Calcifer is a lot funnier than he seems ... Appreciating life and not wasting it is a major message of Howl’s Moving Castle. Sophie accepts an unadventurous life until her youth is stolen.

Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle changed many elements like the most Creepiest character from Diana Wynne Jones’ ...

Sophie, a lively but unloved milliner, catches the attention of an unexpected defender. But as the wide-eyed damsel in distress crosses paths with handsome Howl, a talented young magician with ...

The book was Diana Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle and it was absolutely essential ... but it infuses the mysterious and the mundane. Sophie Hatter doesn't mean to stumble into a magical quest ...

Along with Sophie and the Witch of the Waste, it features the titular wizard Howl, his apprentice Markl, the fire demon Calcifer, a scarecrow nicknamed Turnip Head, and Heen the dog. The Howl’s Moving ...