Mary and The Witch’s Flower Anime Film Shows Off Its Opening

Joseph Luster January 5, 2018

Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s latest anime film, Mary and The Witch’s Flower, comes to theaters in the U.S. on January 18 and 19, so GKIDS is here to offer up a new preview. This time, rather than another trailer featuring a mix of clips from the movie, we have the opportunity to check out the opening scene before its English theatrical debut.

You can grab tickets for Fathom Events’ January 18 premiere online.

Synopsis:

Mary is an ordinary young girl stuck in the country with her Great-Aunt Charlotte and seemingly no adventures or friends in sight. She follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest, where she discovers an old broomstick and the strange Fly-by-Night flower, a rare plant that blossoms only once every seven years and only in that forest. Together the flower and the broomstick whisk Mary above the clouds, and far away to Endor College – a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there are terrible things happening at the school, and when Mary tells a lie, she must risk her life to try to set things right.

Based on Mary Stewart’s 1971 classic children’s book The Little Broomstick, Mary and The Witch’s Flower is an action-packed film full of jaw-dropping imaginative worlds, ingenious characters, and the stirring, heartfelt story of a young girl trying to find a place in the world. Featuring the voices of Ruby Barnhill and Academy Award®-winners Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent.