Howl's Moving Castle vs Song of the Miraculous Hind

Howl's Moving Castle has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.4/10 for Song of the Miraculous Hind). Song of the Miraculous Hind is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 59m. Song of the Miraculous Hind is the older of the two (2002 against 2004). Both are animation, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Howl's Moving Castle posterHowl's Moving Castle2004 VS Song of the Miraculous Hind posterSong of the Miraculous Hind2002
Howl's Moving CastleSong of the Miraculous Hind
Audience score★ 8.4/10★ 7.4/10
Year20042002
Length1h 59m1h 29m
GenresAdventure, Animation, FantasyAnimation, Fantasy
CountryJapan–
DirectorHayao MiyazakiMarcell Jankovics
Main castManabu Muraji, Akio Otsuka, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Akihiro Miwa, Tsuzuki KayakoRóbert Bolla, Árpád Besenczi, Ildikó Bokor, Ferenc Borbiczki, Gyula Buss

Synopsis

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.

Song of the Miraculous Hind

Divided into four sections, "Song" is inspired by the Siberian and Finno-Ugric legends about Creation, in which the world begins with characters who are only half-human, one being half-bird, the other half-bear. The narrator delves into the origins of Hungarian culture, the Iranian and Turkish influences that impacted the society, and finally the story of Stephen, the emperor who brought Christianity to the country and shifted the capital west…

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