1. Differences in the background of the heroine:

The heroine Sophie is an 18-year-old girl who comes from a wealthy family and is well-educated. Due to the death of her father, she had to drop out of school to help her family. He took care of the hat shop in order to inherit the family business in the future.

Being the eldest of three siblings in this country is a very unfortunate thing. Everyone assumes you will be the first to fail! Especially when three people have to go out and fight together, people believe that the boss will definitely be the least successful.

Sophie is such an unlucky boss whose future is doomed. In later stories, this statement was mentioned repeatedly by herself and became a source of her lack of confidence. In the animation, this statement is weakened, and the fate of "he must inherit the hat shop" and his negative attitude are only slightly mentioned in the conversation with his sister Letty (actually it should be Martha).

2. Differences in the appearance of the heroine:

Sophie's appearance in the animation changes with her mood, which is original. The original work does not have this setting.

3. Differences in heroine abilities:

In the later stages of the story, Sophie gradually discovered that in addition to her specialties as a female celebrity, after being prompted by Howl’s teacher Pansden, she also He also has the ability to be a magician, and in the end he used his "magic war" to save Howl's life from the Witch of the Wasteland. In the animation, the clues that the original work put a lot of effort into describing have been eliminated.

4. Differences in psychological changes:

In the original work, Sophie finally saved everyone through her magic and regained her confidence, while in the animation, it was through the handsome boy Howl. of "Sophie is really beautiful." Expanded information

The plot in the original work:

1. The enmity between Hal and the Witch of the Wild was not due to Hal dumping her. The Witch of the Waste only wants Howl's head - she wants to use magic to create a perfect man to serve as her puppet to rule the country.

Howl's master did not remove the magic of the Witch of the Wild. On the contrary, she refused to disclose Hal's whereabouts and was killed by the Witch of the Wild.

The struggle between Hal and the Witch of the Wild is the main line of the story. In order to highlight the theme of war, the animation can only weaken this main line and turn the Witch of the Wild into an incompetent old woman.

2. The image of Hal in the novel is more complete: he is not very handsome, but has sharp edges and corners, and his attraction spell plays a big role; he escapes from everything that makes him uncomfortable, so he is attracted by Su. Fee is called "King Yoo"; his heart is extremely soft and kind; he is very kind to Calcifer.

3. Sophie has the innate ability, and her words can give life to things. It is precisely because of this that Calcifer and Howl are safe and sound in the end.