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Howl's Moving Castle - Limited Edition Steelbook [Blu-ray + DVD]

Emily Mortimer (Actor), Jean Simmons (Actor), Hayao Miyazaki (Director) Rated:
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Genre Kids & Family, Anime & Manga
Format Blu-ray, NTSC, Subtitled
Contributor Christian Bale, Chieko Baisho, Haruko Kato, Hayao Miyazaki, Billy Crystal, Takuya Kimura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Josh Hutcherson, Blythe Danner, Tatsuya Gashuin, Akihiro Miwa, Toshio Suzuki, Jean Simmons, Emily Mortimer, Lauren Bacall See more
Language Japanese
Runtime 2 hours

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Howl's Moving Csstle SteelBook Header

Howl

Howl

Vain, enigmatic, and charming, Howl is a gifted wizard with a flair for the dramatic.

Sophie Hatter

Sophie Hatter

A rather plain young woman whose fateful encounter with Howl leads her to getting turned into an old woman.

Calcifer

Calcifer

A crabby fire demon whose flame powers the castle.

Markl

Markl

Howl’s young apprentice in magic who helps manage Howl’s many alter egos.

Witch of the Waste

Witch of the Waste

A powerful and feared witch who, out of jealousy, places a curse on Sophie.

Turnip Head

Turnip Head

A scarecrow who leads Sophie to Howl’s castle.

Howl's Moving Castle SteelBook footer

Product Description

From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, and acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki, comes the Academy Award®-nominated fantasy adventure for the whole family.

Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a curse on Sophie and turns her into a 90-year-old woman. On a quest to break the spell, Sophie climbs aboard Howl's magnificent moving castle and into a new life of wonder and adventure. But as the true power of Howl's wizardry is revealed, Sophie finds herself fighting to protect them both from a dangerous war of sorcery that threatens their world. Featuring the voices of Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson and Billy Crystal.


Bonus Content:

  • Includes Full Color [4-, 6-, 8-] Page Booklet
  • Original Japanese Storyboards
  • Original Japanese TV Spots and Trailers
  • Behind The Microphone

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 6.42 ounces
  • Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Japanese
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ BRSF20837
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Hayao Miyazaki
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 12, 2020
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Toshio Suzuki
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese (Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 EX), English (Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 EX), French (Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 EX)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ SHOUT! FACTORY
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084FDZS3T
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • Rosa Wise
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased great gift
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2025
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    Bought as a gift for my autistic son . He was very pleased with it . Says it works great and was well made. Happy son , happy life.
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  • Storyteller Studios
    5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the finest animation ever produced!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2025
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    Fantastic detailed animation. English dubbing is top notch. Steelbook looks nice, and as is the case for all the movies in this series: "limited" to one billion copies!
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  • Brandon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love It
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
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    If you are a fan of Studio Ghibli don't sleep on this purchase. Great price for a classic. Plenty of extras and it looks amazing as expected.
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    Brandon
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Love It

    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
    If you are a fan of Studio Ghibli don't sleep on this purchase. Great price for a classic. Plenty of extras and it looks amazing as expected.
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  • Kazuki
    5.0 out of 5 stars Remembering Our Own Names
    Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2011
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    Like a vivid dream, Miyazaki's film presents an alternate world for children of all ages. For more mature viewers, however, his works represent the complex realities we face here and now in this cruel, yet beautiful world. Howl's Moving Castle will take us on a journey of moral quest to confront unnecessary and destructive wars that make us victims of, and collaborators with, terror at one and the same time. If our children can handle such serious subjects as war, justice and humanity, so must we.

    Miyazaki tells us that we are not what we seem to be. Howl is a handsome young man who looks like a dashing rock star and behaves like a flamboyant prince. Nevertheless, he is a wizard. Yet, unlike other wizards, he no longer works for the Palace, and when night falls, he turns into a black monster bird, flying across the sky to intercept a massive bomber formation over defenseless cities burning in flames. Howl spreads his wings and tries to catch bombs in the air, but all he can do is to neutralize a few bombs out of thousands. Thus, he goes to war each day, knowing in advance that he will fail. Which one of his multiple characters is truer than the other ones? Is any one aspect of his as true as any other?

    Sophie, a 19-year-old girl, is turned into a 90-year-old woman by the Witch of the Waste Land because she attracts the attention of Howl whom the Witch desires for herself, secretly envious of his youth and beauty. Is this a curse by a jealous witch, or does it merely mirror the lost heart of Sophie who does not know what she is to become, having resigned herself to a drab life in her family's hat shop? If the latter is the case, what can she do to break the spell? So, she sets off on an adventure to discover herself.

    Not even the Witch, an elaborately dressed dowager, is immune to power. When she is called to the Palace, she kowtows to authority and transforms herself into a helpless old woman, going up a flight of steep stairs that lead to a majestic chamber. It has been a long time since the ancient oral traditions she represents were annihilated and subjugated by nation-states in the age of modernization.

    Calcifer, a cantankerous fire demon, is supposed to be a free being in the universe, but he is under a contract to Howl, so he is kept in a small fireplace to generate energy for the moving castle. When more energy is needed for the castle in crisis, Sophie offers a lock of her hair to Calcifer who then says, "If you give me your soul, I will be able to produce unimaginable amounts of energy." Perhaps, the wizards at the Palace who are in charge of inventing all the machines, warplanes, tanks, bombs, and missiles, have given up their souls to Calcifer to develop nuclear weapons.

    As citizens of nations with industrial democracies which uphold a single economic model, namely extreme capitalism unleashed by neo-liberal shock treatments in the era of corporate globalization, we have no faces, no voices, and no names. Here we have Miyazaki's invitation to take off on a magical journey, together with Sophie and Howl, to search for the infinite possibilities that dwell in each one of us. It will be as hard an adventure as anyone can undertake in the mysterious frontier of the human mind, as valuable an experience as dreams that would not cease to inspire us, and as easy a task as remembering once again our own names.

    Peace,
    Kazuki Anno, Translators United for Peace
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  • Alain Carmichael
    5.0 out of 5 stars Miyazaki's Strange Journeys. (Howl's Moving Castle Blu-Ray/Combo)
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2024
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    Among Hayao Miyazaki's filmed works, Howl's Moving Castle is one of the least easy stories to grasp, or to understand its final goal...even if we get there despite everything.
    This film was a huge success in Japan, while in America it was a polite recognition from the public and critics. We can compare this strange plot to that (Oscar-winning) of The Boy and the Heron. Or even, in certain aspects, to the misadventures of a young girl in Spirited Away, another Oscar-winning strange world.
    So why didn't this Howl's Moving Castle have the same success among Westerners?
    Maybe we don't like seeing young people aging so quickly. Who knows? Not easy to answer. So maybe we should give it a second chance thanks to blu-ray?
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  • Phillip Allen
    5.0 out of 5 stars AND ANOTHER ANIMATED MASTERPIECE BY THE MASTER, MIYAZAKI
    Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2020
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    If you thought the art design was beautiful in Spirited Away (and it is, of course), then you must see Howl's Moving Castle. The art design in this film is singular and absolutely breathtaking. It looks not just realistic, but almost three-dimensional, and actually glows with a romantic depth I've not seen in any other film, either live-action or animated. This film simply looks gorgeous.

    When it comes to the films of Miyazaki, I never watch the English dubbed versions. I've seen several of them and they are all pathetic garbage. The English-speaking actors always get it wrong -- always. Therefore, I always go to the original, Japanese version and just turn on the subtitles. Now, a word about the subtitles in these Prime versions of Miyazaki's films on Amazon. The pull-down menu for the sound doesn't actually say "subtitles"; it says, rather, "English CC", which is supposed to mean closed captioned. However, it is not. It is supposed to say "subtitled" because this is what it is. I'm not complaining. Subtitles are always preferable to closed captioning, with all those annoying stage directions and such. The problem is with Amazon, who, rather than stating that they are "subtitles", insists upon stating that they are English CC (closed captioned). Of course, this makes no sense, but what can we expect from Amazon. I'm just thankful they are actually subtitles. What's more, they appear to be the original translation from the DVD I remember from several years ago.

    The film itself is an astonishing work of animation. Everything just seems perfect, beautiful, with nothing out of place. And the weird twist of what happens to the lead character is at once funny and horrifying. The characters, even the non-human ones, are all fleshed out perfectly. You genuinely care about them all, even "Calcifer", the little snot.

    It should be noted that the original story was not Miyazaki's. Usually, he writes his own original stories. This time, he did not. But the source material is absolutely charming and Miyazaki works with it in his typically masterful way, bringing everything to vivid life. The original novel was written by the British novelist, Diana Wynne Jones, who has served as the inspiration for many of the most famous of the contemporary novelist of the day. She won more than a dozen influential literary awards, all well-deserved.

    For all these reasons, I have again broken my own rule and gave this film 5 stars. If you have not seen it, you are missing a stunning film, one that will delight the eye and tug (gently but firmly) on your heart. It is one of those films that I classify more as an experience, one that stays with you long after you've watched it, probably even continuing to pull at your heart for a very long time to come.
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  • Madratter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous
    Reviewed in Canada on July 16, 2024
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    As a huge Ghibli fan these steelbook cases look amazing on a shelf and are quite sturdy. They look fantastic all lined up together. Would recommend to any Ghibli fan!
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    Madratter
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Gorgeous

    Reviewed in Canada on July 16, 2024
    As a huge Ghibli fan these steelbook cases look amazing on a shelf and are quite sturdy. They look fantastic all lined up together. Would recommend to any Ghibli fan!
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  • Kund 613
    4.0 out of 5 stars Lätt att beställa och leverans som utlovat
    Reviewed in Sweden on December 5, 2022
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  • lucio sturiale
    5.0 out of 5 stars più sorprendente di Hayao Miyazaki.
    Reviewed in Italy on August 9, 2022
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    Molto originale la storia, bellissimi i disegni, stupendi i fondali ed i colori brillanti. Un’opera che vale la pena possedere e conservare per sempre. Un autentico gioiello d’animazione del grande regista giapponese Hayao Miyazaki.
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  • Fernando Flores
    5.0 out of 5 stars La recomiendo.
    Reviewed in Mexico on January 4, 2020
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    Exelente producto, una pelicula con buena historia y para los amantes de la calidad de imagen no los defraudara, ya que esta remasterizada y no se pierde ningun detalle al verlo en una gran tv.
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    Fernando Flores
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    La recomiendo.

    Reviewed in Mexico on January 4, 2020
    Exelente producto, una pelicula con buena historia y para los amantes de la calidad de imagen no los defraudara, ya que esta remasterizada y no se pierde ningun detalle al verlo en una gran tv.
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  • Jennifer Yellow Hat
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful fairytale with stunning animation
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2009
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    I am new to Miyazaki and to anime, and don't usually watch many animated films, although I have enjoyed some titles like Persepolis, Waltz with Bashir, and Secret of Kells in the last couple of years. I had heard some great recommendations for Miyazaki, so thought I would start with Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, as both are recent titles that I knew had been strong at the UK Box Office and had been an Oscar winner/nominee.

    They were both great films, but for me HMC has the edge. I think it's a good choice if you are new to Miyazaki and Japanese films, as it has a British/European feel to it, particularly in terms of the character Sophie and the locations. (Also while HMC does feature a few bizarre language-less blobby monsters and creatures, there are fewer of these than in Spirited Away, perhaps this is what makes it seem like it has a better flow and sharper pacing)

    Visually this film is very beautiful and very striking - both when it is portraying the fantastical (Howl as a bird, the ramshackle moving castle) and when it is portraying the more mundane (the elderly drooping face of Sophie, or the rolling fat of the obese Witch of the Waste). The colours are vibrant and the sense of movement in the film feels very strong.

    At the centre of the story is the young girl Sophie who is transformed into a 90-year-old by an evil curse, and in the English-dubbed version Sophie is voiced by two actresses - Emily Mortimer as young Sophie and Jean Simmons as elderly Sophie (I think it's a lovely detail explained in the Extras on the DVD, that the producers listened to the voice of Jean Simmons as a young woman, and then chose Emily Mortimer because her voice matched the young Jean). One thing in the film that I found especially imaginative and striking was the moments (particularly towards the end of the film) when the images and voice of Sophie moved between young/old. For example, a frame in which Sophie feels hope and love for Howl might show Sophie as visually old but with the young Sophie's voice. There were also several times that visually she was at some in-between stage moving between young and old (indicated by variations in the greyness of hair, length of hair and posture which were all subtly altered). Very imaginatively done.

    There are some dark themes in the film (war planes in the night sky, Howl's depression/difficulty adjusting when coming back from the dark side to 'normal' life, the threat of death). However there is also a great deal of humour - for example the character of Calcifer (voiced by the always-funny Billy Crystal, although perhaps a little under-used), and there's a particularly funny scene where the obese Witch of the Waste and the elderly Sophie (carrying a dog) are struggling to climb an extremely long flight of stairs while trying to maintain some dignity!

    ***** One thing to note: I wish I had know before purchasing from Amazon, that this product was the English dubbed version, as I usually prefer to watch foreign language films in their original language with sub-titles. However I found that it really wasn't distracting (in the way it can be on a 'live action' movie), and it didn't jar with the context of the film (British/European style settings). Apparently in the original Japanese version they only used one voice for Sophie throughout, and as I noted above I felt that the use of two voices for the young/elderly Sophie added to the strengths of the film, so there are advantages to getting the English dubbed version after all!
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