The Little Broomstick was a cancelled Disney animated feature film that would have been released in 1980 and it was based on the 1971 novel by British writer, Mary Stewart.
It was instead released under the name Mary and the Witch's Flower in 2017 by Japan-based animation studio Studio Ponoc in conjunction with Toho.
Synopsis[]
The tale centered on a little girl, Mary, who was led by a black cat. Tib, to discover a magical broomstick that took her to Endor College, a dark and scary training ground for witches.
Gallery[]
This gallery had several pieces of concept art and visual development art that were released in 1980 by the late pastel artist, Mel Shaw.
A conceptual sketch of several hybrid creatures including an opossum, a white-fanged rabbit, a bat-winged frog, a deer, a pig, a vulture, a lizard and a griffin.
A conceptual sketch of a witch with her servant giving her some soup along with Mary in a chair.
A conceptual sketch of a witch eating a pink mouse along with a green bat.
A conceptual sketch of Mary along with her cat, Tib.