Warning: There are unmarked spoilers within. You have been warned.
Howls moving castle by Diane Wynne Jones
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Howl's Moving Castle Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
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BREIF SUMMARY
A story of a young woman, by the name of Sophie, being cursed with looking 90 years old. She becomes a cleaning lady of the local wizard (and hot shot) Howl. Both were good stories in their own right. Both a beautifully done.
DIANE WYNNE JONES' VERSION
-has far more detail about the main characters Sophie and Howl.
-Michael (Markel in the Animated version) is actually in his teens
-The book talks of Sophie's sisters
-Sophie and Howl's Relationship is further explained
HAYAO MIYAZAKI VERSION
-Beautiful Artwork (esspecially the castle itself)
-Profoundly deep characters
- the story is different from the book but it's its own unique piece of art.
-Both the English and Japanese Versions are good. This is a difficult thing to do for Japanese to English Audio as it has to be dubbed over.
-Howl is less of a play boy to make him more appealing to the female audience (My assumption anyway)
