Castle in the Sky

Our sky, ours

Anime Castle in the Sky

Perhaps everyone has dreamed of owning a city of their own. It may be by the sea, laid on fine grains of sand, and the walls are shimmering, which is the color of the sea. Or maybe it was in the sky, floating faintly in the middle of the clouds, embraced by gentle white clouds, shining with light, and it was the color of the sky.

There was "Castle in the Sky" by Hisaishi Jean, and the beautiful and moving melody moved us to tears. This song, also known as "With You", actually appeared with Hayao Miyazaki's animation "Castle in the Sky".

We are familiar with Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away and Totoro, but we don't know much less about his "Castle in the Sky" than Hisaishi's song of the same name. Miyazaki depicts a floating castle in the sky with beautiful and pure brushstrokes, telling the story of an adventure of teenagers pursuing their dreams, creating an impressive and thought-provoking animation world.

Now let's accompany the moving melody of Hisaishi Jean's finger to feel the wonderful world of Hayao Miyazaki ~ The inspiration and story structure of "Castle in the Sky" are mainly from the "Gulliver's Travels" written by British writer Jonathan Swift, and the Laputa in the story is a floating island, that is, the City in the Sky.

Miyazaki once said: "I wanted to make an adventure story where young heroes are constantly fighting for their dreams." "Castle in the Sky" tells such a story: the protagonist girl Hilda and the dream-chasing teenager Baru embark on a journey to find the "City in the Sky", fighting with pirates, armies and Muska along the way, and finally arriving at the legendary "City in the Sky" after several waves.

When Hilda and Baru rushed to the middle of the clouds, the legendary "City in the Sky" finally unveiled her mystery. The scent of small wildflowers and the melodious sound of birds are not the civilizations with cutting-edge technology we imagine - high-rise buildings and huge spaceships walking through the air. It's a wonderland of vegetation and animals, occasionally dotted with human buildings, a docile robot gardener, and a towering tree that guards all the creatures of the world, and is naturally quiet.

Laputa's advanced and developed scientific and technological forces are completely hidden underground, providing energy for the natural world on the ground, and the forces of nature and technology maintain a delicate balance. And when the army led by Musca followed Hilda to the "City in the Sky", human ambition and greed made the natural harmony here collapse in an instant, how to maintain this paradise, this dream world, this utopia?

Fly to the sky and find the place of your dreams

"Legend in the distant sky / Shining light / There is a beautiful city / Faintly floating in the middle of the clouds." / Don't know what it looks like / Also to find its direction / Wish you could fly to the sky / Find the place in your dreams. ”

"Flying" is an important element in Miyazaki's films, he supports the teenagers who fly to the sky in the animated text, the innocence of the teenagers makes the dreams run more freely in the sky, and the teenagers' unremitting pursuit of dreams makes them eventually grow.

The dream-chasing boy Baru has always dreamed of building an airplane to find the legendary sky city of Laputa, and using it to justify the adventurer's father. During the journey, he encounters the girl "Hilda" who descends from the sky, and is involved in an adventure about flying stones and even the ancient sky city.

Hilda and Baru are fighting

Baloo is curious and tentative about the world, and always has a passion for the city in the sky. The process of Baloo and Hida's hand-in-hand search of the Sky City is the process of chasing their dreams, and the process of chasing their dreams is full of thrills and tests, dealing with the entanglement of pirates, the armed attacks of the army, and the conspiracy of Musca, they are fearless and brave.

In the film, Hilda stops the killing many times, and in the face of danger, she does not panic, but is more determined, and finally she bravely says the curse of destruction with this perseverance, in exchange for the safety of the world. And Baloo, who rescued Hida, was always the bravest, as long as there was Aida and Laputa's direction, he always had no remorse.