

Keiko Niwa and Emi Gunji were responsible for the screenplay. It is directed by Goro Miyazaki accompanied by planning done by his Academy Award winning father Hayao Miyazaki. The story is based on a novel of the same name by English writer Diana Wynne Jones.
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The latest movie Earwig and the Witch tells the story of a headstrong young girl, who grew up in an orphanage and her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch.

We’ve been blown away by the positive reactions from viewers everywhere, proving that stories can come from anywhere, and can be loved everywhere,” said Netflix animation film director Aram Yacoubian. In countries and territories where we stream Studio Ghibli films (excluding US and Japan), 55M households have chosen to watch a Studio Ghibli film on Netflix since 2020, and that number will only continue to grow. The highly anticipated new film of Goro Miyazaki will bring a fresh perspective to the wildly popular Studio Ghibli films. “We’re incredibly fortunate to continue expanding the Studio Ghibli film lineup on Netflix by streaming Earwig and the Witch. The legendary Japanese animation studio is proudly expanding the existing film catalogue available on Netflix globally (excluding US and Japan).

Studio Ghibli’s first fully 3D CGI film, Earwig and the Witch, will be streaming on Netflix starting 18 November.
