Completed Anime
Earwig and the Witch

“Orphan Aya is adopted by witch Bella Yaga as an assistant, tasked with winning over cold Mandrake.”

Earwig and the Witch

5.39
13,358 rank · 21,433 viewers · 27 favorites
Supernatural
1 episodes · 1 hr 22 min min · Studio Ghibli · PG - Children
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Synopsis

Orphan Aya is adopted by witch Bella Yaga as an assistant, tasked with winning over cold Mandrake.

With large windows adorning its spick-and-span halls, St. Morwald's Home for Children serves as a warm refuge for displaced orphans. For 10-year-old Aya, she is perfectly content living without a normal family, especially since she has everyone at the orphanage wrapped around her finger. However, to her dismay, she is one day selected by a peculiar couple, Bella Yaga and the Mandrake. Aya soon learns that she has, in fact, been adopted by a real witch who wanted her solely as an assistant and had not even considered being her foster mother. As if that was not enough, Aya is told the one rule she must obey at all times—never disturb the Mandrake. To win the hearts of this seemingly heartless witch and the grumpy Mandrake is no easy task; but unlike other children, Aya accepts this challenge without hesitation.

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Community consensus

Derived from 43 sampled reviews

6.3 /10

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66% recommend
Score distribution
median 6 mode 7 σ 2.27
1510
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σ 2.27 · split reception

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The polarity gap

5.1 pts

Recommenders 8.3 · others 3.2

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↑ 2.26

Running avg · Jan 2021 → Jan 2026

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A Tv special Production

Studio Ghibli.
in association with

NHK · NHK Enterprises

  • Format 1 × 82′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 1h 22m all episodes
  • Aired Dec 2020 – ongoing
  • Source Tv special media type
  • Rated PG Children
  • Ref. BS-16495 catalog

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