Castle in the Sky

Original title: Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta

1986
PG
2h 4m

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8.0/10

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Anime Hand-Drawn Animation Adventure Animation Family Fantasy

Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

187K

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POPULARITY

3,785

169

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Pazu
(voice)

Keiko Yokozawa

Sheeta
(voice)

Kotoe Hatsui

Dola
(voice)

Minori Terada

Muska
(voice)

Fujio Tokita

Uncle Pom
(voice)

Ichirô Nagai

Shogun Mouro
(voice)

Hiroshi Ito

Oyakata
(voice)

Machiko Washio

Okami
(voice)

Takuzô Kamiyama

Shalulu
(voice)

Yoshito Yasuhara

Lui
(voice)

Sukekiyo Kameyama

Anli
(voice)

Ryûji Saikachi

Old Engineer
(voice)

Tarako

Madge
(voice)

Eken Mine

Underling
(voice)

Reiko Suzuki

Sheeta's grandmother
(voice)

Takahiro Hirai

Chinese minion
(voice)

Tomomichi Nishimura

Train Operator
(voice)
…

Shinya Ôtaki

Egyptian minion
(voice)
(as Shinya Ohtaki)

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Storyline

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Trivia
Laputa, the flying island, was a setting in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, published in 1726. Hayao Miyazaki says in interviews that he was unaware that "la puta" means "the whore" in Spanish. If he had known the translation, he would not have used it as a title. Swift, incidentally, is considered the inventor of "black comedy" and, as a well-educated man and satirist, very likely knew the meaning of the Spanish term (in the novel, the Gulliver character lists Spanish as one of the many languages he's fluent in).

Goofs
In the punchout scene between Shalulu and Pazu's boss, there are instances where we don't hear any auditory reactions, much less punches, when the camera is showing long shots of the crowd in either the Japanese version or the Magnum-English dub. (Disney's version, predictably, adds in more walla and punching sounds for that scene.)

Quotes
Uncle Pomme: The earth speaks to all of us, and if we listen, we can understand.

Crazy credits
The end credits show the remains of the castle Laputa floating on Earth's orbit.

Alternate versions
An English dub of this film was produced by the Walt Disney Company in 1999 (originally intended to be released that same year), but wasn't released on DVD until 2003. The English dub shortens the title to "Castle in the Sky," removing the word "Laputa," since it means "the whore" in Spanish. The voice cast includes James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill, Cloris Leachman, Mandy Patinkin, Andy Dick, and Michael McShane.

Connections
Edited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)

Soundtracks
Kimi wo Nosete
(Carrying You)
(insert song)
Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki
Music by Joe Hisaishi
Performed by Azumi Inoue (Tokuma Japan)

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10/10

The one of greatest animated films of all time

I first saw this film when I was about seven years old and was completely enchanted by it then but for years was unable to find out what the film was called. now i am twenty one and stumbled upon the film by accident about two weeks ago and bought a copy. although my memory of the film was a little hazy I was in no way disappointed by what I saw. the animation in this film is superb conjuring up an entire world that is so believable and so well animated that you are drawn in to the film by that alone. But this film also has a plot that will enchant and entertain adults and children alike. with a floating island, a mad general, a friendly pirate granny and a well constructed love story this film will not let you down I would recommend this film to any one.