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Howl's Moving Castle
2004
· Movie
· 119 min
A
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #25
- IMDb #24
- Google retired #42
- Rotten Tomatoes #93
- Metacritic #36
- Letterboxd #10
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #175
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #42
- Metacritic Critics #59
- Metacritic Audience #25
- Criticker #21
- Douban #11
- Kinopoisk #12
- AlloCiné #21
- Trakt #8
Every rating
67–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 67, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young hat-maker is cursed by a witch, transforming her into a 90-year-old woman. Seeking to break the spell, she leaves her home and befriends a powerful but insecure young wizard who lives in a magical walking castle. She becomes his cleaning lady and gets entangled in his conflicts with other sorcerers and a pointless war.
Details
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Writer
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Based on
- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- Released
- 9 September 2004
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $24.0M
- Box office
- $236.0M
- Awards
- 15 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →15 wins from 29 nominations across 23 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Animated Feature | Hayao Miyazaki | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2006 | Best Animated Feature | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
| Nebula Awards 2007 | Best Script | Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt | Winner |
| Annie Awards 2006 | Best Animated Feature | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2006 | Best Directing in a Feature Production | Hayao Miyazaki | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2006 | Best Writing in a Feature Production | Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt | Nominee |
| Golden Reel Awards 2006 | Best Sound Editing in a Feature Animation – Sound FX/Foley, Dialogue/ADR & Music | Petra Bach, Toru Noguchi, Yukio Hokari, Mizuki Itou, Masaya Kitada, and Akihiko Okase | Nominee |
| Hong Kong Film Awards 2006 | Best Asian Film | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
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29 awards — Howl's Moving Castle
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Hayao Miyazaki | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
Tokyo Anime Awards
4 nominations, 4 won
| Animation of the Year | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
| Best Director | Hayao Miyazaki | Winner |
| Best Music | Joe Hisaishi | Winner |
| Best Voice Actor | Chieko Baisho | Winner |
Venice International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Golden Osella | Studio Ghibli | Winner |
| Golden Lion | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
Hollywood Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hollywood Animation of the Year Award | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
Japan Media Arts Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence Prize – Animation Division | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Music | Joe Hisaishi and Youmi Kimura | Winner |
Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Movie Fan Award – Japanese Film | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
Maui Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Starz Audience Award – Best Feature | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
Nebula Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Script | Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
Reykjavík International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
Sitges Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Howl's Moving Castle | Winner |
Annie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Animated Feature | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
| Best Directing in a Feature Production | Hayao Miyazaki | Nominee |
| Best Writing in a Feature Production | Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing in a Feature Animation – Sound FX/Foley, Dialogue/ADR & Music | Petra Bach, Toru Noguchi, Yukio Hokari, Mizuki Itou, Masaya Kitada, and Akihiko Okase | Nominee |
Hong Kong Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Asian Film | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
MTV Russia Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| Best Director of a Foreign Film | Hayao Miyazaki | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination
| Best Family Feature Film – Animation | Howl's Moving Castle | Nominee |