Japan Release: 2004
Running Time: 118 minutes

Howl's Moving Castle

Japanese Title

ハウルの動く城
[Hauru no Ugoku Shiro]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Toho / Studio Ghibli / Dentsu / NTV / Tokuma Shoten / Buena Vista

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Anime

Box Office - Stock Footage - DVDs - CDs - Pictures - Background - Concept Art - Cut Scenes - Reviews

Titles
International Title Howl's Moving Castle	Initial US Title Howl's Moving Castle US Distributor: Disney (2005) / Time: 118 minutes
Alternate Titles
Howl's Moving Castle [Literal translation]

Monsters

Calcifer

Blob Men

Monster Birds

Tadpole Monsters

Star Children

Aliens, SDF & Misc.

Staff

Cast

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Writing credits Hayao Miyazaki, Diana Wynne Jones
Produced by Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Tomohiko Ishii, Yoshishige Shimatani
Music by Joe Hisaishi, Youmi Kimura
Cinematography by Atsushi Okui
Film Editing by Takeshi Seyama
Production Design by Norobu Yoshida, Yoji Takeshige
Production Managers Nozomu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Seiji Okuda, Ryoichi Fukuyama
Assistant Directors Ryosuke Kiyokawa, Yosuke Toba

Sophie Hatter Chieko Baisho
Howl Takuya Kimura
Witch Akihiro Miwa
Calcifer Tatsuya Gashuin
Markl Ryunosuke Kamiki
Servant Mitsunori Isaki
Prince Yo Oizumi
King of Ingary Akio Otsuka
Hin Daijiro Harada
Madam Suliman Haruko Kato

Posters

Japan

United States

Korea

Box Office

Release Date: November 20th, 2004 (Japan)
Budget: ¥2,400,000,000 / $23,000,000 (Rough Figure)
Attendance: 15,000,000 (Japan)
Total: ¥19,600,000,000 / $184,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)

Release Date: June 10th, 2005 (US)
Opening Weekend: $427,987 (US, 36 Theaters)
Total: $4,711,096 (US)

DVDs and Blu-rays

	Region 1 Howl's Moving Castle Disney (2006)
	Region 2 Howl's Moving Castle Buena Vista (2005)
	Region 2 Howl's Moving Castle: Special Edition Buena Vista (2005)
	Region 2 Howl's Moving Castle Optimum (2006)
	Region 4 Howl's Moving Castle Zima Entertainment (2006)
	Blu-ray Howl's Moving Castle Studiocanal (2006)

CD Soundtracks

Howl's Moving Castle - Soundtrack
(TKCA-72775)

Howl's Moving Castle - Image Symphonic Suite
(TKCA-72620)

Background and Trivia

Based on a 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones
The 2004 film was not just succesful at the box office, but also in regards to the music around the movie. The success translates into 40,000 units sold of the Image Symphonic Suite, 11,000 sold on the Howl's Moving Castle soundtrack and 30,000 units sold on The World's Promise single CD. This data is found in the 2006 publication Hayao Miyazaki Zensho (ISBN: 9784845906871)

Concept Art

Witch of the Waste [1]

Witch of the Waste [2]

Witch of the Waste [3]

Witch of the Waste [4]

Witch of the Waste [5]

Sophie and Howl's Castle [1]

Sophie and Howl's Castle [2]

Witch of the Waste's Palanquin [1]

Witch of the Waste's Palanquin [2]

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