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2004 Certificate U
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When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home. Read more

Starring Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura
Director Hayao Miyazaki
Genres Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Howl's Moving Castle

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.

Starring Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura
Director Hayao Miyazaki
Studio OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 55 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English, Japanese
Dubbed English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 13 Mar 2006
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

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  • 34 out of 44 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Surprisingly Good

    I don't normally like the Japanese style cartoons, but this is very good. Having the voices of Christian Bale, Billy Crystal and other english speaking actors and actresses made it more appealing.

    The story was strange yet enjoyable, basically a young girl is turned into a old woman by a witch and goes to work as a cleaner onboard a wizards moving castle! Sounds stupid but it makes a change from everything else.

      • davidkc from Preston
      • Posted 14 Mar 2006 13:29

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  • 10 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    When will it make sense?

    I do love japanese animation - and 'Howls Moving Castle' is great nearly as good as 'Spirited Away'.

    Miyazaki needs to be taken aside and told to knock 30 minutes of all his future films. This gets very tiring towards the end and none of it seemed to make sense. He just doesn't seem to know when to finish a film.

    Great design, great ideas, amazing animation.

      • HADMIESTER from Essex
      • Posted 29 May 2006 19:07

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