Studio Ghibli's First Movie is Pure, Unfiltered Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli.

The Big Picture When you think of Studio Ghibli, it's likely that flashes of Spirited Away, The Boy and the Heron, My Neighbor Totoro, and if you're cool, avian pigs fill your brain. They've repeatedly created some of the most iconic animated films in recent decades, and have built up various worlds and mythologies that will likely continue to convert casual viewers into lifelong fans for years to come.

Castle in the Sky 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. Related How Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki Reinvented Common Fairy Tales Western fairytale tropes reinvented. Before Castle in the Sky, Miyazaki had directed two features. First was 1979's The Castle of Cagliostro, a "capital F" fun adaptation of the Lupin III manga series.

'Castle in the Sky' Is More Than a Fun Fantasy Adventure Castle in the Sky is important to Miyazaki's filmography, not just for being the first movie that Studio Ghibli animated, but also for what he was able to say in it. This is a movie that clearly sees large parts of the governmental forces as aggressive and careless, with an anti-military and anti-colonial stance bursting at every seam.

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