The Incomparable

Discussed in these episodes

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  Sophomore Lit June 10, 2023

  144 Howl's Moving Castle

  John McCoy with Dan McCoy and Audrey Lazaro

  Howl likes to move it, move it. Audrey Lazaro and Dan McCoy are on to discuss Diana Wynne Jones’s book Howl’s Moving Castle (1986).

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  The Incomparable Mothership February 9, 2019 “Howl’s Moving Castle.”

  445 It's Probably Going to Be Weird

  Jason Snell with John Siracusa, Shannon Sudderth, Moisés Chiullán and Steve Lutz

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