# Laputa - Castle in the Sky - good as I remember?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 17, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-good-as-i-remember/195744 "2003-08-17T09:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![stigoftdump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@stigoftdump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stigoftdump)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-good-as-i-remember/195744/1 "2003-08-17T09:44:22Z")

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Year and YEARS ago I watched this anime on the telly - it was great! Unfortunately, I can remember nothing mre about it than that.

I have had a look around for it on DVD - as a non-japense speaking guy, I would prefer a decent dub or subtitles, but all I can find is the japanese DVDs, or a Disney dub, which is, by all accounts, one of the dodgiest dubs mankind has ever produced.

ANyone got any info about this? Is it as good as I remember, and if it is, where can a UK monoglot get a decent DVD version?

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**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-good-as-i-remember/195744/2 "2003-08-17T11:44:13Z")

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I think it’s very good, but it shows its age in comparison to more recent Ghibli releases.

The old dub is a bit over the top at times, but I have heard that the Disney dub is pretty good. As far as I can tell, the Disney dub hasn’t been released in Region 2 UK yet. Even the Japanese disc has the old Tokuma dub. Both the Japanese and American releases have English subtitles.

[Here](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/video/laputa/) is a list of the home video releases to date.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-good-as-i-remember/195744/3 "2003-08-17T17:33:51Z")

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I’ve only seen the Disney dub, but found it to be fine–in particular, I was surprised at how many “name” actors were involved, since I didn’t recognize them while watching the film (which can be distracting). Living in the US, I’m afraid I can’t help those across the pond, but I found it quite good (though not as good as, say, _Spirited Away_, IMHO).

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**Author:** ![Sharopolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Sharopolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharopolis)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-good-as-i-remember/195744/4 "2003-08-17T22:26:50Z")

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I saw this film on TV years ago as well, I think I was about 10 at the time, and I recently got hold of the Japanese DVD (thankfully it has both English audio and subtitles). I was worried that it wouldn’t be as good as I remebered, but I really enjoyed it and I wasn’t dissapointed. I don’t really know much about anime, but this probably my favourite film of that genre. I’d definately reccomend tracking down a copy.

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**Author:** ![rmbnxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rmbnxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmbnxs)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laputa-castle-in-the-sky-good-as-i-remember/195744/5 "2003-08-18T02:45:18Z")

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Why not just read _Gulliver’s Travels_ instead?