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Castle in the Sky AKA Tenkū no shiro Rapyuta AKA Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.Director: Hayao Miyazaki
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
"Introduction by John Lasseter" featurette (0:51)
"Behind the Microphone" featurette (4:09)
Original Japanese Trailers (4:06)
Sneak Peeks:
- Spirited Away
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Finding Nemo
- Atlantis: Milo’s Return
- Stitch: The Movie
- Bionicle: Mask Of Light
- The Lion King Special Edition
- New From Disney Interactive
DISC TWO
Original Japanese Storyboards for the entire film (124.26)
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Subtitles:English (literal, for the Japanese soundtrack) and English HoH (for the English dub)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The image is slightly windowboxed. Apparently has a minor audio glitch on the DD5.1 English track - during one scene there is a slight repetition of syllable of dialogue - nothing major.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
"Introduction by John Lasseter" featurette (0:50)
Start-up trailers (4:28) for "Disney Studio All Access" promo, "Brave" and "Cinderella"
Bonus trailers (7:49) for "Secret of the Wings", "Planes", "The Aristocats", "The Rescuers"/"The Rescuers Down Under", "Brave" and "Cinderella"
DISC TWO
Original Japanese Storyboards (complete film, with optional Japanese or English soundtrack)
"Behind the Studio" :
– "The World of Laputa" featurette (2:20)
– "Creating Castle in the Sky" featurette (3:42)
– "Character Sketches" featurette (2:41)
– "Producer’s Perspective: Meeting Miyazaki" featurette (3:15)
– "Scoring Miyazaki" featurette (7:19)
– "Behind the Microphone" featurette (4:13)
– Japanese trailers (4:11)
Enter the Lands (Interactive Map)
Bonus trailers for "Ponyo" (3:58), " My Neighbor Totoro" (3:00) and "Kiki's Delivery Service" (2:28) -
Subtitles:English (literal), English HoH (dubtitles) and French (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Disc one is also available in a 2-Disc set containing the Blu-ray and the DVD.
The "Introduction by John Lasseter" featurette is in English with optional English and French subtitles. -
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Extras:Storyboards (8 mins - with English dub only)
Original Japanese Theatrical Trailer (4 mins) -
Subtitles:English and French
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:French title: "Le Chateau dans le Ciel".
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
DISC TWO
Complete storyboards
2 Japanese trailers
TV-Spot
"The history of the Castle" featurette (2:32)
"Promotion of the Film" featurette (12:39)
Original japanese Opening and Ending (textless)
German Studio Ghibli DVD Trailers for Studio Ghibli DVD Collection, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky -
Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Digipak
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Notes:Includes five postcards, first edition is numbered. German title "Das Schloss im Himmel"
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Extras:TV Spots
Bonus Trailers
Theatrical Trailers -
Subtitles:Dutch and French
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
Original Japanese storyboards
Original Japanese theatrical trailers
TV spots
Textless opening and ending
Ads for other Studio Ghibli DVDs -
Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
Original Japanese storyboards
Original Japanese theatrical trailers
TV spots
Textless opening and ending
Ads for other Studio Ghibli DVDs
DISC THREE
Soundtrack CD 1
DISC FOUR
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Packaged in a special box set case, limited edition to 10,000 units only.
Also includes a collectable booklet and a figure of the robot found in the movie -
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Extras:DISC ONE (BLU-RAY)
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film
"The history of the Castle" featurette (2:25)
"Promotion of the Film" featurette (12:38)
Original Japanese Opening and Ending (textless)
Teaser trailer (1:11)
Theatrical trailer (2:39)
TV spot (0:15) -
Subtitles:Finnish, Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
Finnish Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
Swedish Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Image strongly windowboxed.
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Extras:Storyboard Sequence (8 min - with English dub only)
Original Japanese Trailers -
Subtitles:English (dubtitles), English HoH and French
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Storyboards (multi-angle for the entire film)
"History of Castle in the Sky" featurette (2:25)
Textless Opening and Closing Sequences (4:57)
Original Trailer Reel (4:06)
Studio Ghibli Trailer Reel -
Subtitles:English (literal), English HoH (dubtitles)
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:NTSC→PAL conversion resulting in ghosting and minor artefacting.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
DISC TWO
* The Film with storyboard-to-film comparison (multi-angle for the entire film)
Theatrical Trailer 1 (2:27)
Theatrical Trailer 2 (4:26)
Bonus Trailers:
- "Spirited Away" (3:47)
- "My Neighbor Totoro" (1:27)
- "Princess Mononoke" (2:23)
- "The Cat Returns" (0:48)
- "Nausicaä: Valley of the Wind" (2:10)
- "Porco Rosso" (2:29)
Behind-the-Scenes (12:40)
Korean dub featurette (3:33)
Video comparison of pre-production artwork to final product (2:31)
Music Video (4:55)
Character Biographies
Story Synopsis
Hayao Miyazaki Biography -
Subtitles:English, Japanese and Korean
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Korean Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Amaray case with cardboard slipcase.
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Extras:Textless Opening and Closing (4:57)
"History of the Castle in the Sky" featurette (2:25)
Original Trailers (4:06)
Alternate Angle: Storyboards
Bonus Trailers:
- "Princess Mononoke" (1:58)
- "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1:06)
- "Spirited Away" (2:18)
- "Grave of the Fireflies" (2:09)
DVD Credits -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R1 Special Edition America- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts (124:30 NTSC).
- R2 Collector's Edition France- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 Germany- Universum Film - No cuts (119:24 PAL).
- R2 Holland- Paradiso - No cuts.
- R2 Japan- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 Limited Edition Japan- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 Scandinavia- Pan Vision - No cuts (119:25 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- Optimum - No cuts (124:59 PAL).
- R3 Korea- Daiwon - No cuts (124:26 NTSC).
- R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts (124:59 PAL).
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Comparison added by David on 17/03/03
Comparison last updated by Samuel_Scott on 11/09/14UPDATE LOG:
04/04/10: US SE (Disney) added.
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04/10/12: Addition of the R2 Scandinavian edition.
11/09/14: Added Dutch and Australian releases.
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