Get in, losers, we’re going to Laputa!

This week we take flight with Pazu, Sheeta, and a gang of pirates with some seriously questionable motives to find the mythical land in the clouds where cool robots take care of birds (and shoot lasers). It’s the first true Ghibli film, and, man, does it set the bar pretty high.

Also... what the hell is going on with the English dub of this film?

Next week, it’s our very first Takahata film, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES. Join the conversation on our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx and get more Eye of the Duck on our Patreon show, After Hours https://www.patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod

References:

Special Features
- Creating Castle in the Sky
- Scoring Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation by Helen McCarthy
Starting Point by Hayao Miyazaki
Studio Ghibli: An Industrial History by Rayna Denison
Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man by Steve Alpert
The Works of Hayao Miyazaki: The Japanese Animation Master by Gael Berton
Miyazakiworld by Susan Napier

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Michael Gaspari.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich. You can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.

Assistant programming and digital production by Nik Long.

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