How Small Details Completely Change Howl’s Moving Castle (Studio Ghibli)
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Ah, the beautiful Studio Ghibli "Howl's Moving Castle." So full of beauty, friendship, magic and hope! Did you know it is based off of a book? Yep! Diana Wynn Jones' "Howl's Moving Castle" book! A lot has changed from book to movie, and we're going to look at a lot of little details that change everything! Of course, both the Miyazaki film Howl's and the book have completely different themes, and both feature a host of memorable lovable (ah, for the most part!) characters. Let's see just where the Witch of the Waste, Calcifer, Wizard Howl Pendragon, Howell Jenkins (who!?), Sophie Hatter, Lettie Hatter, Martha Hatter, Mrs. Pentstemmon, Wizard AND Witch Suliman, Turniphead, Markl (I mean... Micheal?) and so many more characters got there start! You will probably be unsurprised to know that Book Howl is a HUGE heartbreaker of a lady's man, and is generally kind of a lazy creep? Or at least that's what the book's narrator leads us to believe. Also, Sophie Hatter is a powerful witch? And Sophie has two sisters?! Who is Lily Angorian? Yeah, this animation has some Howls Moving Castle theories too. So! Join me as we look into Howl's Moving Castle's creepy origins!
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Ah I see I'm still wildly attracted to Howl no matter the art style
Ohoho same
Same
to me howl in abits art style hits different
Samee
Lmaoo same
Movie Howl can best be described as fan art of Howl drawn by Howl.
I can TOTALLY relate, the book Howl being like that!
Brilliant!
That is literally the best description I've ever heard of him.
Ooof
But Diana was content with and liked his film. It had its own beauty and lead some people to her book and other work. She remains hugely popular in Japan. In fact her book ‘Earwig and the Witch’ - for younger viewers has been made by Studio Gibhli and recently aired. Read her. She was a wonderful author
I remember reading a post somewhere that the movie is how Howl tells the story whereas the book is how Sophie tells it
Lol that's so true
lol it was a joke because howl was severely romanticized and we all agree he would totally do that.
Too accurate
So true 😂
oh
Y'all rememer Sophie saying "Find Me In The Future!" when she went into Howl's memories? Ya. So that is how Howl found Sophie in the beginning. He was looking for Sophie EVER SINCE Sophie said "Find Me In The Future!" when Howl was just very young.
So they really are meant to be at the end!
I swear he apologize for taking so long to find her at the start of the flim
@@amelie6132 Because she said to find her in the future so it's gonna take a long time to find her. Specially since he doesn't know where she came from in the first place.
@@amelie6132 Because she said to find her in the future so it's gonna take a long time to find her. Specially since he doesn't know where she came from in the first place.
Yes, I believe this is how Howl got his reputation as a ladies man, he was just looking for her for so many years before he found Sophie
My mind has been blown! I didn’t even pay any attention to that detail 🥺
Saw a meme once that said
Movie Howl: *saves Sophie from catcallers*
Book Howl: *is the catcaller*
This is so true AHAHAHA when I first read the book, I was like "Damn howl's such a flirty man"
Yes, in the movie he's quick to defend them, insisting, they're not so bad, if you get to know them. It always felt wrong until I realized he was just making excuses for his own bad behavior.
lol
Meghan Davis omg I just realized-
Sophie is quite a dick in the book aswell. She lies to everybody even when not needed, she sells fake magical powder to a boy who was desperate, she constantly spies on other, she gets jealous and throws the biggest tantrum and she readily kicks out a crying wokan out of her house (granted she was the fire demon in disguise, but sophie didn't know that yet).
I tripped out when I read the book and Howell's sister just rags on him like "You live in the garage behind my house, when are you gonna get a real job and do something with yourself."
HAHA RIGHT?!
@@abitfrank That's my only gripe with the movie. As beautiful as it is, I would have loved to see the book's Black Door. Just a complete flip.
@@IamJacksSTD should it be in live action as they are in our world?
@@takula2642 Oh man that would be fantastic. Just stepping out of the world of fantasy and animation into reality.
Wales is one of the best thing in the books xD
So you’re telling me Christian Bale, a Welsh man, didn’t keep his Welsh accent when portraying Howl, a Welsh wizard?
HHSJSHDJDH OMG THIS MAKES ME (IR)RATIONALLY(?) UPSET
Good question!
His natural accent isn't Welsh. He was born there but raised near London, so he has a Cockney accent that wouldn't have worked at all. Besides, they dropped the whole Howl being from Wales story in the movie.
It’s actually one of the greatest annoyances of being welsh, so under represented.
Yup.
Still shocked till this day to the reason why Howl said “Sorry it took so long to find you” and why the ost is titled “Merry go round of life”
Why?
@@TheMatsushitaMan Cuz Sophie travels back in time and yells back at Howl and Calcifer "find me in the future!" so when Howl and Sophie meet for the first time and he pops up out of nowhere saying "sorry I'm late, I was looking everywhere for you" it literally means that he remembered Sophie from the past asking to look for her and that's what he did ("Merry Go Round of Life" is also in relation to time travel)
oh thats why the ost is titled that. thanks for sharing^^
I think he was just pretending to know her to save her from the weirdos
It seems like he was just making something up so he can save Sophie from the men, but the quote holds different meaning when you find out they’ve actually met each other before. Or at least that’s the way I see it.
My favorite difference is that anime Howl is princely guy while book Howl is a comedic narcissistic little coward and also he and book Sophie are a comedic duo through the whole book. Also, book Sophie is such a badass! She roasts Howl on every ocassion
I adore old lady book Sophie!
I want to read the book so bad
@@FrolleinFroschbein The audiobook is on youtube and Howl has an amazing welsh accent. If you can't get your hands on the book I do recommend that instead.
The book was amazing. Sophie's so spunky and smart and Howl's... a drama queen. Perfect duo tbh hahaha.
@@jessicabrown6796 Could you provide me with a link? I can only find snippets
I showed the movie to my kids yesterday. My 3 year old, now, will only answer to Calcifer.
This sounds adorable but if I may ask you
What is your opinion on children swearing
My husband and I swear a lot, so we think it is only natural that they are going to pick up on them. We taught the boys that they are “pirate words” so they need to stay on the ship, so they shouldn’t say them but they aren’t going to get in trouble for it. The words they do get in trouble for are along the lines of stupid, and they are lucky enough that they haven’t been exposed to more derogatory words that are offensive towards race or gender, but if they do say those they will get in trouble.
@@abbyh8403
Okay thank you
So cute lol
Well, time to get the name changing papers ready lol
Forgot to mention how calcifer in the book is not the cute ball of red fire but is essentially hades form Disney’s Hercules
Or rather Disney's Hades is Calcifer, since Calcifer came first.
SenSen maybe but this doesn’t seem like the book Gerald scarfe would read lol
I still find calcie cute either way :3
X O L Capital same lol me and my brother both love him and he is our fave character
RIGHT!!! I for the life of me no pun intended couldn't stop thinking of Hades everytime Calcifer came up in the book
Even though Howl was the "cat caller" in the book, one of my favourite parts was, after he got his heart back, he said to Sophie "I've been wondering all along if you would turn out to be that lovely girl I met on May Day." I feel like it shows that despite his running around after girls, he genuinely liked Sophie and was unable to forget her.
Sophie's sisters both speculate that Howl's apparent interest in them was an attempt to make Sophie jealous. I think Lettie even admits that every time he showed up to "woo" her, he spent the whole time asking questions about Sophie.
I love that line. In the book, Howl did say he was afraid that he couldn't properly love someone; and is it possible because he is literally heartless? But then Sophie came, and my impression is that Howl actually saw through Sophie's enchantment. As in, he can see her for who she really is (perhaps his vision will be double at times with the old Sophie overlapping with the girl Sophie?). Anyway, IMO the first time Howl 'courted' Lettie there it could be that he was already planning some ways to shake off Sophie's enchantment...
@@cephasthamerlin2199 it wasn't both sisters, it was just Lettie. And Lettie said in the book that he only started asking her about Sophie during that day that Sophie decided to go see her in Upper Folding. That was when she got worried for Sophie and bawled her eyes out afterwards.
@@Icha74 I don't think he necessarily "saw through" he enchantment, but i think he could tell that there was a spell on her from the start. Maybe as he gradually tried to remove it, the spell weakened and sometimes he could see the young Sophie for a few. Just like the how the man "Percival" could reveal himself for a few mins sometimes before turning back into a dog. And then after he realised that it was her, he started asking Lettie about her and his teacher for help to remove the spell.
@@crystal110698 Your theory can be true... I was just thinking though, he saw through her spell because he said something like "have I seen you before?" or "have we met before?". Thus I think he actually saw her (blurry perhaps) real appearance from the start, albeit overlapping with Sophie's older image.
One thing that I’ve always thought about when reading Diana Wynne Jones books is that she was a firm believer that books don’t need to have a deeper meaning or lesson - she told stories of characters tumbling through remarkable events, but there was no need to have a unified theme or thematic resolution. It was more or less ‘let’s see what happens when we put these characters through these situations, and see what they do and how they grow’ in an organic way.
I finished reading Deep Secret the other day, and I'd have to agree. It was wild from start to finish!
I've thought it was psychological journeys - the things which we often don't see about ourselves but have to realize in order to become more healthy and happy.
The great thing about stories is that no matter what, there will always be some underlying meaning, even if the author didn't write with it in mind.
woah
Yea I made the mistake of writing my senior literary analysis paper on the book and spent hours trying to find a unifying theme to write an entire paper on
I remember before the movie came out and it was still just a book the author talked about how confused she was that so many girls were attracted to Howl LMAO she said she’d get fan letters asking for his hand in marriage etc etc and she was like ??? he’s literally the worst??? constantly chasing after girls just to break their hearts, wont deal with problems he created, LITERALLY runs away from his responsibilities, probably an actual narcissist before he got his heart back??? and yet??? lol honestly I am not ashamed to admit that I too love Howl, he’s so sexy 😔🤚🏻 ahahaha howl break my heart
Flawed characters are hot. That's all there is to it.
Actually in the book Sophie enchanted his suit so that's why girls were attracted to him
Honoka Kirigava i meant like real life human girls 😅
Lonely Cat Lady it’s true!
amazing how, before the book readers are already in love with howl lol
Sophie: *cursed to be an old person by a hater witch*
Sophie: cool, ima head out
Lmfao so true
It's hard to understand in the movie, but reading the book you get the idea she takes it like an opportunity of scaping the boring life she was destined to live as the older sister taking care of the hat shop. She also believed she was bring exploited and her stepmother didn't really like her (which turns out false). It doesn't bother her until she is recalled by Calcifel that she lost several years of her life.
😂😂😂
One of my favorite scenes in the movie was actually even funnier in the book. When Howl throws his tantrum, not only is there those creepy shadows and the oozing of slime, but Howl screams so loudly the entire town has to evacuate to the docks until he's done! That's kind of how Miazaki handled the characters. You can see their original personalities a bit, but they've been toned down. Howl is stil vain and tries to run from anything he doesn't want to deal with, but he's watered down and given a good reason to run. Sophie is still bossy and nosey, but not nearly as much as in the books where she's constantly trying to bully everyone -- including Howl -- into giving her her way. I love the movie. It's my favorite Ghibli film. The changes Miazaki made fit well into the story he wanted to tell, but I will always love the book more for it's over the top, flawed, and endearing characters
I agree 100%! I also love how Howl actually went around with pink hair after that Sophie messed up his beauty spells 😆
The shampoo scene in the book is absolutely terrifying, in my opinion.There's an entire page dedicated to explain how dark and mounstruous Howl and the entire room become.
@@petitesayo4542
Maybe because I saw the movie first and knew it was just a tantrum, I thought it was hilarious. It brought to mind the doom and gloom of children I've known who threw similarly petty tantrums.
@@laurenmellen654 Maybe ! I read the book before I saw the movie so the nice Howl from the movie didn't make me biased.
For me, the fact it looks like a childish tanthrum is exactly what the problem is. It doesn't remind me of children, it reminds me of tyrannical and narcissistic people that don't care about the consequences of their actions and become dangerous over nothings.
I think we can agree that the author wrote this scene well, as we both saw both side of a same behavior !
@@petitesayo4542 I agree, though I don't think I'm biased toward howl by watching the movie, just able to see that scene from a different angle because of it.
Like I said before, movie Howl is an extremely watered down version of book Howl. I agree, book Howl is a narcissistic man-child with little thought to others or the consequences of his actions. If I met him in real life, I would hate him, and in a more serious book, he would be extremely dangerous, as any self centered child with incredible powers would be. As it is, the book is pretty light hearted in tone, so I find him an entertaining reflection of the spoiled brats I've known. He's almost satirical to me.
My favorite part of the book is that nothing makes sense at all until the end and then you're lik OMG WHAT THE FRICKITTY FRACK IT ALL MAKES SENSE
YESSS! So true!! I cried when I finished it tho
It reminds me of another Diana Wynne Jones book (she does this with all her books like her christomanic series) the book Hexwood makes no sence but it does I've read it 30 times and still find new things
Just like attack on titan. Near the end lol
LOL yup! I love how this bizarre mingling of a shy cursed girl, a vain halfwit wizard, a living broomstick, a talking fire, and an evil sorceress, all makes perfect sense within the final chapter. God I adore this book!
@@youreshit4039 bro I have 3 episodes left and haven't caught up in manga 🥲🥲🥲🥲
Theres one more thing: Michael in the book once told Sophie that he'll believe that Howl's truly in love when he goes out to meet someone without spending hours in the bathroom. So when Sophie got caught by the fire demon, Howl rushed to save her without even prepping himself and the rest is history ✨✨✨✨
I think Calcifer said that
YESSS!!! Makes sense
My favorite line from howl’s moving castle book is his repeating line he says whenever Sophie does something he doesn’t like. “Sophie strikes again”
I like to describe book Howl as "competent Gilderoy Lockhart" lol
Lockhart is already just as incompetent tho
@@ameliachoong100 That's why I used the word "competent" to describe book Howl. I mean that Howl has a personality similar to Lockhart but isn't lacking in magical ability.
I'm cackling that's the best way to put him omfg XD
Perfect
Never realized how true this was haha
Movie Howl's dark secret: is a thrill-seeker, morbidly curious about warfare.
Book How's dark secret: is from Wales, Earth, circa 1980 AD.
That Howll's real name is Howell is so funny to me. It's such a mundane welsh name.
It's like if Gandalf turned out to be called Garry.
Gota Book Howl legit went “I must never let anyone find out my deepest darkest secret...... My real name is actually Howell Jenkins😨😱😵”
Why author did that. It's bad....now it's like howl is an unmotivated teenager who live s in his sister's garage and fantasies about being a powerful witch with status, something he lacks in his real world .....I see now why miyazaki didn't follow the book.
@@ahoosamon463 She did it because flawed protagonists are interesting. It gives them something to overcome and it adds depth to his cool wizard persona he wears in Ingary.
Yup. That really took me back, finding out that Howl is just a normal, plain dude from modern Wales, trying to be someone he's not in another dimension and another time. And how Sophie saw through all that and still loved him for who he was, despite all that.
Thumbnail: Howl's Creepy Origins
Me: oh the horror ...he's WELSH.
That IS horrifying. No wonder they toned it down for the movie. :p
What's wrong with being Welsh? (asking out of curiosity)
@@DerJulia don't worry I was just being sarcastic about the title. :P I haven't yet found anyone from Wales who has done me wrong. At least, I don't think so.
@@princeapoopoo5787 it's ok! I'm not even Welsh I was just wondering if I had missed the joke lol
@@DerJulia Basically Welsh sounds like it's spoken by Dragons and there other dragon references like the Welsh flag, which essentially has a dragon on it.
Howl stumbling through the door and up the stairs, drunk off his ass will forever be iconic😂
"i can assure you that i am cone sold stober" JKSGAFJKDKSF
I love that bit so much, hes a disaster (and we love him).
One of my absolute favorite lines from the book
“Look! Survey! Inspect! My hair is RUINED! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!”
I haven't read the books yet, but I've heard that Book!Sophie is a badass that isn't afraid to put Howl in his place and that they bicker like an old married couple a lot, which honestly just makes me wanna read them more
She tries to put everyone in their place. It's her modus operandi, and being an old woman helps her to find the confidence for that. Even when she knows nothing about the situation (which is most of the times, I think).
omg thats cute
oh please read the book. It's too amazing!
The book really is good. I've only read the first one tho. Planning on reading the rest soon.
@@HSimone17 The last of the trilogy, 'House of Many Ways', is absolutely delightful. My daughter has wanted to live in a house like that ever since she read it (and she is now 24)!
_"They say that the brightest spark burns best when circumstances are at their worst."_
*~ Sophie Hatter (Howl's Moving Castle)*
A cute quote, but... not at all true in the slightest LMAO
"Yeah, but nobody really believes that."
-Calcifer
@@Alizudo Actually it IS true. That's deeply tragic, i know, but most of us do our best when the circumstances are the worst. Of course this also stresses us out to the point of burn-out and may cause ptsd as well.
We should neither have too good circumstances or too bad ones, since we don't want to become lazy, unmotivated and comfortable, but we don't want to become destroyed by stress, illness and hard emotions either.
@@henrikljungstrand2036
I'm talking about sparks.
If you're trying to build a fire in the middle of rain with only a flint and steel, it's not going to work.
@@Alizudo But the analogy isn't about rain tho
It just amuses me so much that while in the movie, Howl and Sophie just chat really chill and in the book they are all about roasting each other in every little conversation they get khkfjg
*I’m still simping over the scarecrow.*
Turnip head is a simp himself haha
Im not alone lol
he is my crush
Damn he so foine
Turnip head was hot, rich, kind, and respectful as hell
Although Diana Wynn Jones obviously wrote the novels, my favorite take about Howl's Moving Castle book vs movie is that "the movie is how Howl tells the story" and "the book is how Sophie remembers it" lol
Let's all face it.....howl was looking HOT in the film >///
when he said the line "that's my girl" my heart went ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ and i replayed it over and over
@@xxccxx660 I recently watched the movie for the first time and same skskddksk
hell yes
Years ago like 3rd grade or something my art teacher played the movie for my class (spread across multiple classes of course) so that was my first introduction to the “anime style” and that was my first introduction into being not straight
christian bale's voice
reminder that book howl or "howell" plays rugby and just uses his fists and gets drunk and his family thinks he's an unemployed hippie >0
lmao
Book Sophie is more OP magic-wise but also super stubborn and petty, and Howl is essentially a narcissistic coward who cares way too much about his appearance and they make a PERFECT pair because Howl is the only one who can break through Sophie’s stubborn moods and Sophie is the only one who can take Howl down a notch and force him to deal with his responsibilities 😂 The movie doesn’t give either of them enough character flaws so their romance seems more like “oh and they were suddenly in love despite only spending like 3 days together max” but I understand they just didn’t have enough time to flesh everything out and it’s still a really beautiful story albeit completely different! Also book Sophie is described as being very beautiful and if she weren’t compared with her even more beautiful younger sister she’d be considered even more beautiful, but she SEES herself as boring and dull and plain despite NOT ACTUALLY BEING any of those things :( Howl kind of snaps her out of that mindset but really the book is about her own development and how self esteem really can effect how strong you are - cuz even if you’re hella strong and beautiful like Sophie, if you don’t believe it yourself you can’t fill your potential. And howl has the opposite problem where he sees himself as so beautiful so, like I said before, they make a good match lol. Also Howl is super annoying in the book at times and I live for Sophie telling him off.
Agreed with all of this and love the analysis, except in movie remember at end when she finds him in that moment young howl met calcifer, then she says 'see you in the future!' and he hears her just before it all collapses? that memory of seeing someone in love with him making a promise or being there for him or however you wanna interpret it stuck with him so he was looking for her technically all his life growing up, even if it was subconscious it was kind of a loop when he met her in the future, which is the past of the one who spoke to him in his past, hence Merry Go Round of Life if that makes sense
@@skycaesar2016 yes I thought that was a clever way of adding a lot of depth to their relationship in such a short time :) and also the time travel thing is also how she finds out about calcifer, both of those things otherwise would've needed a lot more time dedicated to them so it was a great idea to have it taken care of that way. I think if any other movie director had done it, it would've seen lazy and out of place but it still fit in so naturally to the story! but yeah, even so they really didn't know each other all that long, but their relationship still feels pretty natural in the movie.
Diana Wynne Jones (the author) is a VERY good writer. I most certainly recommend her books
Also the book and this film are not very much alike but they are both AMAZING, please do read the book too!!!
They took out the part including Wales which was a good call tbh, it wouldnt have been as magical
Agreeeeeee my favs are definitely the Land of Ingary and Chrestomanci series. ALL her books make for REALLY GOOD reads. ❤
Howl, I prefer the books tho. But I could be biased cuz I read the book first.
@@GingerBun haha yes. I have welsh origins and I always thought it was funny, especially when his family is involved haha
She has so many good books
Where can I read it? Is it available online? Thank you
Whenever I feel the world is getting too harsh, too unbearable.. when I feel awful and depressed.. I’ll watch this movie and the beauty and grace of the animation gives me a nostalgic feeling for a place I’ve never been and people I don’t know.
Beautiful story.
Watching this movie feels like going home. It makes me feel secure and at peace- like everything is going to be alright. I've started watching my favorite scenes from it whenever I have a panic attack and it calms me down when nothing else will. I like the flower garden scene and the ending scene. :)
Yes, definitely one of my favorite comfort movies
Howl and Sophie are waaaaaay different in the books. Like only their names are the same. I bought the book hoping to find more of the story like the Ghibli movie, but nope. It was a whole new wooooorllld
Took me so long to learn to like the movie in it's own right, because it's changed so much!!
i watched the movie twice before reading the book but after i read it i just couldn’t love the movie as much as the book, they’re both amazing in different ways but the way that the book’s story is told is just so mesmerizing
@@allienunez6972 same, I just can't look at it the same way. But, I love them both.
I think that was on purpose. Miyazaki takes a story and portrays it in his own way as to not be a full adaptation but a twist. Which also kinda helps push people to read the books if they've only seen the movie.
They're not even the same characters tbh. I don't mind that though. I enjoy both the book and movie as their own separate stories and worlds. The book characters are deeply flawed but endearing and entertaining, and the movie characters are relatable and likeable in a different sense. Both are dear to me.
I think the funniest/ weirdest part of the novel was the fact that howl designs video games for his niece and nephew.
Overall I adore both the book and the movie too. I just wish we can get a more accurate adaptation bc there are a lot parts in the novel I’d like to see acted out/ animated
RIGHT!!! it was so funny! i especially loved the way computers were described through sophies point of view, with the plugs being described as stems etc XDD
And how she hated cars
IKR!!!
*slams fists on the table* THE BOOK HAS SEQUELS?!?!?
Yes, two. Both with 'building'-themed titles. 'Castle in the Air' and 'House of Many Ways' Strongly recommend the latter.
but sadly not that much Howl and Sophie....if you can discern them.
@@katyvdb5993 Castle in the air is about Prince Justin right? Or.. Am I wrong?
@@88wi Ooh...it's difficult to answer that without giving a big part of the plot away. I can say, without spoiling anything, that the story uses a lot of 'Arabian Nights' folklore, with a genie, djinns and a flying carpet, and the main hero is a young carpet-seller who falls in love with a princess. And lots of people and things are enchanted and aren't what they seem.
@@katyvdb5993 awww.. Thanks, I think I'm gonna read that
I actually loved that the catcaller soldier was Howl himself in the original. Him saying that he had hoped the old woman would turn out to be the lovely lady he had hit on on Mayday was so cute and him wanting to know why she was so scared after breaking all these girls' hearts lmaoo...
They really should've went with the book villain, finding out more about the Witch of the Waste and that her fire demon was a whole person was sooo exciting! And I really liked Lettie and Martha as well, I really wish Ghibli did more with that or did several parts to adapt faithfully. I enjoyed every single second of the book it was so well-written and I loved Howl and I also really loved Sophie. And Calcifer had all these colors that I wish I'd have seen in the movie.
I love Ghibli and I do love the movie, but I always had the feeling the movie felt kind of all over the place and incomplete before I read the book and I'm so glad more people are getting into it and into reading it more now. The whole Ingary trilogy is so interesting and nice.
Its been years, but i remember in the book, they mention Howl "eats their hearts", Sophie is afraid since she thinks thats literal
@@elarhy They all think he literally devours hearts, and it turns out he can't love because his own heart has been stolen away from him!
But it's just based on the book it wasn't supposed to be a full fair adaptation.
@@hao9508 Yup. At least most of his movies I believe are his own twists on stories which he uses to encourage watchers to read the books as well to compare them. There were some pretty big differences between the book The Borrowers or whatever and the movie Ariety but both are great pieces of work. Also it's a 2 hour movie so it's harder to cram character growth, establishment, and purpose, than it is in a book.
@@TheDoggoPearl You have a point but I do think Miyazaki just loves all those fabulous steampunk war machines, and had to make space for them. It was just boy-filmmaker self-indulgence. In a wonderful way of course.
Howl only went after Lettie to get info on Sophie and was never interested in Martha (who Michael loves) he says himself that he had never been to the bakery and so he never saw Or met Martha until Michael brought her to the castle and by that point Howl was in love with Sofie.
Lettie and Martha switched places so Lettie could study magic and Martha could meet someone and fall in love. Michael didn’t know Martha’s name because of this and thought she was Lettie. The real Lettie used her real name and so there were two “Letties.” But Howl never loved either one. We are told by Persevel that Howl went after Lettie to learn more about Sophie and that Lettie encouraged Howl to find out what had happened to her
This!
True, and him "wooing" women has a different purpose.
I'd like to bring up some of my favourite unintentionally hilarious lines in the book "You can't just walk into people's castles and take their guitars!" -Sophie
"It's because she's respectable and I'm not and she's jealous" -Howl (about his sister)
For some reason all of my friends hate it and find it weird but it’s actually a beautiful film
I don’t know what’s wrong with them
Maybe your friends wasn't interested at the movie anyways. At least according to their opinions.
Honestly, I'm not surprised to see you here at this point.
I haven’t even met your friends but I already know I despise them
It is beautiful they just don’t have good taste
I don’t know. Howl’s moving castle is weird lol but that’s why I like it. I’ve always preferred fantastical movies, but I have friends who only like romantic slice of life or down to earth kind of movies. It’s not that they don’t have tastes just that the tastes are different
I like your comment about the possibility that Sophie's remark to the mirror, "Like an old maid," is self-fullfilling prophecy. She feels trapped in her role as first born, like her life is over before it's begun, and the Witch of the Waste's curse simply adds the exterior visual to what she's feeling inside. It takes Sophie actually being old to get her to take control of her future. And it's telling that the spell comes off when she realizes she was the one holding onto that image of herself.
in the book the witch does actually turn her old. calcifer specifically says that the witch reduced her lifespan by about 60 years. calcifer also mentions in the beginning that there are two layers of spells put on her. the second layer was actually unintentionally one she put on herself while looking at her aged appearance in the mirror. so initially she is actually dealing with the witch's spell having aged her, but howl later in the book says that he's been working on removing the spell. this has removed the problems with old age (i.e. achy joints, heart problems, so on and so forth) but her appearance stays that of an old woman. this is because the spell she put on herself while looking in the mirror at her old self "don't worry old thing. you look quite healthy. besides, this is much more like you really are." so she unknowingly added that extra spell layer on herself making her look as she really is (in her own opinion). same way she put spells on the hats she was making. the spell she put on herself is also why later in the book howl says "i came to the conclusion that you liked being in disguise." and "you must be, since you're doing it yourself"
also worth mentioning that the hat scene comes before the witch puts a spell on her, but she isn't old in appearance until after the witch does so. especially shown when "gaston" looks horrified when the witch casts the spell on her. also the spell she put on herself doesn't break because of a change in how she feels, it was because she fulfilled the bargain she made with calcifer. the spell was lifted when she freed calcifer and howl from their contract just as she said she would. in return calcifer broke the spell on her, just as he said he would. this is why she returns to her normal appearance only after fulfilling her end of the bargain (in the book). unlike the movie, there were no scenes of sophie looking young again until the spell is broken at the end.
book sophie never did escape her fairy tale trope destiny tho, it just turns out she was the eldest of three witches instead and every one knows that means shes the most powerful one. and this fits with the two other sisters too, martha the youngest only learns enough magic to change places with lettie, lettie actually wants to be a witch but her magic doesn't come effortlessly like it does to sophie, but she ends up apprenticed to sullivan, a powerful wizard, in the end. And sophie herself already have her own brand of very powerful magic and has been using it unconsciously the entire book.
this goes with their marriages too: martha marries michael an apprentice, lettie ends up with sullivan, and sophie marries howl: arguably the most powerful wizard in all of ignary
I think Sullivan would give him a run for his money. Fellow Welshman that he is.
@@adorabell4253 It says in House of many Ways that Howl has the strongest gift of divination anywhere in the world. That at least implies that he's more powerful than Suliman...
@@pacmanshooter247 In divination, maybe. But divination isn't everything. In Howl's Moving Castle, it is implied that Howl has a bit of a professional rivalry with Suliman and that they are basically evenly matched.
@@adorabell4253 Mrs Pentstammon literally says: "I thought my work was done when I trained Benjamin Sullivan [...] and procured him the post of Royal Magician. [...]Then Howell came, and I saw at a glance that he had twice the imagination and twice the abilities..." - page 167 in my version...
Welshies whenever Wales is so much as mentioned in passing: We have been summoned! Hello.
Me, I'm a Welshie.
And also uwu
Siwmae blod!
Odd that Christian Bale, a Welsh man, didn’t keep his welsh accent to play howl, a welsh wizard
@@connors.8618 This was honestly such a massive disappointment.
Only tangentially related, but RDJ's portrayal of a Welsh Dr Dolittle makes up for that past disappointment somewhat.
@@connors.8618 I imagine the english vocal director didn't ask him to? Or maybe he did but the director asked him to not do it.
I always interpreted the witch of the waste as being very beautiful but an awful person, not augmenting herself with magic, when howl said “she was once very beautiful, then, she wasn’t” as when he finally looked beyond her appearance or when the demon overtook her
THANK YOU. I am currently in the middle of embroidering the cleaning scene. Perfect timing!
OH! That sounds so neat!
Wow!! Did you finish it? You should share a link, I’m sure many fans here would enjoy & appreciate your art!
My favorite thing about the movie is that Howl waited years to find Sofie, and even tells her as much when they properly meet for the first time.
I read Howl's Moving Castle before the movie was announced (as well as other Diana Wyne Jones novels.) I was excited to see the movie but was kind of let down that it was so different. This year I decided to reread the book and watch the movie again, and now I love both. I respect that they are both different and DWJ gave it her blessing. Now another DWJ story, Earwig and the Witch, is becoming a Ghibli film, and I promised myself I won't judge it as harshly as I did Howl's Moving Castle.
I enjoy both stories, but I look at them separately; so many things are changed that I feel it's kind of unfair to compare them. Both versions have great aspects to them (although overall I do prefer the book because Howl and Sophie are so much more flawed).
For me it's similar to the movie Blade Runner: the films are inspired by the books, but they take their own spins with the material/ideas and characters to make something that better suits the medium.
I love both versions of HMC and Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream... But I don't think of them as being the same thing. You can see that in both cars those making the films loved the books and wanted to do them justice. I don't think you could do HMC as a film and include everything, it would have to be a full series to fit it all in properly.
Personal thoughts? The movie is Howl's version of how he met Sophie, and the book is Sophie's retelling.
My favorite part about the book was the banter between Howl and Sophie. Her roasts and his charmingly vein behavior have such chemistry
I love the movie, but the book is my favorite because Sophie is way more sassy. My favorite part is where she accidentally makes weed killer because she is so steaming mad at Howl.
One of my favorite books!!! I’ve read it multiple times, and my favorite moral is to never let others dictate how you feel or live your life. Sophie’s stepmother wasn’t a typical one, but she was still jealous and manipulated our protagonist. Howl lectures Sophie about the overall moral during that flying scene. Sophie realizes that the people she loves truly care about her, and the only one keeping her back is herself.
Ah, but you neglected to mention that his home in Wales was in “our world” in like...the 80’s, with cars and computers and video games. So...a teeny bit of time travel? Or dimension travel?
Definitely dimension travel, imo - if you've read Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci series, there's similar cross-dimensional travel there, too (our world as it is, our modern world plus magic, Victorian-era world with magic, all co-existing) and I don't think it's a stretch to imagine that the Ingary trilogy takes place in the same multiverse as the Chrestomanci books.
The book was written in the mid 80's, so no time travel as it was contemporary with our world :-)
@@smallkat99 Time travel in the sense between his universes, not relating to ours.
@@carl6780 that wouldn't be time travel though, since it's through space/dimensions and not time.
@@smallkat99 Meh, same idea. Space/time travel, they go together.
Great video! It's jarring to see how much I've forgotten from the book, haha.
One thing I feel the need to say is, while yes, Howl is indubitably narcissistic and a jerk to women and whatnot, he also has a very gentle and good-natured side to him that you neglected to mention. Remember, he didn't make the contract with Calcifer for his own profit, he offerd his heart to the demon as a selfless act, because he felt sorry for him and didn't want him to die. He also does everything he can to protect his family (who btw treat him like crap), even at the cost of having them all looking down on him and seeing him as a screwup, because telling (showing) them he is actually a really powerful wizard could put them all in danger. Also, he found Michael sleeping at his porch one day and just took him in no questions asked, eventually even making him his apprentice. What I'm saying is, Howl is not as bad as he seems!
Yeah, all the commenters here who think he's a douchebag should read this.
@@oxoelfoxo I mean, tbf, he _is_ kind of a douchebag, but he is also not as black and white as that; it's not all he is, and he has many redeemable qualities. He's not _all_ bad.
Concerning the Ghibli adaptation, I always felt Howl was very under-developed as a character, and the romance between him and Sophie felt half-baked. He's offscreen for most of the movie and most of their moments together are Howl saving Sophie from dangerous situations, or her being domestic towards him. I know it's a fairy tale, but given the romance between them is a big part of the movie, I felt it could have had more focus and development.
Same reason I didn't much care for Ashitaka and San. They get very little screentime together and the love between them is more TOLD than it is SHOWN. Ashitaka says he's in love with San when he barely knows her, and we're TOLD San loves him but it's not really SHOWN...Outside of her feeding him and that's pretty much it. I know there's more to the movie than romance, but it's supposedly a big deal between Ashitaka and San.
short time ago, i had a thought: he -literally- was *heartless*
maybe that would justify his various underdeveloped personality aspects?
@@cl0very That is possible, I've only seen the movie and not read the book, but I could never really like Howl all that much, given how flighty, aloof, and non-present he is for much of the movie. If Howl had more screentime and more time was devoted to his character development onscreen I would have liked him more.
I also felt Sophie's falling for him was quite spontaneous as well, I know we get some touching moments between them, but they spend large chunks of the movie apart and it makes it hard for me to buy they've fallen in love given their limited interactions. That said I buy their romance more than I do Ashitaka and San's.
Ashitaka and San and chihiro and haku seem more like a friendship than romance
@@saphicxx Haku and Chiroro I'll grant. But Ashitaka says things like *"I dream of San nursing me at her breast"* when he's talking to Moro. And San does things like feed Ashitska when he cannot feed himself. Mouth to mouth. The romantic subtext is pretty clear.
@@PlanetZoidstar I didn't say it wasn't obvious but I personally think as an opinion that they should have been friends
It's been a minute since I read the book but I enjoyed the reasons the sisters switch spots (Martha/Lettie) There is an order to things when having multiple kids. The eldest gets the business the second seeks her own fortune and the youngest gets to learn magic (I think that was the order anyway). But the 2 sisters wanted to switch since they liked each other's "Life path" if you will. Which is why they are pretending to be each other.
Low key though I dislike book Howl lol he isn't good for much in my opinion.
I missed the movie having both sisters & their having bigger roles in the story too plus teenaged Michael being changed to young child Markl was a bit strange. Markl was still cute but I'm guessing Studio Ghibli did that both to make things simpler in writing the character & to put in an audience surrogate for any younger viewers of the movie. But it still would've been cute to have teen Michael's romance with Martha if it were possible to keep it in.
@@maxinezook3835 I agree! But i also think it would have made both plots fail if they tried to still do the war is useless/senseless theme
Eldest is expected to stay put, Middle child is doomed to mediocrity and youngest is expected to go out and seek their fortune; thus Sophie gets the hat shop, Middle child Lettie is sent to be a baker's apprentice where she'd at least meet a nice man and get married, and youngest child Martha is sent to be a witch's apprentice so that when she does the fortune-seeking she'd have magic. But Martha wants to get married and have 10 children, and Lettie wants to learn magic
@@MajorUrsula I appreciate you for your comment. It was lowkey bothering me I couldn't remember it perfectly.
My favourite studio ghibli film and my favourite art styles youtuber! This is the best day!
The book is my alltime fav book... I appriciate the movie as its own piece of art but i have to seperate the 2 so i dont drive myself crazy from how different they are.
Also biggest difference in themes and plot
Movie: war
Book: magic
The most important thing to take from this is that Howl is from Wales!
I don't care, Howl will still be my anime husbando.
As much as it melts my mind to break down, I think I’m partial to the book version of Howl and Sophie just cause their dynamic is so much more real to me, but also I love the movie with all my heart. Fav book moment tho? When Howl was drunk.
Sophie is heavily hinted at having some strong magic in her in the movie too, although, as I haven’t read the book, I assume it’s much more subtle in comparison.
I think you have failed to mention that Howl really visited Lettie because he wanted to know more about Sophie (or something like that) and that, without her knowing it, he was trying to end her spell.
And there are two things that I didn't like at all about the movie and the book:
1) Some behaviors from Sophie and Howl got on my nerves!
2) lack of detail in characters' thoughts, feelings, and reactions, but I guess this is because it is narrated in the third person uwu
(Sorry for my english :c)
I stumbled upon this channel because Coraline is my 2nd favorite movie of all time AND NOW YOU'RE MAKING A VIDEO ON MY NO. 1???!!!!! Yes, I love this channel
I haven't watched yet, but I'm just stunned rn. Like I literally bought the DVD and watched the movie last night. I love the movie and the whole time watching i was wondering if any youtubers had made a video about the film. The ways universes can come together and collide are crazy
I love the movie but to me the book is superior in a few things:
First of all: Sophie .She is incredibly badass and funny through the whole book, her and Howl's interactions are hilarious and their dynamic is different from the movie but still really charming and unique.
Another thing that I loved is that Book Howl not only is waaay more chaotic than Movie Howl, but he gets a really amazing character development and Marco (although I love his little boy version from the movie) is also more enjoyable as a grown teenager.
I just feel like the book version ties everything together neatly and the characters end up feeling more fresh and natural.Oh btw to those interested, there is that one scene where Howl's sister starts roasting him when he and Sophie go to her house and its AMAZING
The series is a trilogy and I recommend all of them, even tgough Howl and Sophie aren't the protagonist in the last 2 books, they play vital roles to the story!
Gah the sequels are so good!!!! Literally the reveal in castle in the air? And the HowlSophie reunion? Love it so much
Howl will always be the princess of the princes. Love him 😂
I love seeing someone who also loves both versions. I keep the book nearby whenever I want to reread it!
My favourite difference between movie and book: in the movie, Howl saves Sophie from the creeps who are hitting on her... In the book, he is the creep🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (of course he had not bad intentions, but Sophie was already nervous and so she is a bit scared by him)
I love her voice it’s so ✨ASMR✨
Miyazaki can't or don't want make a movie without some of his favorite themes like flight, environmentalism, pacifism.
I like both the movie and the book, but I'm a little sad that the book version of the story is less know and less talked about. I mean try to look for fan art, there are very few of the book version.
Yes, the movie looks nice, but I hated how it takes the book story, cuts it and shove the parts into the standard ghibli movie mold with standard ghibli heroine no.3.
I just really disliked the war story. I disliked it when I saw the movie in theaters in 2004, before I ever read the book, and after reading the book I disliked it even less. I love war movies, but in this story it just felt shoved in for absolutely no reason. The rest of the movie is enjoyable, though, for being its own version of the book. I suppose it wasn't action-packed enough for what the studio wanted.
imagine being an author and getting anime adaptation by Hayao Miyazaki of your book
i read the book a few months ago after being familiar with the movie, and i gotta say i enjoyed the book more. i like to view them as two separate stories bc of how different the plots are. what drew me to the book is how sophie and howl's relationship is much more based on caring for each other and 'tough love' as opposed to the kind of fairytale attraction they have in the movie.
I felt sad that the movie left out a lot of the stuff from the book but I think that they way Diana Wynne Jones writes is just not translatable to film. Her writing is sooo clever and you will get major plot reveals in between silly dialogue or a character rambling on in their head (like when Sophie realizes she's a witch). This also results in a lot of stuff that is said casually coming back and meaning a lot more later on.
Also I believe miyazaki said he wanted to focus the movie on more anti-war themes which also probably contributed to more stuff being cut out.
Howl's Moving Castle is one of my all time favourite movies, and I love the book that precedes it. I remember being over the moon when I found out it was one of the books I had to read in my Children's Lit. class in university. I think one of my favourite moments from the book is the description of the fight scene with the Witch of the Waste, there's so much great imagery there. As for the movie, as odd as it sounds it's the beginning when Howl takes Sophie on that little walk through the air. It's displayed with such whimsy and the music pairs so beautifully with it
"Two very different stories spring up from the same narrative"
Reminds me of any news story
I never knew Howl's moving castle was a book. I learned something today, so thanks.
P.S.- Your little animations and soft spoken tone are adorable.
One thing I usually appreciate about movie adaptations is that sometimes they consolidate characters who very well SHOULD be consolidated and sometimes they thin bloated plot lines. I haven't read the book, though, so I have to get that done before I really compare them.
I love the movie. The magic feels magical because few if any explanations are offered. As in all Ghibli movies, the scenery is gorgeous and makes me yearn for a "return to Nature". I love seeing Sophie become more confident. I think Markl is such an adorable character.
My favorite scenes are Sophie and the Witch of the Waste walking up the stairs, Suliman's spells to remove the powers of Howl and the Witch of the Waste, and the reunion of Markl and Sophie (their relationship fills me with such joy).
Jones doesn't have bloated plot lines, in any of her books. What she will have is confusing plotlines where oftentimes people are more than one character and time isn't always linear, and thing just get weird. Still one of the greatest writers of the 20th century (if not all time). Howl's Moving Castle is also a children's book, just keep that in mind.
@@adorabell4253 good to know, thank you
One of the best scenes in the book is when Howl comes home from the rugby club reunion drunk and stumbles around trying to find the stairs and his bed (which is dodging), while insisting that he is cone sold stober.
Ah, Howl’s Moving Castle! I love the movie and so it made me want to read the book. And since I love reading as well, I got the book when I was in college, and I loved it as much as the movie. They were different in a lot of ways but I could recognize what was in the movie and was not. In fact I bought the sequel books as well. They were pretty good too. Worth taking a look at!
I was annoyed that, in the movie, when the Witch of the Waste lost her powers in the movie she became this sweet, slightly confused old lady. It felt like they were saying that a woman is so much nicer once she's been disempowered.
I really like that the message of the book seems to be "Be careful what you tell yourself about yourself, because as soon as you start to believe it, you'll make it true." This is a lesson all young people need to keep in mind!
The movie was pretty good, but I absolutely *LOVE* the book and have for years!
I saw it more as a "She used so much magic it poisened her" thing.
In the movie calcifer tells howel that if he uses too much/turns himself into a bird thing too many times he won't be able to turn back. The other wizzards could choose to work for the king keep their magic and turn into monsters, or lose their magic.
So I subconsiously saw using too much magic over a long period of time or at once as something that came with concequences. When Solomen took the witch of the waste magic she also took the begative side effects with it.
3:35 That actually explains why that little boy said, "Are you sure your not a witch Sophie?" And she replies, "No bit I'm the worst one of all" 😂💀 and then there's another part where she just transforms and looks in a mirror and says, "At least my clothes finally fit me" and now that makes sense😂
If there’s anything about details in this video, it’s the fact that Howl’s suit is in triangles. Amazing touch!
I have read HMC 3 times all the way through and probably a dozen more times in parts while writing essays about it, and its plot continues to astound me. Like, just watching this video, you explained a number of things that I’d missed in the book. Diana Wynne Jones loved complex plot, but boy did she go ham with this one.
Now, I wanna read the book because I love them more.
Edit: I've finished and thank you because I love it so much.
There's 3 books and a also recommend Dina Wynne Jones's Hexwood book (I've read it 30 times and find something new each time I read it) and her christomanic series, their amazing book I recommend you check them out!!
@@BeedleTheImmortal Thank you! I do plan to read her books. ;)
@@am-xr4ve np! And you won't regret reading them!!
Hai I'm a big fan of you you are the best RUclipsr in the world:-D
Could you please give me a shout out:-(
I love Howl's Moving Castle so much, this was a fun video! One of my favorite parts from both the book and movie is when Howl throws his slime tantrum, its just so melodramatic and it makes me laugh. I remember when I got around to reading the book I was thrown for a loop at how different the endings/black dial door destinations were lol. Also I love Howl's movie room too, its so cool!
I love her content and all, but honestly, I'm here for her voice 😳😳 so soft and peaceful, makes me feel at ease, even tho she's mostly enumerating gruesome details
Sophie: *gets turn into an old lady*
Also sophie: Let me climb a mountain and lets see if the curse breaks
Me at the end of the movie: is the curse broken or her hair is just gray/white...?
stan Diana Wynne Jones and her incredible books (double points for Deep Secret and Hexwood) for clear skin
"He also brings in a guitar, that he doesn't know play" *Loud wheeze*
Enjoyed your analysis! Just read the book a few days ago and loved it! I was pleasantly surprised that they were different enough to feel like I was reading a different story, but familiar enough to the movie that I already loved so well. Definitely recommend!
Howl is still cute tho let’s face it >~
I just noticed at the end when Sophie kissed Turnip Head who turns out to be the missing prince, the Witch of the Waste and the Prince had a conversation like this.
Witch of the Waste: It looks like your true love is in love with someone else.
Prince: One thing you can always count on is that hearts change.
Does that mean the Prince is Sophie's true love? Since only "a true love's kiss" can break the curse. But it just so happened that she met Howl first? Hmmm.
Vernice Cendaña Ooh that’s my favorite scene in the movie!! I thought what happened between Sophie and Turnip Head was more of family love, or at least I think that’s how Sophie saw him. Idk if that sufficed to break the spell, but she treats Turnip Head with love and respect even if he’s just a ragged scarecrow, just like the other members living in the castle. I interpreted the conversation between the Witch of the Waste and Turnip Head as an unintentional reference to Howl, who literally changed his heart.
Omg this makes me want to watch it again. It's been so long since I last watched it, I didn't even understand the entire story
Lol I watched it but only in French and the conversation doesn't go like that at all. So maybe I'm gonna watch the Japanese version next time just to see that scene 🤔
Oh my gosh I LOVE Diana Wynn Jones so much and as a filmmaker AND a book nerd, this is my FAVORITE adaptation because while they both tell slightly different stories they both hold their own SO well and Ghibli’s adaptation is still a wonderful, respectful addition to the story!!
THANK YOU!
i have been gushing about those differences to my friends nonstop for years 😆💔
i love how ghibli had scattered some easter eggs to include some of the book's details and small stories (hawl's patched coat, sophie's sore reaction to hawl's tantrum over his "ugly ginger hair" when she in fact is ginger in the book... ect)
Not "ginger", red gold, remember.
@@autumnramble my apologies 🤭
Howls moving castle was the 2nd anime I ever watched (Im a new weeb)
*This is actually nice to know. I never knew this anime was based of a book*
You should watch every studio Ghibli movie. it's *life*
@@Br0ken_tv677 thanks for the recommendation:p
If you like romantic comedy I recommend the anime Lovely Complex. It is really good, the art style is older but you have to give it a try. So fun and cute. Not romantic animes that are good: Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (there’s two versions, essentially it has the reboot which is Brotherhood that follows the manga and the original show just called Fullmetal Alchemist which diverges from manga because the manga wasn’t complete when the original show aired and instead of waiting the show writers came up with an alternate ending/story.). Inuyasha was the first anime I ever saw and it’s pretty good. Naruto I really liked. There’s quite a few good stories but unfortunately there’s a lot of subpar stories out there too, in my opinion. But enjoy! Wish I could relive watching some of these again.
awesome!! if you liked that I recommend Nausicaa of the valley of the wind, it's another ghibli film and in my opinion the best one :))
If you like anime that is fantasy themed and a bit creepy/spooky without being gory, I highly recommend Rozen Maiden, it's an anime about living clockwork dolls that were created by an evil sorcerer battling to the death. It has both a lot of drama, action and funny moments since the dolls all have wildly different personalities and some of them are friends with each other. There's also some strange stuff like interdimensional travel and the dolls riding levitating suitcases. The story opens with a dude buying stuff hoping it will be cursed (why?!!) and then the dolls start to show up. It also has a very pretty and somewhat kawaii art style.
"Howl's Creepy Origins" girl he's literally a rugby chad from Wales --
Lol I love when people make these without actually reading the book.
An (inaccurate) summary isn’t the same thing as “creepy origins”
Oh yes! Can you please do more of these Studio Ghibli lore? Love it!