Musicology Annotation << Back Features of the Interaction of Music, Speech and Video Series in the Animated Film «Howl’s Moving Castle» Titova Tatyana M., Zaytceva Marina L. The article summarizes the results of the study of the animated film «Howl’s Moving Castle», reveals the features of the creative interaction of the outstanding director of the modern Japanese animatograph Hayao Miyazaki and the composer Joe Hisaishi (real name - Mamoru Fujisawa). The features of the musical drama of the animated film "Howl’s Moving Castle" (2004), the features of the interaction of musical, speech and video sequences are determined, the specifics of the choice of the neo-romantic orientation of the system of expressive means chosen by the composer for the implementation of artistic tasks are justified. Keywords: Joe Hisaishi, Hayao Miyazaki, modern Japanese animatograph, animated film sound sequence, animated film music. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.4.2021.1187 Pp. 28-36.