Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl's Moving Castle is more than a simple love story. It's a fantasy about a girl named Sophie who turns into a 90-year-old woman due to a curse from the Witch of the Waste ...

In celebration of 'Howl's Moving Castle's' 20th anniversary, supervising animator Akihiko Yamashita reflects on bringing the Miyazaki film to life.

“Howl’s Moving Castle” is a stunning film with gorgeous animation and a recognizable, sweeping score. However, the film disappoints in its writing, despite creating lovable and multi-faceted ...

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. “I really have no ...

Discover why the true star of Howl’s Moving Castle isn’t Howl or Sophie, but the magical, ever-changing castle itself.

Studio Ghibli has a tradition of working with actors who have previously played Batman as they have casted with not one but ...

Howl’s Moving Castle came out in 2004 and loosely takes inspiration from Diana Wynne Jones’s 1986 novel of the same name. It follows Sophie, a girl working in a hat shop. After a witch turns ...

Howl’s Moving Castle is a reminder that an adaptation can be faithful to the source, but different enough to feel like its own thing. Both remain valid even if they don’t match up completely.

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. “I really have no ...