Howl's Moving Castle

[andrewducker]

From this month's Ansible:

DIANA WYNNE JONES is ecstatic after a secret premiere of _Howl's Moving Castle_, practically on her doorstep in Bristol: `Miyazaki came in person, carrying with him a tape of the film, an interpreter and sundry other shadowy figures (all this was supposed to be secret for fear of the Japanese media, who then descended on me afterwards, so I couldn't mention it beforehand) and we had a private showing at the Watershed cinema. The film is goluptuously splendid with breathtaking animation. I had grown used to young ladies regularly writing to me to say that they wanted to marry Howl. Now, Howl in the film is so plain stunning and sexy that I think I have joined them. And after the showing and the scamper through Bristol I had a long talk with Mr Miyazaki and it began to seem that we were soulmates.'

Comments

[jerrykaufman.livejournal.com]

I eagerly await the US release. I've read that it's a huge hit in Japan.