Anime Profile: Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
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Title | Laputa: Castle in the Sky | Tenku no Shiro Rapyuta (天空の城ラピュタ) ("Castle in the Sky Laputa") | ![]() |
· · · | Castle in the Sky | Castle in the Sky Laputa | |
Released | |||
Dates | March 24, 1989 (theatrical release), April 2003 (video release) | 1986 | |
Company | Streamline Pictures (theatrical release), Disney (video release) | Studio Ghibli | |
Creator | Hayao Miyazak | ||
Director | Hayao Miyazaki | ||
Genre | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama | Adventure, Fantasy, Drama | |
Characters | Dola | ||
· · · | Muska | Muska | |
· · · | Pazu | Pazu | |
· · · | Sheeta | Lusheeta Toelle Ul Laputa | |
· · · | Sheeta's Grandmother | Sheeta's Grandmother |
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Description: Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Laputa is a wonderful work full of turn-of-the-century gadgetry. Loosely based on the mining towns of Wales and the flying island of Laputa found in Gulliver's Travels, it revolves around a young girl named Sheeta who carries a valuable posession; the secret to Laputa. Laputa is a island which floats through the sky.
Sheeta is pursued by government forces and the air pirate clan Dola. Both want the location of the flying city. She is aided by a boy named Pazu who is a lift operator in the mines. He is searching for Laputa as well to prove his father, a former airship captain, was not insane when he saw a flying island during a storm. The island is rumored to hold fantastic wealth and technology, but that technology may well cause the destruction of Laputa and the Earth.