"Pazu rescues an unconscious girl descending from the night sky with a glowing pendant around her neck. He helps the girl, Sheeta, to escape from the air pirates and the military who are obsessed with Laputa, a legendary kingdom on a floating island in the sky with which Sheeta is suspected of being connected." -- from "Nausicaa.net" website
Released: 1986
Language: English dub / Japanese
Alternate Titles: Laputa, Castle in the Sky, Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (Japan)
Style: 2D animation
Rated: PG
[ Japanese ] Featuring the voices of:
[ English dub ] Featuring the voices of:
Of Interest: Titled 'Laputa, Castle in the Sky' in many countries. Miyazaki borrowed the name from the floating city in 'Gulliver's Travels', presumably without knowing that 'la puta' means 'whore' in Spanish. Hence 'Laputa' was dropped for Region 1 releases.
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Castle in the Sky
