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Howl's Moving Castle (movie)

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Alternative title:
A vándorló palota
Das Wandelnde Schloss (German)
Det levande slottet (Swedish)
Det levende slot (Danish)
El castillo ambulante (Spanish)
El castillo errante de Howl (Spanish)
El Increíble Castillo Encantado (Spanish)
El Increible Castillo Vagabundo (Spanish)
Howl no Ugoku Shiro (Japanese)
Howl's Bewegende Kasteel (Dutch)
Il Castello Errante di Howl (Italian)
Lâu đài di động của How'l (Vietnamese)
Le Château Ambulant (French)
O Castelo Andante (Portuguese)
O Castelo Animado (Portuguese)
Ruchomy zamek Hauru (Polish)
Ходячий замок (Russian)
הטירה הנעה
قلعة هاول المتحركة (Arabic)
قلعه متحرک هاول - عنوان پارسی (Japanese)
ハウルの動く城 (Japanese)
哈爾移動城堡 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
霍爾的移動城堡 (Chinese (Taiwan))
하울의 움직이는 성 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: A plain young hatter named Sophie has her life changed when an evil witch transforms her into an old woman. Unable to face her family in such a condition, Sophie runs away in search of a way to become young again. Along the way, Sophie helps a turnip headed scarecrow, who repays her by leading her to the moving castle owned by the dreaded wizard Howl. There she befriends Howl's apprentice Markl, Howl's fire demon Calcifer, and eventually, Howl himself. Sophie then becomes the castle's cleaning lady in an effort to not only find the solution to her problem but to save Howl from his own terrible secrets as well.
User Ratings: 5836 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1796 votes (sub:871, dub:819, raw:12, ?:11, edit.dub:9, Eng:1, others:73
18 Spanish subtitled
10 Portuguese subtitled
6 Spanish dubbed
6 Russian dubbed
6 German dubbed
5 French dubbed
4 Italian dubbed
3 Russian subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 German subtitled
2 Portuguese dubbed
2 Dutch subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Danish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 1922 votes (sub:1000, dub:811, raw:13, ?:12, edit.dub:6, others:80
23 Spanish subtitled
11 German dubbed
7 Spanish dubbed
5 French subtitled
4 Portuguese dubbed
4 Italian dubbed
4 Polish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Swedish subtitled
2 Danish dubbed
2 Russian dubbed
2 German subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Mandarin dubbed
1 Polish dubbed
1 Finnish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Danish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Very good: 1093 votes (sub:610, dub:418, ?:11, raw:8, edit.dub:2, others:44
6 Spanish dubbed
6 German dubbed
5 Spanish subtitled
5 Russian subtitled
4 Italian dubbed
3 French subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Danish subtitled
1 Turkish Sub subtitled
1 Greek subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Lithuanian dubbed
1 Cantonese dubbed
1 German edited dub
)
 Good: 605 votes (sub:348, dub:212, ?:6, raw:3, edit.dub:2, others:34
7 Spanish subtitled
5 German dubbed
4 French subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French dubbed
2 Swedish subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 218 votes (sub:139, dub:69, raw:2, ?:1, others:7
2 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Danish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Swedish dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 109 votes (sub:66, dub:39, edit.dub:1, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 38 votes (sub:20, dub:11, ?:3, raw:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 24 votes (sub:17, dub:6, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:3, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:1, others:2
2 Spanish dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 12 votes (sub:11, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 9188 users, rank: #34 (of 5368)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.627 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.4345, rank: #119 (of 5358)
Weighted mean: 8.558 (Excellent−), rank: #116 (of 5358) (seen all: 8.56 / seen some: 7.53 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.556 (Excellent−), rank: #51 (of 4047)
Running time: 118 minutes
Vintage:
2004-09-05 (Venice Film Festival, Italy)
2006-07-21 (Brazil - DVD)
2008-11-21 (Cinema Golden Choice - Mexico)
2009-04-05 (Unicable, Mexico)
2009-08-10 (Unicable, Mexico)
2012-03-06 (3xl - Televisió de Catalunya)
2012-07-29 (OnceTV, Mexico)
Premiere date:
2004-11-20 (Japan)
2005-01-12 (France)
2005-06-10 (USA - El Capitan Theatre)
2005-08-05 (Brazil)
2005-08-05 (México)
2005-09-16 (Poland)
2005-09-23 (United Kingdom)
2005-10-21 (Sweden)
2006-02-09 (Argentina)
2006-06-09 (Turkey)
Release dates: We have 30
Opening Theme:
"Sekai no Yakusoku (世界の約束; The Promise of the World)" by Chieko Baisho
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 9
Comment:
Based on the Novel, "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones.
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Blu-Ray (Region B)
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DVD (Region 1)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki
Character Design: Akihiko Yamashita
Original Novel: Diana Wynne Jones
Executive producer: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer: Toshio Suzuki

Advertising Producer:
Ai Nakanishi (MAJOR, Inc.)
Ayaka Takafuji (MAJOR, Inc.)
Emi Kagawa (MAJOR, Inc.)
Hiroi Hosokawa
Hiroyuki Orihara
Masaru Tsuchiya (MAJOR, Inc.)
Megumi Kawamoto (TOHO)
Michiyo Koyanagi (MAJOR, Inc.)
Mieko Hara
Mika Watanabe
Misa Hirano (MAJOR, Inc.)
Miwako Ueda (TOHO)
Morikazu Wakizaka (MAJOR, Inc.)
Naoto Okamura (MAJOR, Inc.)
Nobutaka Nishida (TOHO)
Nozomi Fukuda (MAJOR, Inc.)
Shinpei Ise
Yasushi Kanno (MAJOR, Inc.)
Animation Check:
Hitomi Tateno
Kaori Fujii (assistant)
Mariko Suzuki (assistant)
Masaya Saito (assistant)
Rie Nakagome
Animation Supervisor: Katsuya Kondo
Assistant Director:
Ryosuke Kiyokawa
Yosuke Toba
Assistant producer: Tomohiko Ishii
Audio Director: Kazuhiro Hayashi
Background Layout Assistance: Satoshi Takabatake
Camera: Atsushi Okui
CG Engineer: Masafumi Inoue
Color design: Michiyo Yasuda
Color Key:
Fumiko Numahata (assistance)
Kanako Takayanagi (assistance)
Kazuko Yamada (assistance)
Color Management System:
Kohei Endo (film development)
Tetsuya Yamai (film development)
Wataru Matsumoto (film development)
Digital Animation Director: Mitsunori Kataama
Digital Cinema Mastering: Mitsuharu Haibara
Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio
Dolby Film Consultant:
Mikio Mori
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
Executive Production Manager:
Ryoichi Fukuyama
Seiji Okuda
Film Development, Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
Film Preview Production: Keiichi Itagaki
Harmony Process: Noriko Takaya
Lab Coordination: Yuuko Shimura (film development)
Lab Management: Takehisa Kawamata (film development)
Mix Engineer: Suminobu Hamada
Music Copyrights: Takashi Nagai
Music Production Management:
Ikuko Okamoto
Yukihiko Hashimoto
Optical Recording: Futoshi Ueda
Production Committee:
Daisuke Kadoya (NTV)
Daizou Suzuki (d-rights)
Fumihiro Hirai (NTV)
Hideyuki Takai (TOHO)
Hiroya Nishimura (d-rights)
Hiroyuki Nakamura (NTV)
Kazuhiko Seta (TOHO)
Kazumi Fukuda (NTV)
Kengo Makida (Tokuma Shoten)
Kino Arai (d-rights)
Koji Hoshino (BVHE Japan)
Kouji Kishimoto (BVHE Japan)
Koutarou Sugiyama (Dentsu)
Maiko Hirano (BVHE Japan)
Makoto Hagyuuda (Tokuma Shoten)
Masahiko Osawa (NTV)
Mayumi Hirakata (NTV)
Minami Ichikawa (TOHO)
Noriko Yanagisawa (NTV)
Ryuuichi Mori (Dentsu)
Sanae Mitsugi (Tokuma Shoten)
Seiichiro Ujiie (NTV)
Shinjiro Yokoyama (Dentsu)
Takayuki Tsukagoshi (BVHE Japan)
Takehiko Chino (Dentsu)
Takeyoshi Matsushita (Tokuma Shoten)
Tateo Mataki (Dentsu)
Tatsuya Tanemura (Dentsu)
Tatsuyoshi Takashima (Dentsu)
Tetsuo Nakazawa (Tokuma Shoten)
Tetsuya Yamamoto (d-rights)
Tomomasa Hosokawa (NTV)
Tomoyoshi Nakamura (NTV)
Tooru Itabashi (d-rights)
Tooru Iwafuchi (Tokuma Shoten)
Yaeko Nagami (BVHE Japan)
Yoshinari Shimatani (TOHO)
Yuuji Shimamoto (Dentsu)
Yuuko Muranaka (BVHE Japan)
Recording:
Mari Shinohara (ABACO Creative Studio)
Naoto Takeshima (TOHO Sound Studio)
Yuuichi Kaneko (ABACO Creative Studio)
Recording engineer: Suminobu Hamada
Sound Effects:
Hiromi Kimura (assistance)
Kazuaki Narita (assistance)
Toru Noguchi
Sound Production: Nobue Yoshinaga
Special Media Advisor:
Masaru Yabe
Masaya Tokuyama
Theme Song Arrangement: Joe Hisaishi
Theme Song Composition: Yumi Kimura
Theme Song Lyrics: Shuntaro Tanigawa
Theme Song Performance: Chieko Baisho
Titles: Kaoru Mano
Chieko Baisho as Sophie Hatter

Akihiro Miwa as Witch
Akio Ohtsuka as King of Ingary
Haruko Kato as Madam Suliman
Tatsuya Gashuin as Calcifer

Mitsunori Isaki as Servant
Yo Oizumi as Prince

Japanese companies
Broadcaster: OnceTV (Mexico)
Casting: Pug Point
Dialogue Recording: Tokyo TV Center
Digital Animation:
Gonzo
T2 Studio
Film Developing: Imagica
Film Preview Production: Gal Enterprise
Music Performance: New Japan Philharmonic
Music Production Management: Wonder Station
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Production: Phoenicia
Sound Re-Recording Facility: Skywalker Sound
Special Thanks: LAWSON
Theatrical Distribution: TOHO
Titles: Malin Post
English cast
English staff
Director: Pete Docter
Executive producer: Pete Docter
English companies
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Choi Mun-Za as Suliman
Gim Ok-Gyung as Panny
Gim Seo-Young as Markl
Jun Gwang-Ju as Prince
On Young-Sam as King of Ingary
Son Jung-A as Sophie
Sung Sun-Nyeo as Witch of the Waste
Um Sang-Hyun as Calcifer
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Jean-Marc Pannetier
Anneliese Fromont as la mère de Sophie
Catherine Sola as La sorcière des Landes
Céline Mauge as Lettie
Frédérique Cantrel as Sophie (Âgée)
Laura Préjean as Sophie (Adolescente)
Rémi Bichet as Hauru
Thierry Leroux as Calcifer
French companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Director: Alejandro Mayen (Mexico dub)
Dubbing Director: Alfonso Castillo (Spain dub)
Translation: Luis Soldevilla (Spain dub)

ADR Mixing: Alberto Ovejero (Spain dub)
ADR Recording: Iván Bingham (Spain dub)
Iván Muelas as Howl (Spain dub)
Mar Bordallo as Sophie (Young) (Spain dub)
Pilar Gentil as Sophie (Old) (Spain dub)

Alfonso Laguna as Calcifer (Spain dub)
Cecilia Airol as Bruja Calamidad (Witch of the Waste)
Teresa Del Olmo as Witch (Spain dub)

Adriana Casas as Suliman (Mexico dub)
Alan Prieto as Turnip Head
Alejandro Mayen as
King double
Narración (Mexico dub)
Alexei Mayen as
Howl (young)
Witch's newspaperman
Cecilia Airol as Bruja Calamidad (Mexico dub)
Chelo Vivares as Markl (Spain dub)
Diana Perez as Girl
Erica Edwards as Madre (Mexico dub)
Gabriel Ortiz as Spokesman
Gabriela Gomez as Sophie (Mexico dub)
Gerardo García as Howl (Mexico dub)
Jorge Santos as Alcalde (Mexico dub)
Liliana Barba as Lety (Mexico dub)
Luis Alfonso Padilla as
Rey (Mexico dub)
soldado 2 (Mexico dub)
Manuel Díaz as Markl (Mexico dub)
Matilde Conesa as Suliman (Spain dub)
Mercedes Cepeda as Honey (Spain dub)
Noe Velázquez as Calcifer (Mexico dub)
Pilar Puchol as Lettie (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
3xl (Televisió de Catalunya)
Canal Caracol (Colombia)
Canal+ Xtra (Spain; 2010-12-24)
Cinema Golden Choice (Subbed)
Cinemax Latin America (Latin America)
Unicable (Mexico)
Distributor:
Bazuca Films (Chile | Theatrical)
Distribution Company (Argentina / Teatrical)
LK-TEL (Chile | DVD)
Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Dubbing Studio: Madrid 103 - Todo Ao (Madrid, Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Art Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Translation: Elisa Nardoni

Dubbing Assistant: Daniela Losavio
Dubbing Sound: Saverio Ceraselli
Theme Song Adaptation: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Theme Song Translation: Elisa Nardoni
Roberta Pellini as Sophie

Luigi Ferraro as Calcifer

Fabrizio De Flaviis as Paggi di Suliman
Fabrizio Temperini as Re di Ingary (Howl)
Ludovica Modugno as Strega delle Lande
Marco Vivio as Principe Rapa
Maria pia di Meo as Madame Suliman
Roberto Draghetti as Re di Ingary
Italian companies
Distributor:
Lucky Red (cinema)
Medusa Film (DVD)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Sunnyi Melles as Sophie Hatter

Gerald Schaale as Calcifer
Maddalena Kerrh as Madam Suliman

Claudia Lössl as Lettie
Marieke Oeffinger as Näherin
Marion Hartmann as Bettsy
Thomas Rauscher as König von Ingary
German companies
(none)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Voice Direction: Luc Vandeput
Dutch companies
Russian staff
Russian cast
(none)
Boris Shuvalov as Prince Justin
Dmitry Filimonov as Calcifer
Lyudmila Gnilova as Grandma Sophie
Olga Gasparova as Madame Sulliman
Svetlana Starikova as Witch of the Waste
Russian companies
(none)
Danish staff
Danish cast
(none)
Sofie Graaboel as Sophie

Preben Kristensen as Calcifer
Susse Wold as Ødeheksen

Bente Eskesen as Bessie
Lars Simonsen as Kålroe
Lily Weiding as Madame Suliman
Danish companies
(none)
Polish staff
Polish cast
Dubbing Director: Joanna Wizmur
Translation: Tomasz Robaczewski
Executive producer: Paweł Araszkiewicz

Agata Kulesza as Madame Sulliman
Agnieszka Kunikowska as Sophie’s mother
Beata Wyrąbkiewicz as Sophie (Young)
Jaroslaw Boberek as Calcifer
Joanna Jędryka as Sophie (Old)
Krystyna Tkacz as Witch of the Waste
Polish companies
Distributor: Monolith Films
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)

Arlete Montenegro as Madame Sulliman
Elcio Sodré as Calcifire
Isaura Gomes as Bruxa da Terra Abandonada
Márcio Araújo as Príncipe do país vizinho
Tess Amorim as Madge
Portuguese companies
Distributor: Play Arte
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Translation: JBC
Swedish staff
Swedish cast
(none)
Emil Smedius as Mark
Johan Ulveson as Calcifer
Kim Sulocki as Hauro
Pernilla August as Suliman
Siw Malmqvist as Ödeshäxan
Swedish companies
Distributor: Triangelfilm
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) cast
(none)
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