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Miyazaki, after the last Oscar-winning anime "Spirited Away," decides to take the reins and sign his latest direction, his latest Masterpiece.
Howl is based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones called "Howl's Moving Castle." The movie is set in an undefined country and era, populated by flying machines, wizards, and witches. The film's main character is Sophie, a young girl who works in the hat shop inherited from her father. The moment that sets the story in motion is the encounter with the Wizard Howl, a handsome and decidedly unusual young man, and subsequently, the curse placed by the Witch of the Waste, which leads Sophie to find herself in the body of an elderly lady.
The now elderly girl escapes from home and wanders until she finds herself inside Howl's moving castle. Here Sophie decides to hide her true identity and starts acting as the cleaning woman, restoring to splendor every dark and dirty corner inside the castle.
And after facing several adventures full of magic, they will find the remedy to lift Sophie's curse and more...
Every time one goes to see a new Studio Ghibli film or anime, it's known that a masterpiece will appear before their eyes, and this time it is no different. Watching the film, one notices the vibrant colors, a meticulous cleanliness in the drawings, and the precisely crafted animations that Studio Ghibli has accustomed us to for a long time.
The story is told and experienced from Sophie's point of view, where the care for the character and psychological depth is definitely perfectly realized. The secondary characters are painstakingly treated, such as Calcifer, Turnip Head the scarecrow also shrouded by a curse, and Howl himself, who emanates an impressive aura of mystery around him.
In this film, we must also credit the soundtrack composed by Joe Hisaishi, the author/composer of most of Studio Ghibli's soundtracks.
Simply a masterpiece, perhaps the best anime or animated film ever, to be watched and rewatched.
Let's try to stop associating Cartoon or Anime = children's film because it is not true; often there are cartoons or, in this case, animes that manage to convey more messages and, in some cases, can even move us more than a regular film.
Great Master Miyazaki.
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