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Castle in the Sky
Sign in to saveAlso known as Laputa, Tenkū no Shiro Laputa, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
1986 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
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Castle in the Sky is a Japanese animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, Nibariki, and Tokuma Shoten. The movie, which has a runtime of 124 to 125 minutes, was released on August 2, 1986. It is classified as an adventure and fantasy film with a status of Released. The production had a budget of 3,000,000 and generated a box office revenue of 16,065,703.
The film received various review scores, including 78/100, 7.5/10, 7.7/10, and 80/100. On TMDb, it holds a vote average of 7.97 based on 4,687 votes, while Jikan lists a score of 8.26 from 335,845 users. The work is associated with the tagline "One day, a girl came down from the sky…" and is referenced by 416 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, Jikan, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film · TMDB
8.0A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Cast
- Keiko Yokozawa as Sheeta (voice)
- Mayumi Tanaka as Pazu (voice)
- Minori Terada as Muska (voice)
- Kotoe Hatsui as Dola (voice)
- Fujio Tokita as Uncle Pomme (voice)
- Ichiro Nagai as Shogun Mouro (voice)
Themes
- army
- flying
- magic
- mine
- castle
- lost civilisation
- pirate
- orphan
- government agent
- floating
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Anime · MyAnimeList
Castle in the Sky
- Score
- 8.26/10 (335,845 votes)
- Rank
- #370
- Popularity
- #471
- Type
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studios
- Studio Ghibli
In a world filled with planes and airships, Sheeta is a young girl who has been kidnapped by government agents who seek her mysterious crystal amulet. While trapped aboard an airship, she finds herself without hope—that is, until the ship is raided by pirates. Taking advantage of…
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Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Main subject
- aviation
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Screenwriter
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Composer
- Joe Hisaishi
- Producer
- Isao Takahata
- Production company
- Studio Ghibli
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 360886
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.ghibli.jp/works/laputa
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- Commons category
- Laputa: Castle in the Sky
- film editor
- Hayao Miyazaki
- title
- 천공의 성 라퓨타
- distributed by
- HBO Max
- fabrication method
- traditional animation
- inspired by
- Laputa
- review score
- 96%
- capital cost
- 3000000
- box office
- 523664
- publication date
- 2006-06-08
- form of creative work
- feature film
- recording date
- 1986-00-00
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Directed byHayao Miyazaki Written byHayao Miyazaki Produced byIsao Takahata Starring Mayumi Tanaka Keiko Yokozawa Kotoe Hatsui [ja] Minori Terada
CinematographyHirokata Takahashi Edited byTakeshi Seyama Yoshihiro Kasahara
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