Howl's Moving Castle follows the story of young Sophie Hatter, a bookworm, the eldest of three daughters, a girl doomed to an uninteresting life as a hat maker.

  Sophie resigns herself to her boring fate, but fate has other plans for her.

  Cursed by the Witch of the Waste with the body of a 90-year-old woman, she finds her way to the moving castle inhabited by the wizard Howl, said by all to eat the souls of young girls.

  Howl has been cursed by the Witch as well, and is seeking the love of young girl to help him break the curse.