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Howl's Moving Castle

2004 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
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Summary

Howl's Moving Castle is an anime film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of anime film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,628 views/month, #3 of 541).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Nebula Award for Best Script[3]
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki[4]
  • Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki[5]
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi[6]
  • Genre: fantasy film[7], fantasy anime and manga[8], adventure film[9], science fiction film[10], drama film[11], anti-war film[12]
  • Based on: Howl's Moving Castle[13]
  • Producer: Toshio Suzuki[14]
  • Part of the series: Studio Ghibli Feature Films[15]
  • Production company: Studio Ghibli[16]
  • Director of photography: Atsushi Okui[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[18]
  • Commons category: Howl's Moving Castle (film)[19]
  • Soundtrack release: Howl's Moving Castle Original Soundtrack[20]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[21]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[22], 82/100[23], 88%[24], 8.2/10[25]
  • Color: color[26]
  • Country of origin: Japan[27]
  • Publication date: September 5, 2004[28], November 20, 2004[29], June 17, 2005[30], August 25, 2005[31]
  • Characters: Sophie Hatter[32]
  • Voice actor: Chieko Baishō[33], Takuya Kimura[34], Akihiro Miwa[35], Ryūnosuke Kamiki[36], Yō Ōizumi[37], Akio Ōtsuka[38], Tatsuya Gashūin[39], Haruko Katō[40], Yayoi Kazuki[41], Mayuno Yasokawa[42], Daijirō Harada[43]
  • Has edition or translation: Howl's Moving Castle[44]
  • Distributed by: Toho[45], HBO Max[46]
  • Official website: https://www.ghibli.jp/works/howl/[47]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Howl's Moving Castle (film)[48]
  • Main subject: war[49], youth and old age[50], pacifism[51], tradition and modernity[52], old age[53], empathy[54], compassion[55], magic[56], power of creation[57], beauty[58], vanity[59]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[60]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e6508454-5a99-480c-8a1a-260f975240d0[61]

Why It Matters

Howl's Moving Castle has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

FAQs

What awards did Howl's Moving Castle receive?

Honors received include Nebula Award for Best Script[3].

Related Entities

Diana Wynne Jones Hayao Miyazaki Japan Joe Hisaishi Takuya Kimura Toho

References

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  12. [3] ↑ . locusmag.com. locusmag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Movie Walker. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Howl's Moving Castle. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Howl's Moving Castle. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Howl's Moving Castle. wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . Howl's Moving Castle. wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . Howl's Moving Castle. wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . Howl's Moving Castle. wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . Howl's Moving Castle. wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . Howl's Moving Castle. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [60] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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