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Today, we all went to watch the film Haoru no Ugoku Oshiro (Howl's Moving
Castle), which has just been released in Japan. It's an anime by Studio
Ghibli, the same guys who made Spirited Away. I really enjoyed it; like
Spirited Away, it's full of magic and mystery, and the animation is
superb. It was all in Japanese of course, so I didn't really understand a
lot of it, but I don't feel too bad - even our Japanese friend Chie said
it was a bit confusing! Steampunk fans will love it, as it's set in a sort
of Neo-Edwardian world, as will bishounen lovers - the character Howl is
very similar to Haku from Spirited Away, but is perhaps even cuter! No
doubt it'll be released in the UK and US in a year or two. I look forward
to being able to watch it with English subbing/dubbing!
Weather's terrible right now, bucketing it down. Japanese weather is
similar to English weather in that it's quite varied from day to day (it
was a really sunny, warm day yesterday), but unlike the UK, where we tend
to get sunny spells and rainy spells, the weather does not change much
throughout the day. So, if it's raining in the morning, you can pretty
much guarantee it'll rain all day.
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