sleepy-savior:

Random Hiyao Miyazaki fact I learned a while ago.

Hiyao Miyazakis Howls Moving Castle is based on a book series. When making the movie, he flew to Europe to meet the writer and get a feel for the area the books setting was based on.

While there, he found out that she had gotten the idea for her books from watching Castle in the Sky, and had based a lot of her storytelling around his movies.

Howls Moving Castle is a Hiyao Miyazaki film, based on a book, based on a Hiyao Miyazaki film.