Ngl howl looks like a girl lmao
Howl's Moving Castle
Love Comes First.
Rating
4.3 (2)
Release Date
9/9/2004Runtime
119 minsOverview
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
JapaneseBudget
$24,000,000Revenue
$236,049,757Homepage
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How It Feels
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A lush, digressive fairy tale where a shy young woman cursed into old age finds unexpected belonging in a wizard's sentient castle. The film moves at its own dreamy pace, more interested in quiet character moments and visual beauty than plot efficiency.
Mood
MelancholicRomanticWhimsicalBittersweetHopeful
Themes
LoveIdentityComing of ageWarRedemption
Tone
Tender
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
PainterlyStylized genre2D animation
Structure
Nonlinear
Chieko Baisho
Sophie (voice)
Takuya Kimura
Howl (voice)
Akihiro Miwa
Witch of the Waste (voice)
Tatsuya Gashûin
Calcifer (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Markl (voice)
Mitsunori Isaki
Kosho (voice)
Yo Oizumi
Prince Justin / Turnip Head (voice)
Akio Otsuka
King of Ingary (voice)
Daijirō Harada
Heen (voice)
Haruko Katō
Madame Suliman (voice)
Makoto Yasumura
(voice)
Manabu Muraji
(voice)
Reviews
I think this will be a really fun Halloween rewatch in the future, maybe paired with Over the Garden Wall. I'm still keeping Porco Rosso in first place, but it's close.
I liked Howl's Moving Castle a lot. It was a good balance of weird and cute. Calcifer sort of reminded me of Olaf from Frozen, except I loved Calcifer and I do not love Olaf. It lost a little steam for me in the back half, but a very fun watch overall.
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