Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writers:

Hayao Miyazaki (story)
Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

2 August 1986 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

Plot Keywords:

Princess | Fantasy World | On The Run | Atmospheric | Government Agent

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mayumi Tanaka	...	Pazu (voice)
James Van Der Beek	...	Pazu (2003) (voice: English version)
Anna Paquin	...	Sheeta (2003) (voice: English version)
Keiko Yokozawa	...	Sheeta (voice)
Kotoe Hatsui	...	Dola (voice)
Cloris Leachman	...	Dola (2003) (voice: English version)
Mark Hamill	...	Muska (voice: English version)
Minori Terada	...	Muska (voice)
Richard Dysart	...	Uncle Pomme (2003) (voice: English version)
Fujio Tokita	...	Uncle Pomme (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	General (voice)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Shogun Mouro (voice)
John Hostetter	...	Boss (voice: English version)
Hiroshi Ito	...	Oyakata (voice)
Machiko Washio	...	Okami, Mrs. Daffy (voice)
Takumi Kamiyama	...	Charles (voice)
Michael McShane	...	Charles (voice: English version)
Mandy Patinkin	...	Louis (voice: English version)
Yoshito Yasuhara	...	Louis (voice)
Andy Dick	...	Henri (voice: English version)
Sukekiyo Kameyama	...	Henri (voice)
Tarako	...	Madge (Daffy's daughter) (voice)
Eken Mine	...	Underling (voice)
Reiko Suzuki	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Corey Burton	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John DeMita	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Debi Derryberry	...	(voice)
Eddie Frierson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	(voice)
Susan Hickman	...	(voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	(voice)
Scott Menville	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Matt K. Miller	...	(voice: English version) (as Matt Miller)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Additional Voices
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Additional Voices
Andrew Philpot	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Andy Philpot)
Toshihiko Seki	...	Additional Voices
Michael Sorich	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Masashi Sugawara	...	Underling (voice)
Peter Fernandez	...	Narrator (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki

Writing credits
Hayao Miyazaki		(story)
Hayao Miyazaki		(screenplay)
John Semper		(translation: U.S. English version)

Produced by
Hideo Ogata	....	associate executive producer
Isao Takahata	....	producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma	....	executive producer
Tatsumi Yamashita	....	associate executive producer

Original Music by
Joe Hisaishi

Film Editing by
Yoshihiro Kasahara
Hayao Miyazaki
Takeshi Seyama

Art Direction by
Toshio Nozaki
Nizou Yamamoto

Production Management
Tohru Hara	....	production manager

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Ted Barela	....	sound crew
Sam Hofstedt	....	second engineer
Eric Lewis	....	assistant adr engineer: English dialogue
Hironori Ono	....	sound effects
Kazutoshi Satou	....	sound effects editor
Kazutoshi Satou	....	sound effects
Ernie Sheesley	....	dialogue recordist
Shigeharu Shiba	....	sound director

Animation Department
Mariko Arano	....	inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Machiko Araya	....	inbetween artist
Seiko Azuma	....	inbetween artist
Hitoshi Ehara	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Toyoaki Emura	....	animator
Masaaki Endo	....	animator
Tsuruko Fujita	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Tadashi Fukuda	....	animator
Makiko Futaki	....	animator
Kuniko Hamano	....	inbetween artist: Visual 80
Keiichiro Hattori	....	inbetween artist
Kyôko Higurashi	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Eiichirô Hirata	....	inbetween artist
Katsu Hisamura	....	background artist
Isao Hoshi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Kuma
Satoshi Ida	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Masumi Ishiguro	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Noriko Itano	....	inbetween artist
Toshitaka Itsumi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Emiko Iwayanagi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Miyako Izumi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Megumi Kagawa	....	animator
Yoshinori Kanada	....	lead animator
Yoshimi Kanbara	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Masashi Kaneko	....	inbetween artist
Yûichi Katayama	....	inbetween artist
Yoshiko Katô	....	inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	animator
Hiroshi Kawasaki	....	animator
Yumi Kawuchi	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Kazuhiro Kinoshita	....	background artist
Kazuyuki Kobayashi	....	animator
Keiji Kobayashi	....	inbetween artist
Komasa	....	inbetween artist
Katsuya Kondô	....	animator
Kitaro Kosaka	....	animator
Tsutomu Kurita	....	inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Mahiro Maeda	....	animator
Keisuke Makinoda	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Yayoi Matsushita	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Shizuko Minami	....	inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Hideko Miyamoto	....	inbetween artist
Takayo Mizutani	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Tôru Morita	....	inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Noriko Moritomo	....	animator
Takashi Motomochi	....	inbetween artist
Shunji Murata	....	inbetween artist
Osamu Nabeshima	....	animator (as Osamu Nabejima)
Kazuhisa Nagai	....	inbetween artist
Keiko Nagai	....	inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Kyôko Nakano	....	inbetween artist
Yasuhiro Nakura	....	animator
Tatsushi Narita	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Atsuko Narumi	....	inbetween artist: Visual 80
Kumiko Ohtani	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Kumiko Ojima	....	background artist (as Iijima Kumiko)
Kazumi Okabe	....	inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Minoru Okamoto	....	inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Atsuko Ôtani	....	animator
Shinji Otsuka	....	animator
Toshiko Saitô	....	inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Michiyo Sakurai	....	animator
Keiko Satô	....	inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Akemi Seki	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Yoshiya Shigebayashi	....	inbetween artist
Satoru Shigeta	....	inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Masako Shinohara	....	animator
Mika Sugai	....	inbetween artist
Yasuko Suzuki	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Yasuko Tachiki	....	animation checker
Sadao Takahashi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Yoshie Takamine	....	inbetween artist
Noriko Takaya	....	background artist: harmony treatment
Naoko Takeba	....	inbetween artist
Ritsuko Tanaka	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Tsukasa Tannai	....	animation director
Akiko Teshima	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Yûto Teshima	....	inbetween artist: Studio Kuma
Kazuhide Tomonaga	....	animator
Wakako Ueda	....	inbetween artist
Sumio Watanabe	....	inbetween artist: Visual 80
Akiko Yamaguchi	....	inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Hirômi Yamakawa	....	inbetween artist
Tadayoshi Yamamuro	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Takao Yoshino	....	inbetween artist
Masaki Yoshizaki	....	background artist

Casting Department
Jack Fletcher	....	casting: English voices (2003)

Music Department
Andrew Belling	....	music supervisor
David Sabee	....	orchestra contractor
Seattlemusic	....	music performers
Robert Puff	....	music librarian (uncredited)

Other crew
Eric Garcia	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Studio Ghibli
• Tokuma Shoten

Distributors

• Toei Japan (1986) (Japan) (theatrical) (103 theaters)
• Streamline Pictures (1989) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2003) (France)
• Buena Vista Pictures (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• EDKO Film (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Independent Television (ITV) (1989-1992) (UK) (TV)
• Optimum Releasing (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Screen Music Studios (SMS)  dialogue recording facilities

Also Known As:

Castle in the Sky (UK) (DVD title) (USA) (DVD title)
Laputa: The Flying Island (UK) (TV title)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:All | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Germany:6 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:Atp | France:U | Hong Kong:I | Spain:T | USA:Unrated | UK:PG | Australia:G | New Zealand:PG | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Company:

Studio Ghibli

Trivia:

The robots in the film are inspired by the ones featured in the Fleischer version of Superman.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Pazu sets off with Dola and her sons to rescue Sheeta from Muska and the army, he is wearing goggles that he had put on moments earlier. When they take off on their Flaptors, one moment the goggles are above Pazu's eyes, then a bit later on, as they rise into the air, they are covering his eyes, only to be back above his eyes again a bit later.

Quotes:

Uncle Pomme: [in the underground caverns; has troubling recognizing Pazu] I can't see you clearly yet, goblin, but you sound like Pazu. And if my old eyes don't deceive me, that's a she-goblin with you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

One of the best films made ever its that simple

I first saw this back in the early 90s on UK TV, i did like it then but i missed the chance to tape it, many years passed but the film always stuck with me and i lost hope of seeing it TV again, the main thing that stuck with me was the end, the hole castle part really touched me, its easy to watch, has a great story, great music, the list goes on and on, its OK me saying how good it is but everyone will take there own best bits away with them once they have seen it, yes the animation is top notch and beautiful to watch, it does show its age in a very few parts but that has now become part of it beauty, i am so glad it has came out on DVD as it is one of my top 10 films of all time. Buy it or rent it just see it, best viewing is at night alone with drink and food in reach so you don't have to stop the film.

Enjoy