Studio Ghibli is known for writing exceptionally nuanced, strong, and intelligent female characters, from Princess Mononoke ...

Howl's Moving Castle breaks the mold of traditional anime protagonists with Sophie Hatter, and it deserves to be discussed ...

Sophie Hatter gets enough energy to clean the castle in Howl's Moving Castle, and makes it up the stairs to the King's palace while carrying Heen. This is also foreshadowed during the ...

It’s set in a fantasy world where Sophie Hatter spends a boring and uneventful life working in a hat shop. One day, during a festival, she is cornered by two lecherous soldiers. A mysterious ...

“Howl’s” tells the story of Sophie Hatter, a modest and thoroughly normal girl who is transformed into an old woman by the Witch of the Waste. When she sets off in search of a way to reverse ...

When Hayao Miyazaki made Howl's Moving Castle, he set out to make an anti-war film. The story of Sophie Hatter and the Wizard Howl and their adventures in a castle powered by a fire demon is just ...

If you've never read the book, Howl's Moving Castle follows Sophie Hatter after she accidentally attracts the attention of the Witch of the Waste. Transformed into an old woman, Sophie's only ...

Rachel Guyer-Mafune, who appeared in a supporting role in the 2017 production, stars as Sophie Hatter, the eldest daughter of three, which in the land of Ingary means she’s destined for failure.

The story centers around Sophie Hatter (voiced by Emily Mortimer of Dear Frankie), the eldest daughter who has taken up the family trade of hat design (naturally), resigned to the idea that ...