- General Note:
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Based on the novel: Howl's moving castle / by Diana Wynne Jones.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2004.
Special features (disc 1): behind the microphone; interview with Pete Docter; "Hello Mr. Lasseter: Hayao Miyazaki visits Pixar" featurette; TV spots and trailers (in Japanese, with optional English subtitles).
Special features (disc 2): storyboards (in English or Japanese, with optional English subtitles).
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Art directors, Yoji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; supervising animators, Akihiko Yamashita, Takeshi Inamura, Kitaro Kosaka.
Director of photography, Atsuchi Okui ; art directors, Yôji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Joe Hisaishi ; art directors, Yoji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; supervising animators, Akihiko Yamashita, Takeshi Inamura, Kitaro Kosaka ; key animators, Makiko Futaki [and others] ; U.S. production: producers, Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott ; directors, Peter Docter, Rick Dempsey ; English language adaptation, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald J. Hewitt.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Japanese voices: Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa ; English voices: Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal, Jena Malone.
Voices (English): Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal.
- Target Audience Note:
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MPAA rating: PG; for frightening images and brief mild language.
- System Details Note:
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DVD, widescreen (1.85:1), region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
- Language Note:
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In Japanese, dubbed English, or dubbed French with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
