witch. According to Kotaku, Comic Natalie was the first to publish the key visuals and scene photographs from the film, which is based on Diana Wynne Jones' children's book Earwig and the Witch, published in 2011. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=studio-ghiblis-aya-and-the-witch-official-stills-from-goro-miyazakis-cg-film&captions=true"] The colourful carousel of images sees a digression from the traditional, hand-drawn animation that Studio Ghibli is well-renowned for. Instead, this feature has opted for a new kind of art style with an entirely 3D computer-generated story that centres around Earwig, the young girl with the broomstick. Earwig is an orphan girl who has lived at St. Morwald's Home for Children ever since she was a baby, but all of that changes the day that she is adopted by a mysterious woman named Bella Yaga, who turns out to be a terrible witch and brings Earwig to live in her home of supernatural trinkets. With help from a talking cat, Earwig must use her wits to survive in her new magical surroundings. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2015/11/20/our-favorite-studio-ghibli-films-ign-anime-club"] Hayao Miyazaki has been overseeing the adaptation's "planning" while his son, Goro Miyazaki, has taken the director's role on the project. Aya and the Witch (Aya to Majo) will premiere on Japan's NHK this winter. It is one of two projects being developed by Studio Ghibli this year -- the other being Hayao Miyazaki's first feature film since coming out of retirement, though we might have to wait a bit longer for that release, as it's been projected that it might take up to three years to complete the animation. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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