Her descent is spotted by a young miner named Pazu, who catches her and takes her home, eager to determine if this mysterious floating girl is somehow connected with the fabled floating castle Laputa, which his father once saw, though no one believed him or his photograph.ĭodging another attempt by Dola's gang to capture Sheeta's crystal, the kids manage to escape. Sheeta, who had already been kidnapped by the evil State Sec Colonel Muska, uses the opportunity to escape and falls to what appears to be certain death until her pendant ignites and starts gently floating her back to Earth. The film opens with a family of Sky Pirates led by the matriarch Dola attacking an airship intent on stealing a blue crystal amulet from a girl named Sheeta. one with Steampunk/ Diesel Punk, flying castles, secret princesses, and magic. This film could be considered a fairy tale. This was Hayao Miyazaki's third film much of the staff consists of alums from Miyazaki's previous work, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Inspired by one chapter of Gulliver's Travels, Laputa: Castle in the Sky is a 1986 fantasy action-adventure tale and the first by now-legendary anime studio Studio Ghibli, which was created to independently produce the film.