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The pacing to 'Castle in the Sky,' compared to other Miyazaki films, seems rather slow and disjointed at times. He doesn't cater to the masses, instead he creates characters, worlds, and stories that excite and amaze. There's a spirit and a willingness to cover adult themes in Miyazaki movies that isn't in many other animated films.

Almost like a relationship this layered and humanistic could only exist in a live-action drama. Not only is the world surrounding Sheeta and Pazu beyond cool, the relationship between them doesn't feel like it should exist in an animated movie. What Miyazaki is so masterful at is creating these worlds and inhabiting them with characters we come to love. Her stone could presumably lead them to the city. The city holds untold power which is why the military wants Sheeta so bad. There's a legend of an entire city that floats in the clouds. Pazu is obsessed with finding Laputa, the floating city. The airships aren't the only things that float in the clouds. The feel as if Miyazaki and his fellow animators started with the outline of a zeppelin and just started adding things here and there until they turned into these one-of-a-kind animations that are so peculiar that it's hard not to enjoy them for what they are. Usually they start with something simple like the outline of a spaceship, then they add all sorts of cool stuff like guns, blasters, thrusters, and windows. Watching the countless airships, each one crazier than the last, reminded me of watching a young kid drawing. It doesn't really matter that many of the airships look rather cumbersome and inefficient, it's the outlandish designs that are so fun to look at.

As these gigantic dirigibles with their numerous propellers and rotors, glide through the clouds it's hard to not be awed.

#Castle in the sky characters full#

Sheeta and Pazu live in an imaginary world full of complicated flying machines. Sheeta soon escapes the clutches of the military and finds a new friend in Pazu (James Van Der Beek) who is a miner in a small town. Everyone wants to get their hands on the powerful stone. She's being hunted by pirates and the military. Sheeta (voiced by Anna Paquin in the English dub) is a young girl who has come into possession of a crystal necklace that is said to hold very special powers. 'Castle in the Sky' is an imaginative, whimsical tale about two kids who quickly find themselves on a journey that will change their lives forever.

#Castle in the sky characters movie#

Even though 'Castle in the Sky' might not be one of Hayao Miyazaki's most put together films in terms of tight narrative (it's not often you see an animated movie top out at just over two hours) or deeply emotional resonance, it certainly set the stage for the future of Miyazaki's long and illustrious career as one of the great animators/directors of cinema.