Castle in the Sky

Castle in the Sky follows two children caught in a chase across a world resembling the early twentieth century. Sheeta, a girl who carries a mysterious crystal, is pursued by air pirates, the military and government agents who all want the stone for themselves. She meets Pazu, a boy her age who works in a mining town, and together they set out to find Laputa, a legendary city in the sky that the crystal seems to point toward. A government agent named Muska has his own plans for the lost civilization's power.

Hayao Miyazaki directed and wrote the film, the third of the sixteen features he has directed in chronological order, arriving between Warriors of the Wind and My Neighbor Totoro. Studio Ghibli, Nibariki and Tokuma Shoten produced it, with Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki as producers. The voice cast includes Keiko Yokozawa as Sheeta, Mayumi Tanaka as Pazu, Minori Terada as Muska and Kotoe Hatsui as Dola, among 22 credited cast members and 77 credited crew.

Made for about 3 million dollars, the film took roughly 26 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 8 out of 10 from around 197,000 votes, and on TMDB 8 out of 10 from about 4,800 votes. A critics' rating of 7.8 out of 10 from 28 reviews places it close to those audience scores.