Howl’s Moving Castle was the second Studio Ghibli film to be nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards.
On October 17, 2017, GKIDS and Shout! Factory began their re-release of classic Studio Ghibli films on Bluray and DVD with a batch of six movies, including My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away.
GKIDS and Shout! Factory will continue their next batch of Studio Ghibli re-releases with Castle in the Sky and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, which will both be published on October 31, 2017.