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Should you watch Howl's Moving Castle?

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Howl's Moving Castle

Anime · 2004

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

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The sides of Howl's Moving Castle

  • A young woman cursed into an old body
  • A walking castle
  • A vain wizard against a war

Howl's Moving Castle is good for you if…

  • you like a world of magic doors and fire demons.
  • you like Miyazaki's hand-drawn images, a castle walking on bird legs and a field of flowers by a lake.
  • you like a gentle love story with a curse to break.

Howl's Moving Castle is bad for you if…

  • you don't watch animated films.
  • you want a plot where everything is explained.

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