Pursued by pirates, Sheeta (Anna Paquin) and her friend Pazu (James Van Der Beek) search for Laputa, a legendary floating castle that holds the secret to Sheeta’s mysterious pendant.
I really admired the way the miners' unions fought to the very end for their jobs and communities, and I wanted to reflect the strength of those communities in my film." English language dubs of Laputa have been released under three different titles by three separate distributors, which is largely because it is identical to a Spanish rude word. From Studio Ghibli and Oscar®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, Castle in the Sky is an action-packed adventure. He returned to the country in 1986 to prepare for Laputa, which he said reflected his Welsh experience: "I was in Wales just after the miners' strike. Miyazaki first visited Wales in 1984 and witnessed the miners' strike firsthand. Castle in the Sky (originally known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky, itself named after the floating island Laputa in Gullivers Travels, but re-named for the. Some of the architecture seen in the film was inspired by a Welsh mining town. The anime also features the use of cuneiform script on Laputa's interactive panels and tombstones and makes references to the Hindu epic Ramayana, including "Indra's arrow". Laputa is credited by Colonel Muska with having informed Biblical and Hindu legends, thus tying the world of Laputa to our Earth (and to western European civilization) as do the medieval castle architecture on the ground. The name 'Laputa' is derived from Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, wherein Swift's Laputa is also a flying island controlled by its citizens. Miyazaki's earlier anime series Future Boy Conan (1978) featured a number of elements that he later adapted for Castle in the Sky.
It was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki in 1986.
Castle in the Sky (also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky) is an animation movie produced by Studio Ghibli.