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Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta
(Laputa: The Castle in the Sky)

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General Information

Original Japanese Title:

Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta
(Literally "Castle in the Sky Laputa")
Other Titles:
Laputa: The Castle in the Sky (English title of Japanese version)
Castle in the Sky (Buena Vista English version)
Running Time: 124min 04sec (J); {no cut} (E)
Production Period: June 15, 1985 - July 23, 1986 (J)
Number of Cels Used: 69 262
Number of Colors Used: 381
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Vista size)
Sound: Dolby Stereo (J)

Release Information

Japan

Version: Japanese dialogue
Opening Date: August 2, 1986
Opening Screens: 103
Showing Period: 42 days
Admissions: 774 271
Film Rental: ¥583 million

United States & Canada

Premiere: Feb 4, 2000;
New York International Children's Film Festival;
new BV English version was shown
Opening Date: Unknown

Hong Kong

Version: Non-BV English dub with Chinese sub, followed by Cantonese dub
Opening Date: June 26, 1987 (E-dub)
July 31, 1987 (C-dub)
Showing Period: 77 days (total)
Film Grosses: HK$13.1 million (total)
(4 minutes were cut)

Original Staff Credits for Japanese Version


Producer	:	Isao Takahata
Executive Producer	:	Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Planning	:	Tatsumi Yamashita	Hideo Ogata
Original Story, Written & Directed by	:	Hayao Miyazaki
		(Serialized in monthly Animage, published by Tokuma Shoten)
Music by	:	Joe Hisaishi
Ending Song	:	"Kimi wo Nosete" (Carrying You)
		Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki
		Written by Joe Hisaishi
		Performed by Azumi Inoue
Animation Supervisor	:	Tsukasa Niwauchi
Head of Key Animators	:	Yoshinori Kanada
Key Animation	:	Masako Shinohara	Masaaki Endo	Makiko Futaki
		Michiyo Sakurai	Noriko Moritomo	Atsuko Otani
		Kazuyuki Kobayashi	Megumi Kagawa	Masahiro Maeda
		Tadashi Fukuda	Hirotsugu Kawasaki	Kitaro Kosaka
		Shinji Otsuka	Toshio Kawaguchi	Katsuya Kondo
		Yasuhiro Nakura	Osamu Nabeshima	Toyoaki Emura
		Kazuhide Tomonaga
Animation Checkers	:	Naoshi Ozawa	Yasuko Tachiki
In-Between	:	Kenji Kobayashi	Eiko Miyamoto	Eiichiro Hirata
		Takashi Honmochi	Mika Sugai	Kyoko Nakano
		Yue Takamine	Sinji Morohashi	Keiichiro Hattori
		Kazukisa Nagai	Takao Yoshino	Hiroomi Yamakawa
		(etc)
In-Between Assistance	:	Studio Toto · Oh Production · Kusama Art · Shindo Production · Studio Fantasia · Visual '80 · Studio Gallop · Studio Kyuma · (etc)
Art Direction	:	Toshiro Nozaki	Nizo Yamamoto
Background	:	Mutsuo Ozeki	Kazuhiro Kinoshita	Nasaki Yoshizaki
		Kazu Hisamura	Kumiko Iijima	Kiyomi Ota
		Yamako Ishikawa
Harmony Process	:	Noriko Takaya
Special Effects	:	Gou Abe	Shinji Teraoka
Color Design	:	Michiyo Yasuda
Ink & Paint Checker	:	Homi Ogiwara
Ink & Paint	:	Chiharu Mizuma	Noriko Ogawa	Hiromi Nagamine
		Emiko Ishii	Masako Nabeya	Yukiko Sakai
		(etc)
Camera	:	Takahashi Production
		Hirokata Takahashi	(etc)
Editor	:	Takeshi Seyama	Yoshihiro Kasahara
Sound Director	:	Shigeharu Shiba
Sound Engineer	:	Shuji Inoue
Sound Effects	:	E & M Planning Center
		Kazutoshi Sato	Hironori Ono
Publicity Producer	:	Masaya Tokuyama
Sound Effect Production	:	Omnibus Promotion
Recording Studio	:	Tokyo T.V. Center
Lab	:	IMAGICA
Assistants to the Director	:	Tsutomo Iida	Tetsu Kimura	Norihiko Sudo
Production Manager	:	Naoyuki Oshikiri
Production	:	Toru Hara
		Studio Ghibli
A Production of	:	Tokuma Publishing Co., Ltd.
(full staff credit in Japanese)

Additional Staff Credits for English (BV) version


Voice Direction	:	Jack Fletcher
(...)

Casts

Japanese Voices

Pazu:		Mayumi Tanaka
Sheeta:		Keiko Yokozawa
Dola:		Kotoe Hatsui
Muska:		Nou Terada
Uncle Pom:		Fujio Tokita
General:		Ichiro Nagai
Mentor:		Hiroshi Ito
Okami:		Machiko Washio
Shalulu:		Takumi Kamiyama
Lui:		Yoshito Yasuhara
Anli:		Sukekiyo Kameyama
Old Engineer:		Ryuji Kai
Madge:		Tarako

Eken Mine		Reiko Suzuki
Tomomichi Nishimura		Nobuyuki Furuta
Masashi Sugahara		Toshihiko Seki
Megumi Hayashibara		(etc)
(full voice credits in Japanese)

English (BV) Voices

(Final version may not use the exact character name)
Pazu:		James Van Der Beek
Sheeta:		Anna Paquin
Muska:		Mark Hamill
Dola:		Cloris Leachman

Mandy Patinkin		Michael McShane
(...)

Award List

Ofuji Award; Mainichi Movie Competition
First Place; Pia Ten (Best Films of the Year)
First Place; Japanese Movies; City Road
First Place; Japanese Movies; Eiga Geijyutsu (Movie Art)
First Place; Japanese Films Best 10; Osaka Film Festival
Eighth Place; Japanese Films; Kinema Junpo Best 10
Second Place; Readers' Choice; Kinema Junpo Best 10
Best Anime; 9th Anime Grand Prix
Special Recommendation; The Central Committee for Children's Welfare
Special Award (to Miyazaki & Takahata); Revival of Japanese Movies

Note: The English romanization of some Japanese names may be inaccurate.

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