Anime's favorite fire demon isn't going out yet. A fan-created LEGO replica of Calcifer, the wisecracking flame at the heart of Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle, has reached another major support milestone — earning the project six more months of life on its path toward becoming an official LEGO set.

The build is part of LEGO's fan-submission pipeline, where community projects gather supporter backing in stages; hitting milestones keeps a design alive and moving toward potential official review. For the Calcifer set, this latest threshold means the campaign continues rather than expiring — a meaningful checkpoint for a project riding the sustained popularity of Ghibli's 2004 film.

Ghibli properties have long been a holy grail for LEGO fans, and Calcifer is a natural pick: instantly recognizable, compact enough for a display set, and beloved far beyond hardcore anime circles. Whether LEGO and Studio Ghibli ultimately sign off on an official product is a separate hurdle — licensing is where many fan milestones stall — but for now, the little fire demon keeps burning through the gauntlet, six months at a time.