This is the cover art for the anime movie, "Howl's Moving Castle," by Hayao Miyazaki.
The function is to attract the viewer to watch the movie and buy it in stores.
I saw the movie when I was visiting my friends house but I had seen the movie before.
The portion of the cover I focused on does not have any type, but two faces that are large and very expressive.
Miyazaki's film's, including story and art, are award winning and I find his drawing style to be minimal but charmingly effective.
I love facial expressions and the faces are very large in scale so I was quickly able to notice the fear you can see in the girl's eyes and mouth and the certainty you see in the man's