Howl’s Moving Castle
Movie • 2004
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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SiRenfield
Not sure how to answer this but it’s worth noting that in the original Japanese version The Witch of the Waste is voiced by a famous Japanese drag queen
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Freespirit
Technically, the witch of the waste stalks Howl.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is there addiction?
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Early in the movie a man is seen slumped in an alley surrounded by bottles.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Early in the movie a man is seen slumped in an alley surrounded by bottles.
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Are there spiders?
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When Sophie first enters the castle, spiders are shown briefly, and later, when she is cleaning, there is a shot of spiders.
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Anonymous
Early in the movie there is sexual harassment.
Sophie is cornered by two soldiers in an alley. She is afraid and they are sexually harrassing her. Howl rescues her and then tells her not to hold it against them, they aren’t that bad.
Sophie is cornered by two soldiers in an alley. She is afraid and they are sexually harrassing her. Howl rescues her and then tells her not to hold it against them, they aren’t that bad.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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vriska
several parents died before the movie takes place, but this might have just been a detail in the book
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Is there audio gore?
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Anonymous
Not exactly, but lots of joint popping noises.
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Is there misophonia?
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Anonymous
Lots of bone popping noises.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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“I can’t go on like this. i see no point in living if I can’t be beautiful “
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Not in the usual ways, but Sophie’s curse is a little reminiscent of dysmorphia.
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Sophie is a young woman who is cursed to make her old and unable to discuss the curse. When she is first cursed she’s horrified by her face in the mirror. When she falls asleep she reverts to her real age.
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Sophie is a young woman who is cursed to make her old and unable to discuss the curse. When she is first cursed she’s horrified by her face in the mirror. When she falls asleep she reverts to her real age.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Yes, but mild. A couple war scenes and flickering lights with spells, no intense strobing.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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no pregnant people die
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Mild, but yes. “Idiot,” “crazy, “turnip head “, “dumb.”
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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vriska
i think there might’ve been a line about howl disguising himself as a woman
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Are there fat jokes?
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Yes. The villain is fat and there’s a scene where she’s made to go up a long staircase, sweating profusely.
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Relationships
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vriska
at least in the book, howl’s around 21-25 and sophie is 18. it’s not that big an age gap but it’s still
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Super brief but Howl is nude when being helped up the stairs.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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The Witch of the Waste preys on young men and eats their hearts, so there’s a mild repeated theme.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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A couple light kisses near the end, that’s it.
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Sickness
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Violence
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Yes, Howl is hurt a couple times and bleeds, but this is not extreme.
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Is there gun violence?
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Bombs fall in war scenes, but guns are not used, only shown in parades etc.
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