I loved this

Rating: 10/10 (13 April 2010)

An excellent display of animation that is hand drawn. A story of a little girl which harnesses a powerful gem for which some very bad guys want for themselves. This includes pirates who in their own way, are the good guys, yet wanted the gem as well. Yet for a boy who works as a metal miners apprentice he finds this girl floating from the sky as if by magic. Taking her in, only to be chased by the relentless bad guys and pirates. All trekking to a place called Laputa, a mythical city that floats in the sky. The lineage to the girl is that she is the princess and heir to the throne of this legendary city. Yet her parents moved themselves down to the earth where they can live out their days in harmony. Abandoning the city altogether because of the constant hardships and hierarchy battles within the royal family. But as all circles go, she is thrust to her past home along with her friend only to be caught and nearly killed by a power hungry ex royal of the ancient kingdom. I loved the landscapes and beautiful hand drawn complexities for the final destruction to the old floating city. A wonderful story of pirates, the army, the psycho, and the devastating robots which harnessed the most destructive power ever created. To see two people bind closely together along with the help of their friends and overcome the shadow of Laputa.