In 1986, Hayao Miyazaki released on of his very best films.
We look back at the lasting power and influence of Laputa: Castle In The Sky.
How does humanity square its thirst for progress while at the same time protecting the environment?
Can technology and nature exist side by side, or will our destructive tendencies always get in the way?
Castle In The Skyis a masterpiece in this way, Lasseter wrote.
Take another look at those flying ships.
There is no question theyre huge.
Its movement, its size, its weight.
It really is amazing.
I know whats going to happen.
Of course, she gets rescued.
But every time I see it, I get the chills.
Fittingly, Miyazaki was himself inspired by the animators who came before him.
Tellingly,The King And TheMockingbirdalso contains a sequence in which a castle is destroyed by a giant robot.
Miyazakis inspiration forCastle In The Skycame from lots of other sources, too.
A research trip to Wales in the early 1980s provided the inspiration for the mining community where Pazu lives.
This article originally appeared onDen of Geek UK.
