Retroactive Recognition: One of the animation studios that were involved with the film was Dynamo Pictures, known for the Pikmin short films and would later be known by the name Nintendo Pictures after being purchased by the video game company.Most of Ghibli's traditionally animated films have also incorporated partial use of CGI into them since Pom Poko. Both Boro the Caterpillar (which was one of the shorts made for the Ghibli Museum) and their TV adaptation of Ronja the Robber's Daughter prior are entirely computer animated (the latter even being done by Goro Miyazaki). While it is their first computer animated feature film, Earwig and the Witch isn't the first production from the studio to be computer animated. Older Than They Think: The shift to CGI animation came as a massive shock for many and caused many to be turned off simply based on that alone, seeing as Ghibli is widely known and beloved for their traditionally animated films.Erica ends the film having all but enslaved Bella Yaga and the Mandrake. Bella Yaga's the only character we see who's worse, but at least she gets some sort of comeuppance. Designated Hero: Erica is at best a manipulative, selfish child.note This is despite Ghibli making it clear that they're not abandoning traditional animation, with the studio making Earwig a 3D film as an experiment The only thing both sides can agree on is that the CGI animation itself leaves a lot to be desired. Again, it doesn't help that Ghibli was one of the last major animation studios to use traditional animation for their films, making the switch to CGI feel like a gut punch to those who prefer traditional animation to CGI and lament the former having been phased out in favor of the latter (especially in the West). Some are okay with the switch to CGI and saw it as inevitable and necessary for Ghibli, given that CGI animation has become more mainstream and successful, all while traditional animation has become a niche medium (outside of Japan) since the early 2000s (not to mention Ghibli has been experimenting with CGI since the late 1990s), while others saw it as a betrayal of everything that made them unique and beloved.
Broken Base: The movie being an All-CGI Cartoon and Studio Ghibli embracing CGI at all has been a divisive move amongst fans since Studio Ghibli is seen as one of the last true bastions of traditional animation.
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