Laputa: Castle in the Sky
(Tenku-no Shiro Rapyuta)


Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Executive Producer: Isao Takahata
Music: Jou Hisaishi
Studio Ghibli, 1986

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Laputa is undoubtedly the very best anime movie I've seen. It features heart-stopping action, Indiana-Jones-style adventure, superb animation, divine musical score and grand mystery, all wrapped up in a lovable heart-warming package. It's Miyazaki-sensei at his best.

Info

  • News: Disney soon to distribute Laputa worldwide!
  • Detailed Synopsis [with 400k of inlined images]
  • People, Places and Things
  • Voice actors of Laputa
  • General information about Laputa
  • Multimedia

  • QuickTime movie of opening theme (14M, courtesy of Jeongmin No)
  • MPEG movie of Pazu rescuing Sheeta from fortress tower (222k)
  • A nice picture of Sheeta and Pazu, from the CD cover
  • Sheeta no ketsui (Sheeta's decision) (1M MP2) from the soundtrack.
  • Opening theme (1.7M MP2) from the soundtrack.
  • Kimi o nosete (Carrying You) - Laputa ending song
  • Robot Soldier (Resurrection - Rescue) (1.2M MP2) from the soundtrack.
  • Laputa: Castle in the Sky (3.3M MP2) from the soundtrack.
  • MIDI of Laputa theme (MIDI 52k)
  • Visit the On-line Anime MIDI Server for even more Laputa MIDI's
  • Links

  • Laputa page from Anime Web Guide
  • Laputa in the Internet Movie Database. I voted a 10!
  • Laputa CD info
  • Other Miyazaki pages: Conan, Nausicaä, Totoro, Kiki
  • Studio Ghibli's offcial Laputa page
  • Nausicaa.net's Laputa page
  • A Laputa page in Italian
  • A Laputa page in French
  • Dick Tam's Laputa picture archive
  • Greg's Laputa page
  • Jeongmin No's Laputa page (in Korean)
  • Another Laputa page in French
  • Wing See's Laputa page

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