Today we're not just comparing the differences between the book and the film of Howl's Moving Castle, but the psychological differences and the childhood influences of both creators (Diana Wynne Jones and Hayao Miyazaki) to see how that impacts the ideas both stories contain. How can a story with an identical premise and create two vastly different outcomes?

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References:

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/miyazakis-quiet-protest-15318.html 

Rudd, D. (2010). Building Castles in the Air: (De)Construction in “Howl’s Moving Castle.” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 21(2 (79)), 257–270. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24352209

https://www.newsweek.com/positive-pessimist-119801 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BbhWrjIImg

http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/m_speech.html

http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/interviews/m_speech.html 

Diana Wynne Jones' autobiography

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Date de publication : 20/5/2025 à 05:00:00