El castillo ambulante
At the Mainichi Film Awards, "The Place Promised in Our Early Days" won the Animation Film Award and "Mind Game" won the Ōfuji Noburō Award. Internationally, "" was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, the fourth consecutive year an anime was nominated for the award. "Howl's Moving Castle" was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.