Howl’s Moving Castlewas released in 2004 and adapts Diana Wynne Jones’ 1986 novel of the same name. Produced by Studio Ghibli and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the film is known for its imaginative ...

Howl's Moving Castle is a popular fantasy anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Released in 2004, it quickly became a fan favorite thanks to its magical story, endearing characters, and stunning ...

A few years ago, the standard perception of Japanese anime was of strange, noisy cartoons that made no sense. Anime fans would always respond in the same way: they’d point to the delightful and ...

Howl's Moving Castle is one of the best Studio Ghibli films, on par with Spirited Away. Like Spirited Away, there is plenty to witness and analyze in Howl's Moving Castle, most of which necessitates ...

Japanese animation has been influencing American pop culture for years now, appearing in everything from “Teen Titans” to Tarantino to Nike ads. How fitting, then, that Japan’s top animator, Academy ...

The news was broken via NHK who confirmed Shuntaro Tanikawa passed away at 10:05pm JST on November 13th. The poet died in a hospital in Tokyo from old age. According to a tweet from his son Kensaku, ...

After each new film he makes, Hayao Miyazaki says it will be his last. That's because the 64-year-old filmmaker still draws some of his own animation and his vision has been getting progressively ...