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Key Features:
Orphan, Witch, Magic, Found family, Coming-of-age, Adoption, Self-discovery, Unconventional protagonist, Secret identity, Supernatural elements, Animated, Based on novel
Tone:
whimsical
Target Audience:
Families, Children, Fantasy fans
Emotional Arc:
Curiosity → Excitement

Earwig and the Witch

2021-02-03
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A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.

Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Family
Cast
Kokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima, Gaku Hamada, Sherina Munaf, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yuji Ueda
Crew
Keiko Niwa, Goro Miyazaki, Emi Gunji
Rating
5.921(279 votes)
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The Secret World of Arrietty

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.



Candy Candy: The Movie

A young girl named Candice White who was left on the doorstep of the "Pony Home", an orphanage, when she was just a baby. The sisters took her first name from a doll she had in her basket, with the name "Candy" on it, and her last name from the snowstorm she was rescued from. Life is quiet and happy.. or.. as quiet as life can be with Candy around. She has a penchant for getting into trouble, climbing trees and tussling with the best of them. However, tragedy begins to strike.



Kiki's Delivery Service

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Howl's Moving Castle

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The Little Witch

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Castle in the Sky

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The Secret of Moonacre

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A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.



Kiki's Delivery Service

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.



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Ponyo(2008)
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When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.



Roald Dahl's The Witches

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Anne of Green Gables

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch

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Little Witch Academia
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Krabat(2008)
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A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker arts. When the life of his friend and protector is threatened, Krabat must struggle to free himself from an evil sorcerer's control in a gripping fight for freedom, friendship and love.



Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.



Okko's Inn
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12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to be a young female innkeeper. At first, she didn't like the training, but gradually felt her admiration for her title and began to train seriously. Thus, the growth of the young warrior Oriko begins.



Heidi, Girl of the Alps

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Princess Mononoke
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Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.



Midori
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After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.



Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters

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Digimon Adventure
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Two children receive a strange egg that hatches into their very first Digimon, leading to the night that would change their lives forever.



My Oni Girl
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Gretel & Hansel
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Bayonetta: Bloody Fate

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Tinker Bell
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The Boy and the Beast

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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The Boxtrolls
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Over the Sky
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Anne of Green Gables

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Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book

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The Willoughbys
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Hilda and the Mountain King

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Brave Story
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Stormy Night
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Modest Heroes
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She and Her Cat: Everything Flows

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The Good Witch
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Cinderella
6.3

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