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Published on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 9:51am |
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A Really Cool Peek At Miyazaki-San
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.

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Reader Talkback
Here's what the Japanese says by qualopec | Feb 24th, 2003 09:17:20 AM | When will by Robertsan21 | Feb 24th, 2003 09:29:26 AM | Summer 2004 by ll1234 | Feb 24th, 2003 11:24:29 AM | Woo hoo! by Heleno | Feb 24th, 2003 12:41:39 PM | Further translation... by King Leer | Feb 24th, 2003 12:55:34 PM | Cool... by Spiegeltrui | Feb 24th, 2003 01:00:39 PM | didn't Miyazaki already make a
"Castle in the Sky"? by Wankeroo | Feb 24th, 2003 01:06:34 PM | Why this model is featured
now... by King Leer | Feb 24th, 2003 01:56:32 PM | hope it's better than spirited
away by drudgejr | Feb 24th, 2003 05:43:20 PM | Hayao Miyazaki really needs to
retire... by FD Resurrected | Feb 24th, 2003 06:37:41 PM | I don't understand people who
don't like "Spirited Away." by Noriko Takaya | Feb 24th, 2003 10:07:04 PM | I loved Spirited Away by superninja | Feb 24th, 2003 11:36:45 PM | The only person... by Zone Zero | Feb 25th, 2003 12:43:01 AM | I second that... How can
someone dislike "Spirited
Away?" by pablojakaffo | Feb 25th, 2003 04:03:03 AM | Umm...any news on this movie
is good news. by Ribbons | Feb 25th, 2003 09:51:42 PM |
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