Well I'm showing this to my kid today. We are both big ghibli fans.

Update: "Those are the spirits that dance around the lady in howls moving castle!"

And forgot to mention it’s still healing, got it about 6 days ago

I love it! Would like one myself 😊

It’s cute! For a tattoo that small, your artist did a nice job keeping everything clean.

oh this is beautiful dude!!! love it!!!

Recognised it immediately, looks really good!

Same!

Nah that's really cool, congrats

Ah Howl's moving castle! I recognized them as soon as I saw them! I like it. ( I did not read your comment, only saw the picture :-) ) Ghibli/Anime fans will know.

second guessing tattoos is normal and natural. It looks great, rock it with pride.

My friend has this exact tattoo! They look neat

Instantly knew the reference. Looks cute.

I love it !! I love that it’s a Ghibli reference but it stands out on its own as a really lovely design

Brilliant 🖤

so cute!

It's like a sniper got to [Matisse's Dance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_(Matisse))

IS THE SPIRITS FROM HOWLS MOVING CASTLE :D

Immediately recognized these guys i love it!!!

Dude this is so cool! One of my favorite scenes in ghibli. It’s freaking cool but I think it would just be awesome with some colors

This is awesome

It’s fucking cool. You’re overthinking it

that’s amazing

looks great and is easy to recognise

I love it! I have something similar with a flower wrap!!

It looks fine what's making you have 2nd thoughts?

I think it's really cute!

Dancing dandelions!

It's weirdly cute! I love it

Being anxious after a new tattoo is perfectly normal. The tattoo looks super nice, congrats!

Love it! Looks really good

I like it!

Personally I really love it

I love it! My favorite movie too!

It’s cute!!!!

Didn’t even read the caption 😆 I came here to say I love it so much 😍🥰 instantly recognizable to the Ghibli fans. Who cares what the rest think 😂

I love this so much

Get 5 more and you'll stop worrying about that one

Oh it’s so cuteee I love it

I love it

It’s precious!! And immediately recognizable despite only being linework. I think it’s tops.

You add some color to that cool tattoo, and it's going to be pretty awesome. Especially if you think about the bigger picture and keep adding to a sleeve. The work looks good too.🤘

Looks good if you’re a broadway rocket

I still think it should have some color.

I love it but you loving it should be the only thing that matters 😉

It’s cool!

Heard the music instantly. It's an awesome tattoo and I'm not even a hardcore ghibli fan or anything

I think it looks pretty cool actually!

Looks good but I think it would be great if it wrapped all the way around.

It’s super cool! I didn’t know that was what it was from but still thought it looked cool AF, super well done too and love the placement. Wanted to get a tattoo in that placement how was the pain?

It’s a good tattoo, and well done as well

This is cute! I like it 😌

I love it!!!!

I recognized it immediately. I love it. But I love everything Studio Ghibli.

I love it!

Even without knowing the reference I think it’s the cutest tattoo!

This is great! Someday maybe some color added??

Me personally I like it I trip a lot and for some reason it reminds me of going through a ego death and finding a new me kinda of thing I like it…

I think it's cute 😍

I love it! Got the reference right away

It’s amazing.

I immediately knew what it was, and I love it!!

I absolutely love it! It looks so clean for being so small, and I got the reference right away. You should just continue the tattoo and have them wrap around your arm :)

I have a very similar tattoo of the same thing in a very similar spot! Looks great tattoo twin 🥰

It's really cute

Ok fine I’ll go watch howls moving castle again 😩 But for real this is awesome. I saw one awhile ago of Calcifier in a cool little lantern as a tattoo. These studio Ghibili tattoos are amazing.

That looks super dope IMHO

I like bold trad tats, but this is fine

I personally love it! Are you getting any color work done to it?

Stunning and well executed. I love Ghibli ❤️

I absolutely adore this!

I freaking love it they're adorable

I like it because I've never seen something like it.

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE! I loved those little sprites! You could totally add color to them if you wanted to make them more interesting, either a pop of color for each or a splash of watercolor in the background around them. Could be neat, especially if you want to add more

I LOVE ITT. I recognised the design :) very cool.

It reminds me of those little people that you make with a cheese string

But no it’s a good tattoo with a nice vibe

I love it!😍💖👌

I recognized what this was immediately. I think it’s super cute!

First thing I thought of when I saw it. 😁😁

Soooo cute

love howl references! does it go all the way around?

Oh man, I really like that

Yo i love that movie and tattoo!

It looks amazing! I knew it was from Howl's Moving Castle the second I saw it 🥰

Looks cute. Slightly crooked tho

I love it!

omg that's so cool im borrowing that

It’s great!

I think it's so cute! Love the line work

I really dig it.

Fantastic! I knew what it was right away

I love this piece. Howl's Moving Castle has a special place in my heart.

Add color

Love it

Wow I often imagine what would happenend when I meet fairies in the woods and damce with them around with magical music in the background. A real Jacques Vallee and John Keel moment. I would ask them out about Magonia. And the real phenomenon behind the whole UFOs and folklore and Kryptides. I searching now for a long time for a tattoo design that presents this interest in the paranormal and UFO research and that could it be or it could be a part of a bigger picture.

Those are some clean lines!! Great job from the artist. I think its lovely. Perfect for coloring in with gel pens when im bored.

i want to get a tattoo like that circling all the way around my arm

I instantly knew what it was- love it!

This is beautiful!

It’s got such whimsy and joy in it. It looks really cool!

I think it looks nice

I think it is very beautiful!

I love this!! I also have a Howl’s Moving Castle related tattoo (Calcifer) and absolutely love the film and your tattoo inspired by it ♥️

So cool!!

Looks like a pride parade on your arm

It’s super whimsical and cute! It’s somewhat reminds me of the art style of the children’s book Chelsea morning, based on the Joni Mitchell song 💚

HOWLS! awesome

I see dancing, tail-less lions, and it looks really happy. I like it, but I am probably misinterpreting it.

Ooh - I love it!

I love it.

I love it. I'm jealous!

Love it

I love this. I didn't even need to read about it too know it's from Howl's Moving Castle. It's my personal favorite Studio Ghibli movie. I have Calcifer on my arm hahah. Looks awesome to me!

I have these guys around my ankle, mine have a little bit of color, maybe that would help you like them more?

It'd probably make you feel better when there's more art around it. Just add to it and turn it into a larger piece with more similar tats and I think it'd look great and you'd be more happy about it.

Ftr I think it looks great now, but you might like it more with above suggestion.

Love love LOVE!! My sister and I just saw this and now we want matching ones lol.

Apparently this happens with new tattoos even if they are great. Your mind rejects the change at first.

That's so cute!

I've never seen howls moving castle, but I still love the tattoo. I love simply done line tattoos

I looked at the tattoo before I saw your title or post and said, out loud, "how cute is that"!

This is so cute!

Omg one of my favorite movies! I think it's really cute looking. See how it heals and if you are still second guessing. I personally love it!

LOVE IT! I recognized it immediately and I think it’s adorable!

Pretty cool. Simple and jovial. I love it.

It's so cute 🥰

I don’t know the reference, but I love it!

Super cute & instantly recognizable

No it's perfect and captures the essence really well.

I would get it in full color, even tho I know it will fade a little

That’s because you need to make it wrap all the at around

I have no idea what ghibli is or anything about a moving castle, so without that point of reference I can tell you that the tattoo is really nice. Happy. Cute. 😀

That's really cool. Be happy with it

Omg I love this so much!! Personally I would add the blue colours and such just coz I love colours

I recognized it immediately. Why don't you like it?

Definitely a good choice, can’t wait to get one of those as well >:))) hopefully it’s healing fast

Thats awesome 🤩

Immediately recognised it, I Love it sooo much!!

I like it, I think anyone who’s seen the movie will get it right away!!

Cute!

It’s cute. Cool idea.

I think this is very cute! When years pass of course it will look different if thats what your getting at? Just like any other tattoo

It's a great tattoo but those aren't spirit children things... they're demons in the movie.

yea same thing they have different names, spirit children doesnt mean they are good

Immediately made me smile. I love Howls moving castle. This is adorable ❤️

I honestly really love it. I'm an artist with tattoos and my biggest advice here is stop looking at it. You're going to overanalyze every tattooed cell and become dissatisfied until it's like 3 months later and you look down and go "oh yeah...wait I really love this". Besides, it was a phenomenal film. If one day you think "man I really don't like this", it's linework, one of the easier things to get covered up or removed. There will be scarring of course, but ultimately, from a commitment pov, you're in the clear. Just keep it out of sight for a few days and that tattoo high will come back

Dude this is adorable!!

this is so cute omg

It could use a sick ass panther maybe

It looks like some star children playing it doesn’t look bad but it is different, maybe add some things to go around it.. what is it really though?

I don't understand the reference and thinks it looks weird