Howl’s Moving Castle is one of Studio Ghibli’s most ... making her passive and resigned to working in her family’s hat shop. In the film, however, Sophie’s mindset and lack of confidence ...

If you've never read the book, Howl's Moving Castle follows Sophie Hatter after she accidentally attracts the attention of the Witch of the Waste. Transformed into an old woman, Sophie's only ...

Before the initial release of “Howl’s Moving Castle” 20 years ago, Akihiko Yamashita spent nearly two years working as the supervising animator on the Studio Ghibli film. Yamashita recalls ...

Studio Ghibli released “Howl’s Moving Castle” in Japan on Nov. 20, 2004, and its thoughtful consideration of age and war remains pertinent even today. The film, based on the novel of the same name, ...

Ghibli Fest is bringing Howl’s Moving Castle back to theaters, which means it’s time to revisit one of the movie’s great little visual puzzles. The story of the film is relatively ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The news was broken via NHK who confirmed Shuntaro Tanikawa passed away at 10:05pm JST on ...

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of “Howl’s Moving Castle,” now playing in theaters until Oct. 3 as part of Ghibli Fest, Yamashita spoke with Variety via an interpreter about his ...

In the background, we can see supporting characters like Markl and Turnip-Head. Howl’s Moving Castle came out in 2004 and loosely takes inspiration from Diana Wynne Jones’s 1986 novel of the ...