Alternative TitlesEnglish: Howl's Moving Castle Synonyms: Hauru no Ugoku Shiro Japanese: ハウルの動く城
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Nov 20, 2004
Duration:
1 hr. 57 min. Rating:
PG - Children
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Similar Animation and Storyline (Disney-like)
Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle are visually stunning experiences with a strong surreal underpinning behind coming of age narratives. In both movies a magical world unfolds before bewildered young heroines who must claim a new position within apparent chaos. Spirited Away is more hectic and upbeat while Howl's focus on darker themes such as war and violence. Yet both invoke the same spirit of beautiful natural scenes rendered sublime by Miyazaki's unique style.
A mystical and enchanted storyline of romance permeates both of these wonderful creations by the same director
Weird mystical magical realms
This two great movies have the same creator and they both contain great stories about curse, love, and drama at the same time. If you'll notice upon watching them, the way they were drawn was also the same. In characters Haku(Spirited away) and Howl(HMC) are look alike. Both movies have great lessons and that after you watch them they will left a good memory.
It's by the same producer. The art work looks the same and the movies have the same feel to them.
It's the same producer. IMO spirited away is way better than this movie
As you all likely know already, both Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away are the brainchild of Hayao Miyazaki; however, the two films share numerous similarities in addition to Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki's style.
Perhaps the greatest overbearing theme in both movies is the use of surreality bordering upon absurdism. Miyazaki is a master of this style. His movies are filled with surreal and inventive worlds and magical, unique characters. More so than any of his other films, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle invoke the same feeling of wonder to their majestic settings.
As far as the narrative goes, both movies are centered two young and bewildered coming of age heroins and their sojourns through the new and fantastic worlds they are discovering. Along the way, love, compassion, curiosity and development are evident in each of the protagonists. Miyazaki's protagonists are quite akin to Alice from Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, featuring young female leads as they journey through newly discovered mystical worlds.
Although Howl's Moving Castle contains a slightly darker theme with a violent war ravaging the world and Spirited Away has a lighter and more upbeat feel, both are excellent films laden heavy with Miyazaki's beautiful and sublime visions coupled with a mystical, romantic adventure.
Besides that both are made from Hayao Miyazaki, they both represent pure love and friendship. Spirited Away is about a girl, Chihiro, who depends on her friends to save her family from the magical world which they do not belong in and Howl's Moving Castle's, Sophie, relies on her friends, one of them supplies major eye candy, to release her from a curse. They both have happy endings and are films that are in my top ten favorite movies (Spirited Away is one of Roger Ebert's favorite movies) and they will definitely be yours too.
Same director, similar artwork and both are great films! Go Hayao!
They have the same atmosphere and are directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Like magic? Like inventive transportation? The creators of Spirited Away and the talented voices of Billy Crystal, Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, and Emily Mortimer bring Howl's Moving Castle to life. See a world where wizards and witches fight in a war and curses are cast on the innocent so nothing and no one is quite what it seems.
The plots are different but both have a girl as the protagonist as they accidently get involved in another world full of magical elements and fantasy.
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its great and both about castles XD
Hayao Miyazaki has a very poetic way of telling stories. In both of these movies you see his fascination for flying machines.
similar but different ...magic of a sort ...rescue...boy girl relations...u get the drift :D
Both movies by the same creator and both exhibit machinery candy and a cute romance
both of them are innocent love story. they are made by Hayao Miyazaki
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A romance with some fantasy
they both were made by the same artist
The anime movies have very exotic and interesting story lines, alway watch the Japanese version with english subtitles, much better than english dubs
Same director, similar animation.
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both are great movies by Hayao Miyazaki :3 with a touch of magic and peculiar creatures :]
This one is also from Ghiblis Studio same with Spirited away.
Lovely story :)
Both Miyazaki films I think the animation in both are amazing. Just like Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle is a moving a passionate Anime experience.
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both are short heart warming romances
The artwork looks the same and the movies have the same feel to them. They are both "heartwarming tales"
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Yes it's by Ghibli but there more similar to each other than most of the Ghibli films
These classic movies are perfect for a family setting, with thrilling and imaginative backgrounds, enabling the viewer to be in tuned with an exciting sense of heroism, self belonging, and relation.
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These two Movies are vastly different while offering a similar perspective on life's achievements. Sadly, Grave of the Fireflies is a tearful, historic, tragedy of the pain suffered by a brother and sister on the day Japan cried. Howl's Moving Castle offers the prospects of a young girl on a completely random journey in a magically entertaining world of love and adventure. Oddly, both are capable of emotionally startling their viewers with astounding events, encompassing their polar opposite stories.
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Both movies are from studio ghibli and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Similarly, both stories follow a young girl on her journey.
I think you'll like one if you like the other ^^.
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Very similar art style. Both have old characters and a big big house (and great storyline of course).
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it has a similair animation style as well as having a kind of quest to complete.
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One is a steampunk adventure, the other is a steampunk fairy-tale, both making emphasis on splendid surroundings and fantastic devices.
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same english, vintage-style culture in both, beautifully portrayed. both have supernatural elements and contains fantasy (to an extent). and edgar and howl are both quite similar, in appearance and kind of in personality, both are extremely HOT!!!
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both made by studio ghibli. but howls moving castle is more light-highted and more easier to understand. both hav gd action tho.
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Both animes reminds me of each other as they have magic, witches and wizards.
The plot may be diffrent but I think both directors want to tell you the same
meanings. There is also more similarity which you can find for yourself while watching.
It is worth to watch them both as they have very unique world settings and great characters.
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If you fell in love with tamaki (or any other host for that matter)then you'll 100% like howl.Even the love story is similar (haruhi=sophie)
If you dont know anything about this howl's moving castle and probably you've seen some pictures and your not going to think twice,thrice or go over it 100x if you dont watch it you'll regret.
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