Howl's Moving Castle

I recently purchased the DVD to Howl's Moving Castle, it is a Japanese anime film by Hayao Miyazaki.

I finally got a chance to watch this DVD tonight, April, 26, 2006. This story is about a young girl who works in a hat shop, and she has a curse put on her, where she becomes 90 years old, and she is not allowed to talk about her curse. The movie is her journey through the magic world, and how she gets rid of her spell (if at all), and how she meets other people who have also been cursed, and how she helps them break their spells. This is an anime film with heart. The animation is very nicely done (But of course, it's Miyazaki, so that's to be expected).

The matching of the original Japanese animation with the English dialogue is superbly done. The music was also very emotional. I have to give props to Christian Bale who gave Howl a really good English character.

Even if you are not a fan of anime, this is just a great fun film to watch.