english title | Howl's Moving Castle |
original title | ハウルの動く城 |
aka | Hauru no Ugoku Shiro |
french title | Le Château Ambulant |
year | 2004 |
country | Japan |
director | MIYAZAKI Hayao - 宮崎駿 | |
producer | SUZUKI Toshio - 鈴木敏夫 | |
composer | HISAISHI Joe - 久石譲 | |
scriptwriter | MIYAZAKI Hayao - 宮崎駿 | |
animation director | INAMURA Takeshi - 稲村武志 | |
KÔSAKA Kitaro - 高坂希太郎 | ||
KONDO Katsuya - 近藤勝也 | ||
YAMASHITA Akihiko | ||
original story | Diana WYNNE JONES | |
artistic director | YOSHIDA Noboru | |
TAKESHIGE Yôji | ||
editor | SEYAMA Takeshi - 瀬山武司 | |
cinematographer | OKUI Atsushi | |
executive producer | MIYAZAKI Hayao - 宮崎駿 | |
key animator | OHIRA Shinya - 大平晋也 | |
YONEBAYASHI Hiromasa - 米林 宏昌 | ||
3d director | KATAAMA Mitsunori - 片塰満則 | |
color designer | YASUDA Michiyo (anime) |
genres | fantasy romance |
duration | 1h45 |
animation studio | Ghibli |
Sophie finds her life thrown into turmoil when she encounters a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl. She is turned into a 90-year-old woman by the Witch of the Waste. Embarking on an incredible odyssey to lift the curse, she finds refuge in Howl's magical moving castle where she becomes acquainted with Howl's apprentice, and a hot-headed fire demon named Calcifer. Sophie's love and support comes to have a major impact on Howl, who flies in the face of orders from the palace to become a pawn of war and instead risks his life to help bring peace to the kingdom.
(source : DVD)