I cry every time I watch this movie and I have seen it at least 40 times and it also never gets old.

My favourite Miyazaki film.

Oh I LOVE this movie! Everything is just...GAH SO FULL OF ADVENTURE AND LOVE AND MAGIC I LOVE IT! Cloris Leachman and Mark Hamill are just brilliant and I loved Paquin and van der Beek as the kids. Fun Fact! Did you know this movie is actually set in Wales? Miyazaki said he visited Cymru during the miner's strike and admired the hard work of the men. So he made this film showing the hardwork of mining communities.

omg! freaking loved this movie when i was little!

1:45 That character made you question his accent?! THAT character made you question?! The girl's accent changed with like every fucking line!!

^_^ I got my DVD cover of this movie autographed by Jim Cummings who voiced the General being pushed around by Mark Hamill!

the machines and airships in this movie are so freakin cool especially the military airship Goliath and the pirate airship

I watched this movie earlier after Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind....and I freaking loved it. The action, the adventure, the beautiful animation, the fun and intense scenarios, the characters, movies like this were something I loved as a kid. Seeing this again at 22, I went as far as shed a couple tears a bit, because I felt like a little kid again. It was just an all around awesome movie, and IMO, is my all time favorite Ghibli movie.

Fun fact, the movie was called "Laputa," but they changed it when it came to America because of our large Hispanic audience and La Puta is rather vulgar in Spanish. That's also why the American dub says lapusha instead.

My favorite Miyazaki movie!

to be honest this beats all Disney movies. They aren't even on the same level. These movies appeal to people to all ages. I can't imagine my grandmother watching Disney, at least. I am not criticizing Disney, but I just think Ghibli produces better works.

Castle in the Sky feels very similar to Indiana Jones. The story isn't similar, but's it's just so full of adventure.

Does anyone else get the feeling that Nausica and Castle In The Sky are in the same universe? Seriously, some of the creature designs, lessons about technology and nature, the music and even the main female character just feel like they are connected. Maybe Laputa was created to destroy the Toxic Jungle, but was abandoned because of its destructive power. Or maybe Laputa was the reason why the world ended in the first place.

I have to tell something really funny that happened with this movie. In my private middle school, nearly all the kids and I were sitting in the center with a small tv above for a movie to be put in (and also cookies), and castle in the sky was picked by this one kid. When the movie was playing, the moment it showed the scene with guns, the teachers stopped it and asked where the kid who put in the movie was, but he was absent, and I guess it wasn't a big deal, so we continued watching a movie with guns

I can't quite explain it, but I always get something of a classic Final Fantasy feel from this movie. And I mean that in a positive way.

One of my favourite animated films

As a spanish talker, i can't help but to lose it every time i see the castles name... and i know is childish... but if the castles name had been Thewhore, you'd be laughing too.

I'm working my way through Miyazaki's filmography and just watched this one. It's my second favorite after Spirited Away.

I think this was the only movie our Japanese teacher had. Watched with the Japanese in stead of the English so we had to go by the action to determine what what going on.

Dola is the best character in this movie.

I love this movie even more!

Watched it today awesome

This is one where the Japanese language version works better than the english dub just because the voices seam to match the characters ages better.

Does anyone else think Sheeta looks exactly like Kiki? I know most of Miyazaki's female characters look alike, but she has the exact same face, hair and purple dress. Just cut off her braid and put a big pink bow on her headband.

Something I’d like to add is that Muska is kind of an anomaly for Miyazaki: His movies usually don’t have outright badguys in them, because he dislikes black/white-morality. Instead, we get strangely likeable antagonists who often end the story having learned a positive lesson or two themselves. Muska, in stark contrast, is a 100% irredeemable villain. I mean, he works for the purpose of this story and Hamill gives a great performance, but I just found it worth pointing out.

Don't forget to give a marvellous and well deserved nod to a certain composer!

Btw the btas joker is the villain here in the english dub. That's cool

I haven't seen all of Miyazaki's movies yet, but so far, this one is my favorite. :D

I remember this one engineer/mechanic guy looked just like Dr. Robotnik/Eggman from the Sonic the Hedgehog games... Makes me wonder if he was inspired by that character...

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I still think this just has to be my favorite original. Howl's moving castle never made me interested in the antagonists. Spirited away while I love the world never felt like the plot was engaging. Princess mononoke sometimes felt like the direction with the action and violence was so ridiculous it hurt the film for me. Secret world of Ariety is my overall favorite though thats a world that I need nothing else to love.

This is NOT a Disney film ,it was just dubbed by Disney.

Castle in the Sky is much better than Labyrinth.

This movie has the only black person ever in a studio ghibli movie!

If you liked Castle in the Sky, then check out Honoo no Alpenrose.

It is actually not fantasy. Its postapocalyptic SciFi.

1:26 - you forgot she was in that _horrible_ animated atrocity that I will not name.

What's the music called?

God, what is the name of the music he's using in this video? I can't find it on any of the uploaded soundtracks here on youtube, and it's so damn epic.

No, not Pazoo, Patzu.

I read the book, and yet, I can't match any of these clips to their respective chapter

When was this and Kiki made?

Cloris Leachman was in Oogloves so.... ****

Every time Doug mispronounces a character's name (it's PaTSU, not PaZOO).... The worst example of this is when he calls the main character from his favorite animated movie, Spirited Away, ZEN. First of all, it's SEN, not Zen, and second, it's not even Sen, that's just an alias given to her by Yubaba. Just fucking Jesus.

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Disney didn't dub the original '80s version of Laputa; that was done by some unknown company called Magnum. And to anyone who says it's better than the Disney version: Sorry, but that's just not true. At all. Despite the leads sounding "younger" than their Disney counterparts (but not convincingly so) and the script not taking as many liberties, the overall '80s dub is a genuine train wreck, with some of the stiffest, slapdash "acting" I've ever listened to and even choppier dialogue. I don't care if it contains the last part of Sheeta's speech or not; the bad acting and dialogue killed it for me. Disney's current version isn't without its occasional drawbacks; the leads are probably a bit too old and not as good as the rest of the cast (although they're certainly not terrible; Van der Beek, despite sounding significantly more mature, does a surprisingly good turn as Pazu, and while Paquin misses a few lines in places, it's not that detrimental, and I thought the accent suited the role), its positives ultimately put it over the '80s dub. The performances by the supporting cast, for instance, are excellent, especially Mark Hamill and Cloris Leachman, and the script is much better written if at times considerably chattier. The rescore by Joe Hisaishi is also a bonus (although it tragically was taken out of subsequent releases of the Disney dub, quite undeservedly).

you forgot to mention sheeta's wonky accent. It's like it changes every 10 scenes or so

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I wouldn't say the Japanese version of this movie is better, only different. I'm not particularly fond of the Japanese VAs for the lead characters, though; they seed a bit too shrieky. James and Anna weren't perfect as Pazu or Sheeta, but they did a good job regardless. Everyone else in Disney's version excels though, and for that I prefer that version.

The original dub by disney was much better, because this one was dubbed twice and I cringe everytime they say certain words and anna paquin does not suit sheeta. Im sorry but its true. The original voices suited much better. Its very rare to find the older dub but if you can find it its much better.

Wow dude..im sorry but this really bugs me...if youre going to review a Japanese film please PLEASE say the names correct practice saying the names before recording

Am I the only one who didn't really like this movie?

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