Entertainment Weekly, 04/18/2003, p.53, "...[The film] culminates in a breathtakingly animated siege on the titular structure..."
Total Film, 12/01/2003, p.126, "...It delivers a fantastic adventure, its epic scope and noggin-noodling imagination recalling the work of Terry Gilliam..."
Sight and Sound, 05/01/2006, p.89-90, "Miyazaki Hayao's tremendous animated feature combines references to lost civilizations with spectacular battle scenes, golem-like robots...and ecological asides."
DVD Features:
Region 1
2-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Japanese
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Introduction - 1. John Lasseter
Featurette - 1. Voice Talent
Trailers
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Storyboards
Hayao Miyazaki's CASTLE IN THE SKY is a rousing adventure that follows an orphan named Sheeta as she eludes the clutches of a secret agent named Muska while trying to discern her family's history. After her first escape from Muska, Sheeta meets up with a young boy named Pazu, whose father, a photographer, was disgraced after he took a picture of the legendary flying island of Laputa and had it dismissed as a hoax. When the two realize that a family heirloom Sheeta carries allows them to levitate, the two begin a search for the lost island, trailed by Muska, who is also searching for Laputa.