

Then I saw Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, The Cat Returns, and Kiki's Delivery Service. I really wondered how it would all come out translated into Japanese. This story (as all of her stories) revels in word play.

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There Sophie meets Michael, Howl's apprentice, a. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls. In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell.ĭeciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping.
