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445: It's Probably Going to Be Weird

Published: Feb. 9, 2019, 5:43 p.m.

b'Put on your fake beard and step out of a magic door, because 2004\\u2019s \\u201cHowl\\u2019s Moving Castle\\u201d is in the spotlight. Hayao Miyazaki adapts Diana Wynne Jones\\u2019s novel as an anti-war statement that also plays as a Miyazaki\\u2019s Greatest Hits collection. We discuss the choices of the English audio dub versus the original Japanese version, ponder the film\\u2019s many discarded story threads, note the lengthy scenes involving climbing and cleaning, and debate the true role of Calcifer the fire demon in Howl\\u2019s household.'