Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.

Miyazaki fans aren’t just enthusiastic. They’re evangelical. When Guillermo Del Toro had the production office for HELLBOY set up in Sherman Oaks, every surface of his private office seemed to be crammed with miniatures and DVDs and sketchbooks and toys, all devoted to the creations of Miyazaki, and when you talk to Del Toro about TOTORO or PORCO ROSSO or SPIRITED AWAY, he is almost beside himself with unmitigated glee.

So when someone tells me they were working with Babelfish and a Google search, I can believe it. How else would you be spending your weekend?

Hey Harry,

Well, with word that Studio Ghibli is now hard at work after their hiatus from working on 'Spirited Away,' many of Hayao Miyazaki's fans (myself included) are now wondering about his adaptation of Diane Wynne Jones' novel 'Howl's Moving Castle.'

After reading the novel, I found it a great way to see fantasy and elements beyond 'The Neverending Story' and 'Harry Potter.' Of great curiousity was how Miyazaki was planning to depict the Wizard Howl's structure. Well, thanks to the chain store Lawsons and the translator 'Babelfish,' I came across the following image on the Lawsons site that shows a 3D representation:

Unfortunately, Babelfish can't translate what it says up there, but hopefully, the picture will speak a thousand words. This design is not at all what is described in the original novel, where the Castle was more like a common castle with billowing smoke around it's base as it moved throughout the countryside.

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This is the original site (Babelfish can be found at Altavista to translate the page). The model of the 'castle' is part of a Ghibli exhibition at a museum being shown in Japan.

Sincerely,

uruseiranma

Lead Editor-Countdown to Howl's Moving Castle & Countdown to Spirited Away

Thanks, man. Any news about this film is good news.

"Moriarty" out.