Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Howl's Moving Castle does not contain any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on other themes such as war, identity, and love, without incorporating queer identities or experiences into its plot or character arcs.

The film does not feature any scenes where a female character engages in and wins close-quarters physical combat against one or more male opponents. Combat in the film is primarily magical or involves aerial battles.

The film is an adaptation of the novel by Diana Wynne Jones. All major characters, including Sophie, Howl, and Calcifer, maintain their established genders from the source material. Madame Suliman is a new character created for the film, not a gender-swapped version of a character from the book.

The film adapts a novel set in a European-inspired fantasy world. The characters' races were not explicitly defined in the source material, and their on-screen portrayals do not deviate from any established racial identity.