Howl’s Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition Novel Is Only $23, Releases Next Month

For those who’re a giant fan of Studio Ghibli’s animated film Howl’s Shifting Fortress, you could be all for including a stunning re-creation of the novel it is based mostly on to your bookshelf. Diana Wynne Jones’ beloved 1986 fantasy novel might be reissued in hardcover on September 9. Howl’s Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition is accessible to preorder at Amazon for $23.24 (was $25). Followers may preorder a new paperback box set containing the entire World of Howl Trilogy for less than $32.

The Deluxe Restricted Version and World of Howl Field Set would look nice displayed subsequent to the Steelbook Edition of Howl’s Shifting Fortress. The 2004 adaptation written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki strays significantly from the supply materials, however each the movie and novel are magical in their very own methods.

$23.24 (was $25) | Releases September 9

The Deluxe Limited Edition of Howl’s Moving Castle features beautiful new jacket art, full-color endpapers by artist Devin Elle Kurtz, black-and-white illustrations throughout the novel, and more premium flourishes. The publisher recreated a starry night sky by digitally printing the blue page edges. Bright white streaks resemble shooting stars.

If you remove the dust jacket, you’ll find gold foil-stamped text and shooting star graphics on the front/back covers and spine. The front cover features a well-known line from the novel: “Howl’s quite heartless, you know.”

As this is a limited-edition release, Howl’s Moving Castle fans may want to preorder their copy of the new 352-page hardcover soon. The $25 list price is lower than many standard hardcover fiction releases.

If you’ve never read the novel, Howl’s Moving Castle follows Sophie Hatter after she accidentally attracts the attention of the Witch of the Waste. Transformed into an old woman, Sophie’s only chance at breaking her curse lies within the Wizard Howl’s castle, a mobile base ruled by an infamous heartbreaker who is tormented by dark secrets from his past.

$32 | Releases October 7

Just a few weeks after the Deluxe Limited Edition’s release, Greenwillow Books is publishing Diana Wynne Jones’ complete trilogy as a paperback box set.

Howl’s Moving Castle is the first book in the World of Howl Trilogy. It was followed up by Castle in the Air in 1990 and House of Many Ways in 2008. All three books are standalone stories with different protagonists, but Howl appears in both of the follow-ups, so you should definitely read Howl’s Moving Castle first.

Castle in the Air follows unsuccessful carpet salesman Abdullah as he daydreams about a more adventurous life. House of Many Ways focuses on Charmain Baker as she explores a family home that can bend time and space.

All three novels are also available individually in paperback, and standard edition hardcovers with durable library bindings of the first two books are in print, too.

World of Howl Series:

• Howl’s Moving Castle
• Castle in the Air
• House of Many Ways

Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Shifting Fortress on Blu-ray

As talked about, the 2004 Studio Ghibli movie deviated fairly a bit from the guide, because it featured a unique aesthetic, sure characters caught round for for much longer, and even the dynamic between Sophie and Howl performs out in an unconventional means.

If you wish to add the Studio Ghibli adaptation to your private home film assortment, you may get the Howl’s Moving Castle Limited Edition Steelbook for less than $16.29 or the standard edition for $15. Each editions include Blu-ray and DVD variations of the movie in addition to a pleasant choice of particular options, together with storyboards, documentaries, interviews, and the unique promotional supplies. Howl’s Shifting Fortress has a star-studded solid of voice actors, together with Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, and Billy Crystal, who voiced numerous characters.

You may pair the Blu-ray with The Art of Howl’s Moving Castle, a superb official companion guide revealed in 2005. Priced at $19.44 (was $35), The Artwork of Howl’s Shifting Fortress affords a sprawling assortment of idea sketches, absolutely rendered character and background drawings, work and cell pictures, and commentary from the Studio Ghibli crew that labored on the film.

Howl’s Shifting Fortress is only one of quite a few Studio Ghibli animated films inspired by a novel, short story, or manga. We have rounded up a number of the different diversifications and their supply supplies beneath. We solely included Ghibli movies that pull from supply materials that is available in English. On the backside, you will additionally discover just a few examples of the reverse scenario: written and illustrated tales tailored from Studio Ghibli movies.

Kiki’s Supply Service

Written by. Eiko Kadono and illustrated by Akiko Hayashi, Kiki’s Delivery Service is a well-liked Japanese youngsters’s novel initially revealed in 1985. Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed the 1989 animated adaptation. The difference has an official art book in addition to a comic adaptation of its personal.

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Tales from Earthsea

The 2006 Ghibli film Tales from Earthsea is a notable one right here as a result of Goro Miyazaki–Hayao Miyazaki’s son–adapted elements of Ursula Okay. Le Guin’s Earthsea sequence in addition to his father’s graphic novel Shuna’s Journey. The movie pulls from the primary 4 novels in Le Guin’s basic fantasy sequence. A Wizard of Earthsea, the primary novel within the fantasy sequence, was revealed in 1968. Humorously, the movie will get its title from the fifth guide within the sequence, however it does not embrace components from its namesake.

Shuna’s Journey, in the meantime, was revealed in Japanese in 1983 and obtained an English translation in 2022. It has lovely watercolor paintings by Hayao Miyazaki. We would additionally extremely advocate The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, a lavish 1,008-page hardcover gathering Le Guin’s full sequence.

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The Secret World of Arietty

The Borrowers, a 1952 fantasy novel written by Mary Norton was tailored by Studio Ghibli in 2010 as The Secret World of Arietty. Hayao Miyazaki wrote the screenplay, and Hiromasa Yonebayashi directed the movie.

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When Marnie Was There

When Marnie Was There, a 1967 youngsters’s novel by Joan G. Robinson, was tailored to a movie of the identical title in 2014. Yonebayashi directed and co-wrote the psychological drama.

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The Cat Returns

Baron the Cat, a 2002 manga by Aoi Hiiragi, was tailored the identical 12 months as The Cat Returns. Aoi Hiiragi’s manga was translated to English in 2005 with the title Baron: The Cat Returns. The Baron from the guide and film beforehand appeared in Studio Ghibli’s 1995 movie Whisper of the Coronary heart. It’s because Aoi Hiiragi additionally wrote the unique manga it is based mostly on. Sadly, the 1989 manga Mimi o Sumaseba has by no means obtained an English translation.

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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Hayao Miyazaki has tailored precisely considered one of his personal revealed works: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. First revealed in 1982, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is Miyazaki’s solely manga sequence. He based mostly the screenplay for the 1984 movie adaptation on elements of the primary and second volumes of what finally ended as a seven-volume sequence in 1994. For the reason that manga ran for a decade after the movie’s launch, it is no shock that the 1,100-plus web page sequence is markedly completely different than the film. The Nausicaa manga is available in trade paperback or in a deluxe, two-volume hardcover box set with a show case, absolutely illustrated endpapers, and a watercolor poster. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind’s Blu-ray and DVD combo pack is considered one of many Studio Ghibli films available with a steelbook case.

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My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro is not just like the movies and books listed above. Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro launched in 1988. A four-volume ani-manga launched in Japan nearly concurrently. Viz Media translated these volumes to English in 2004-05. Simply final 12 months, all 4 had been reprinted as My Neighbor Totoro Film Comic: All-in-One Edition. The almost 600-page hardcover guide is accessible for the cut price worth of $30. The movie was additionally tailored right into a picture book the identical 12 months it launched. For Totoro’s twenty fifth anniversary, writer Tsugiko wrote a novelization of My Neighbor Totoro with illustrations by Miyazaki.

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My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Supply Service aren’t the one Studio Ghibli movies to obtain ani-manga (movie comics within the US) diversifications. Followers may get omnibus editions of comics tailored from Spirited Away and Ponyo. The 856-page Spirited Away Film Comic: All-in-One Edition is on sale for $25.60 (was $35). Ponyo’s All-in-One Edition launched in July and is up for grabs for $25.87 (was $30). Ghibli followers may preorder the Princess Mononoke Film Comic: All-in-One Edition forward of its publication subsequent January.