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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: Feature-length storyboards ; Behind the microphone ; Interview with Diana Wynne Jones ; Miyazaki's visit to Pixar ; The birth story of the film soundtrack ; Explanation of CG ; Original theatrical trailers ; TV spots
Music by Joe Hisaishi ; theme song "Sekai no yakusoku", lyrics, Shuntaro Tanikawa, composition, Youmi Kimura, music arrangement, Joe Hisaishi, performance, Chieko Baisho ; supervising animators, Akihiko Yamashita, Takeshi Inamura, Kitaro Kosaka ; key animators, Makiko Futaki [and others] ; art directors, Yôji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; editing, Takeshi Seyama ; director of photography, Atsuchi Okui
U.S. production: executive producer, John Lasseter ; producers, Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott ; directors, Pete Docter, Rick Dempsey ; English language adaptation, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt ; translated from the original Japanese by Jim Hubbert
Voices (English): Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal, Jena Malone, Daijiro Harada, Crispin Freeman, Mark Silverman, Mari Devon, Liliana Mumy
Voices (Japanese): Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashûin, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mitsunori Isaki, Yô Ôizumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Daijirô Harada, Haruko Katô
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
Audio track in English, Japanese, French, with optional subtitles in English, French, captions in English
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
