Children of the Sea vs Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.1/10 for Children of the Sea). Children of the Sea is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 1h 59m. Howl's Moving Castle is the older of the two (2004 against 2019). Both are adventure, animation, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Children of the Sea posterChildren of the Sea2019 VS Howl's Moving Castle posterHowl's Moving Castle2004
Children of the SeaHowl's Moving Castle
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 8.4/10
Year20192004
Length1h 51m1h 59m
GenresAdventure, Animation, Fantasy, MysteryAdventure, Animation, Fantasy
Country–Japan
DirectorAyumu WatanabeHayao Miyazaki
Main castMin Tanaka, Win Morisaki, Goro Inagaki, Yu Aoi, Mana AshidaManabu Muraji, Akio Otsuka, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Akihiro Miwa, Tsuzuki Kayako

Synopsis

Children of the Sea

Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora's special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the…

Howl's Moving Castle

Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

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