Whoa!!!

Rating: 10/10 (30 August 2003)

Castle in the sky is probably Miyazaki's second best film (after Spirited Away). It is the film that was my introduction to Anime after I saw a earlier English language dub in the 80's. I had the common sense to tape it back then and still have it (although it is somewhat over-watched).

The Disney dub is at least as good as the 80's one (the music sounds richer and some of the voices are better, although Padsu's voice is a little jarring after the voice from the 80's version).
As for the plot, Laputa has everything. Robots, airships, levitation stones, flying islands, pirates and Mark Hamill as a bad-guy. Who could ask for more.
All in all, I give it a 10.