The film comes with an introduction (1 min.) by John Lasseter, and the entire film in storyboard form. The transfer is spectacular, the film looks flawless in this presentation. I tend to prefer original language, though I’m less bothered with dubbing when it comes to animated films. The Blu-ray comes with a DVD copy, and the film is presented in widescreen (1.78:1) and in English 5.1 DTS-HD master audio, and Japanese 2.0 DTS-HD master audio. He’s also great at beautiful designs, and this is one of his masterworks. And Miyazaki is great at creating characters and then upping the stakes. He started by doing films like The Castle of Cagliostro, and he brings a lot of that Lupin the Third energy to this story. The robots seam drawn from (sorry) the old Max Fleischer animated Superman cartoons, but it’s a great look, and there’s adventure and excitement here. Meanwhile Sheeta is shown a robot, which she has the power to activate. So Pazu is sent home where the pirates have taken over his town. The two are captured by the government, and Muska makes a deal with Sheeta: if she helps, he’ll leave Pazu alone. It turns out that Sheeta and the rock are connected to it.īoth are pursued by the pirates – headed up by Dola ( Cloris Leachman) - and the government – headed up by Muska ( Mark Hamill) - until they reach a mine where they find out the truth about her rock, and its ability to levitate objects.
His late father once saw a Castle in the Sky (also known as Laputa), that the father photographed. She’s found by Pazu (voiced in English by James Van Der Beek). The stone allows her to levitate and land safely. When the airship they’re on is attacked by pirates, she escapes with a mysterious blue stone, but falls off the vessel.
There’s a kidnapped girl named Sheeta (voiced in English by Anna Paquin) who’s being held by government agents. In Castle in the Sky, it starts with adventure.