"Howl's Moving Castle" gets rid of the helplessness and compromise of reality in "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke". Under the theme of "anti-war", it interprets "Humanity should live in peace and love." "Hope, through the film to convey Hayao Miyazaki's ideas. However, when Miyazaki was creating this film, he was a bit too advanced in the theme. In order to obtain magical power, the magician would have to give up his own human heart. Just like a politician with great power in real life, it is a metaphor for unique imagination. Also derived from this a lot of wonderful dialogue and humor. However, the personality of the heroine is therefore trapped under the plot and theme, which is not so clear.
In addition to the technical or humanities awards of major film festivals, the film critics and the media have also paid attention to the film. The British film report magazine "Empire" lists "Howl's Moving Castle" as one of the top 500 movies in history. No. 230; Richard Roeper, a critic of the Chicago Sun, affirmed that the film is full of surprises and creativity. However, in Japan, the magazine "Bunchun" weekly included this cartoon on the list of the Japanese Golden Plum Award (Worst Film Award). The judges of this award believe: "The characterization of the film is too flat, not full enough, the narrative is too rough, the dubbing is not satisfactory, the story lacks appeal, at best it is just a luxurious visual feast, it is Hayao Miyazaki's work. One of the few failures without connotation."
