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Published: 2007-12-05 19:12:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 27155; Favourites: 782; Downloads: 772
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Careful... it's a long way down...I am so pleased with how this turned out. I'm not sure what made me draw this scene from the film, but I think it was the closeness Sheeta and Pazu shared and the discovery of Laputa. I liked their expressions, even if it is more comic than what Miyazaki portrayed in the film.
I have been trying to do a good piece of fan art for this film for years
In my honest opinion Laputa/Castle in the Sky is the greatest animated adventure story. I can'y find anything to come close to its scale and storytelling. The characters are wonderful, the setting and the style is both new and nostalgic and it has so many exciting high points.
I was so lucky to be brought up watching this film. It has played such a huge part in what I do today. This film made me want to be an animator. It just irks me that Disney did such a rubbish job re dubbing the original english version I was so familiar with. It makes me sad. This film is so special to me.
Illustrated in Painter and PS
Characters (c) Miyazaki/ Studio Ghibli
Artwork (c) Me
Edit: Changed the title because of all the comments about what Laputa may mean. I was aware of this, but that is what the film was called before Disney changed the title. Shame. Poor poor Jonathan Swift.
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My opinion: the '80s dub of Laputa is no good. Despite being more "accurate", it suffers from some truly terrible acting and even choppier writing. Disney's version, despite being a bit more of a loose interpretation and making the leads teens, is otherwise a miles better dub, with genuinely better performances and smoother writing.
See my review for more details:
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this was the first Miyazaki film i ever cried over. And I'm a 6'2'' 275 lb high-school football player. (NERD IN A JOCKS BODY)
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Watching this movie on the "All Night Show" sometime in the 1980s was the first hint that I had that Japanimation could be anything but giant robots and fascist kid gangs beating each other senseless. And after 30 years, Miyazaki remains the only thing in anime that still interests me.
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i love it
my favorite movie is spirited away
of all the ones he made
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It's a movie by Hayao Miyazaki called "Castle in the Sky".
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This is totally adorable! Both Sheeta and Pazu look really great in your style
This is one of my favorite parts in the film 
I think I've only seen the Disney one though. Is the Disney version the one with Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, and Cloris Leachman as Sheeta, Pazu, and Dora?
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It is, because only Disney can afford names like that for a dub. And despite what purists may say, the Disney dub isn't bad at all. In fact, if you evaluate it as an entertainment value and not as a comparison tool to the Japanese version, it's great fun in its own right. Then again, I HAVE seen both versions and I personally enjoyed the dub pretty much unreservedly, despite some parts of it being somewhat less subtle than the original Japanese.
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I agree. I like the Disney dub. Pazu does sound a little strange at times but I can live with it. My first impression of him came with that voice and, since I'm a fan of Pazu, I like the voice 
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No problem, and I'm glad to see another person who actually likes Disney's dub just as much as I do. And yes, I agree; James van der Beek may not be perfect as Pazu, but I thought he did a pretty good job. There are a couple of places where he cracks his voice a bit too much, but overall I thought he was grossly underrated.
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Another thing that really impresses me about Disney's dub is how they pay close attention to the lip sync so that it doesn't look like a badly dubbed Kung Fu flick. There was at least one scene in the film where a character's mouth is moving in the distance and the timing is off, but it wasn't jarring enough to take me out of the film. My only quibble with the dub is the changing of the last part of Sheeta's speech at the end of the film, where she says "the world cannot live without love". I personally think "surviving apart from Mother Earth" would have been a better choice, as that's more in line with Miyazaki. That said, does it ruin the dub or the film for me? Not at all; the film is still wonderful and the performances are just amazing—especially the supporting cast. Luke practically stole the whole film as the villain, and Dola and her pirates were just perfect as well.
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I thought that Musca was voiced by Mark Ha- oh I see what you did lol Yeah he's always very good. And creepy. I heard a little bit of the Joker from the old animated Batman show in Musca's voice. I agree- I think they did a wonderful job. Cloris Leachman was really good too.
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Really is a good movie as are all of the Studio Ghilbi films
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Great piece ♥
Good picture but their noses are weird.
I grew up with this movie since i was a teen in the 90's when i was 15 15 years ago when i had a fansub tape and the soundtrack from one of my city's import stores.
Did this movie reminded you of Avatar at times? Cameron is a fan of animated movies especially European and Japanese ones. He did used this movie as one of his inspirations with the floating islands, the floating rock substance and of course similar robots.
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I love this movie you did a good job drawing them 
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I love that movie!! and that scene is the best part!!
but my favorite I'd have to say is Howl's Moving Castle ^.^
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There's a place in my mind
No one knows where it hides
And my fantasy is flying
It's a castle in the sky
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I can understand needing to change the name in widely Spanish-speaking countries, but if it's in an English context, it's not offensive at all. Besides, I think it was named after a moving island in an old book (Gulliver's Travels? I forget.).
(...Disney re-dubbed it? When? How? WHY?)
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Indeed it was. I wish people would take that into account before waggling the naughty word stick.
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spirited away is my favorite, but castle in the sky is a close second!
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I LURVE DIS MOVIE!!!!! but i like howl's moving castle better
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haha, so cute! and i love this film! the first one of hayao myazakis i ever watched ^^
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Cute, actually i'm watching that movie now and you did an amazing job!
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i saw this movie, like, 23423 years ago so i don't remember this scene, but i do like your pic!
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Your wonderful artwork has been featured here: [link]
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Thankyou so much for the feature!!
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