Japan Synopsis
メアリと魔女の花
“From a single lie, everything will change.”
Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
Audience Engagement
696 audience reviews — more than 95% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mary and The Witch's Flower. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedThe Secret World of Arrietty
★ 7.6 · Japan
3 sharedSpirited Away
★ 8.5 · Japan
3 sharedThe Legend of Hei
★ 8.4 · China
3 sharedGoblin Slayer -Goblin's Crown-
★ 7.4 · Japan
3 sharedKONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world! Legend of Crimson
★ 8.1 · Japan
3 sharedTales from Earthsea
★ 6.5 · Japan
Fantasy + Adventure in Japan
719 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mary and The Witch's Flower itself).
The 2016–2018 Japan Window
Mary and The Witch's Flower holds position #303 of 602 Japan films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1The Relative Worlds
★ 9.1 · 2017
#2Sonic Mania Adventures
★ 9.0 · 2018
#3My Korean Teacher
★ 8.8 · 2016
#4My Hero Academia
★ 8.7 · 2016
#5DARLING in the FRANXX
★ 8.6 · 2018
#6KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!
★ 8.6 · 2016
#7Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
★ 8.6 · 2018
#8Mob Psycho 100
★ 8.6 · 2016
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mary and The Witch's Flower premiered alongside 193 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 193 other Japan films in 2017.
The 3580th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mary and The Witch's Flower, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- school of witchcraft · 1
- witch · 22
- cat · 21
- based on children's book · 8
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- magic · 84
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,913 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #719 of 1,274 (top 56%).