Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have been fascinated by this film since it came out when I was 4. Beautiful visuals, excellent music, and lovable characters I just had to buy it. Had the DVD for 12 years and it has seen better days, but now I have it on blu Ray In HD with tons of new bonus features. The best part is it’s the cheapest at Best Buy for only 17 bucks!

Great movie and the SteelBook looks really neat. It's a blu-ray... sooo... what else is there to say about it?

Amazing Movie in a Great Case, too bad Bestbuy is no longer carrying Blu Rays.

Definitely would put at my top 5 Studio Ghibli films only coming close behind Spirited Away. A worthy addition to a perfect movie night in with a great approachability to both the younger audience and older. Perfect lesson to be learned and beautiful serene animation like no other. Must watch!

Wonderful animated Ghibli classic! The steel case is a rose pink color.

I love the different colors and steelbook. Great deal as well.

Brilliant story, beautifully animated. Highly recommended.

This is my favorite Ghibli movie of all time. Watching it on Blu-Ray took my breath away. The colors and enhanced picture alone make it worth the money to buy the Blu-Ray version of it. If you love fantasy, magical journeys and Christian Bale’s silky voice, this movie is for you!!

That picture though. There's pretty, and then there's Howl's Moving Castle. Production levels for this one must have been 4x the amount for Spirited Away, and that's saying something! I think the studio had a lot more to work with after the formers earnings were collated. Howl's Moving Castle has yet to be trumped by anything I've seen in anime, yet. It's that detailed. Every. Single. Scene has something intricate and individually detailed and moving. The full ROYGBIV spectrum is utilized in this film. If there was a visual equivalent to the hypersonic audio effect on Blu-ray, Howl's Moving Castle would have shattered the analogous record. It's that wondrous. Christian Bales blesses us with his voice in this entry. I'm a Bale fan. I like the DKT, American Psycho, and yes I even like Terminator Salvation. This is another example of how Disney nailed the choices for the American dub. Bales deep, contemplative voice makes Howl more than just a tall Japanese pretty boy. It makes him sound like he knows what he's doing half the time, even though we know Howl is yet another one of Miyazaki's misunderstood troubled male trope protagonists. That's not the only gem, Billy Crystal, Emily Mortimer (Shutter Island), Josh Hutcherson and Jenna Malone of Hunger Games fame are also casted in the dub, and it's just so much fun to hear their voices when they were young and fresh in the industry! I get this same delight in hearing Claire Daines in Princess Mononoke, Shia LeBouf in Nausicaa, and Anna Paquin in Castle in the Sky. But it's the unsung heroine in this film who nails the voicing role; the late Jean Simmons. Jean plays Grandma Sophie after the spell has been sprung on her in the beginning of the movie. Jeans voice doesn't miss a beat, lips and sounds sync perfectly and inflection is perfect in every scene. Attitude by the protagonist never dithers and it demonstrates just how powerful and emotionally invested in feminism Miyazaki is. Extras on this release are more exhaustive than the other Ghibli entries. There's storyboard, Japanese and American trailers, video segments interviewing Bale and the other voice actors, and Miyazaki touring at Disney's Pixar studios. The extras honestly held my attention for about 12 minutes, and then I was ready to watch the movie again or put in another movie. I wish one of these days they'd release a director's commentary on one these films, but given the language barriers and Miyazaki's general demeanor, snippets are probably the correct choice. To bad, as the man clearly has a motivated and imaginative mind that we only get glimpses at. Anyways, TLDR: buy the movie! 5 stars!!

Love this movie and love the simple steelbook design

Steelbook was in perfect condition and looks great. Never seen this Ghibli movie and I'd say it's one of my favs.

Me and my family are huge Miyazaki fans and we’ve seen just about every one of his movies. This one is my personal favorite. It’s such a unique story, great voice actors and the visuals are stunning. I would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys animated movies.

I love all the Studio Ghibli flms and this is one of my favorites

Had a scratch on the case otherwise quality was great. Wish it came with the booklet but also understand it was limited edition

Bought this one sale one of my favorite Studio Ghibli movies glad to get it on steelbook.

Love studio ghibili so when they came out with the metal cases I knew I had to grab it

I saw this movie in a theatre and knew I needed to own it. The quality on the Blu-ray is just as stunning, and it comes with a dvd copy just in case you don’t have a Blu-ray player I guess. Maybe I’ll just give it to my mom to experience this gorgeous film, ha!

Hands down a amazing movie seen it for the 1st time years ago anything related to studio Gibbly is a master peice

Hubby wanted this and loved it! He's watched it several times already!

Arrived in perfect condition, great movie worth watching