Studio Ghibli’s New Movie ‘Earwig and The Witch’ Will Hit Australian Cinemas in 2021 – Concrete Playground

Since 2016, the cinema-loving world has had a Studio Ghibli-shaped hole in its heart. That’s when the acclaimed Japanese animation house released its most recent film, the gorgeous French co-production The Red Turtle. Its last solo production actually came two years earlier, courtesy of 2014’s When Marnie Was There.

Still, much has happened in Studio Ghibli’s world over the past decade. Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement, then changed his mind. In 2018, fellow co-founder and acclaimed director Isao Takahata sadly passed away. And, over the past few years, the company has been busying itself with its very own theme park. The latter is due to open in 2022 and become quite the tourist attraction — but that doesn’t mean that fans…