It only took twenty years lol. I did not release that Studio Ghibli movies were not released in Mainland China when it came out but the studio has been playing catch up with releasing the movies now. The Boy and the Heron was released in China a few months after it came out, and now on April 30th Howl’s Moving Castle will hit the big screens there exactly 20 years after it was released in 2004. Chinese stars Tian Xi Wei and Yu Shi will be voicing Sophie and Howl, respectively, and the studio released really charming live action poster sprinkled with animation posters for the occasion. Tian Xi Wei’s casting is especially a masterstroke her voice is unique, she enunciates well, and her real life vibe has that plucky heroine quality already. While I only watch Ghibli movies in original voice and not dub, Howl’s English release was also amazingly done with Christian Bale as Howl and Billy Crystal as Calcifer.