So, I have a story to share about this movie. This is probably my single favorite movie ever, and I wanted to share it with my girlfriend. She was a long-distance girlfriend, so I had to drive maybe 4 hours to visit her. We spent the day together and near the end, we watched Castle in the Sky together. I head off down the road (it's about 2 in the morning at this point) and I tune into the radio to keep awake on a lonely late-night California highway drive home. I thought I was nuts, but as soon as I tuned into a station, I heard that beautiful orchestral music. Turns out it was a BBC America radio story about Castle in the Sky. It was really special to hear the story about the making of this movie, and really capped the night for me. Really wish I could find that radio piece again!
Laputa and Totoro were my childhood as well, I first watched it 20 odd years ago. I watched it again recently and I now understand the themes and the ideas that Miyazaki was trying to get across through this movie. I think I should revisit other movies I used to watch as a kid and see what kind of new things I will discover.
Yupppp when i watched it i felt I am in different world felt emotions for characters. Loving story, graphics are beautiful and gives me hope, I want to escape this modern life of stress and work culture and do a adventure. It's amazing. Emotion are played perfectly
Thiery Hoareau That was honestly the worst shill I’ve ever seen on all of TH-cam. He literally promoted merch of the thing he has spent a dozen videos tearing down.
So, I'm British (Welsh actually) so my interactions with the Ghibli films up until this year was fairly minimal. I knew they existed, I knew that they were meant to be brilliant and that they were essentially one of the main things that people in my area that I know of thought of in terms of anime in general. So I was a little skeptical. They can't be that good, I thought. My interaction with Miyzaki was better, but not by much. I'd seen Castle of Cagliostro, and while I'd certainly found it....well, brilliant (It introduced me to Lupin III which is something I will be grateful for), I wasn't exactly sure what to expect. So I put this on in August when it was Ghibli month over here, and expected I'd get bored of it pretty quickly. This intro got me into the story near immediately. Especially in contrast to the introductory scene, which was fast paced and exciting, but also quite surprising considering I'd had no real set up for the film in advance. But then that music starts up with a proper orchestra, and the images on the screen look so good even now and AAH I love it! It was something I'd never really seen before in anime, even down to the look of it, the fairytale like qualities of this made me interested to see more of it. I really have this to thank for sticking with Ghibli month, discovering two new favorites (This and Mononoke) COUNTLESS new favorite characters (Nausicca, Lady Eboshi, Lord Yuta, DAMN NEAR EVERYONE IN THIS FILM I LOVE IT) and this intro played a massive part in getting me to sit down, shut up and finally watch it. ...Also the end credits is damn gorgeous as well DAMN YOU CONTINUITY ANNOUNCER FOR TALKING OVER IT. So....yeah. Thanks for giving praise to this, it certainly deserves it.
I got to show this to my significant other, and nothing even happened yet and I was WEEPING. Gorgeous animation and music from an incredible batch of people.
Imagine go and see that movie with your stupid teenage (also spanish speaking) friends. Thanks to god I didn't, but they told me one friend of mine just wouldn't stop laughing out loud everytime they said that while on the theatre.
It's probably because Miyazaki took the name from Gulliver's Travels and not knowing the meaning behind it (and the satire implied for the original floating city) used it in the film.
I think that's why the name was changed in Spanish releases. I think Disney's Moana got the same treatment in Italy, because a famous adult actress uses that name over there.
hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah this movie was my introduction to ghibli when i was a child and its so ingrained in my memory it still moves me when i recall scenes from it
This was wonderful. Laputa is my favorite movie, and I've always adored it's beautiful yet strangely haunting opening. You went over it very well, and pointed out some things I didn't quite put together despite watching the movie every year for close to a decade. This video felt like it was made for me.
As a Brit', this film is particularly fun to watch; not just because of how Miyasaki created an entire story and [what feels like a vast] mythos from a single location in a book; but the fact that he and several aquaintances toured the UK [not just the welsh counties] to accrue post-industrial inspiration, which was everywhere in the early 1980's. (rather less evident today, decades on) The most obvious details are the abandoned mine & workshop buildings; reminicent of cornish engine houses, and the valley Pazu lives in, which bares some similarity to parts of the welsh & scot's counties... albeit on a larger scale and with a more cratered landscape than any we have XD.
04:57 "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." -Leonardo da Vinci
This is everything I’ve always and have ever wanted to hear about Laputa. Thank you so much for this video. I feel a sense of relief for finding this after years and years of waiting for it even though I didn’t know it. Incredible!!!!!
A couple of friends of mine were to the cinema to see that movie...wait, why am I still talking in english? Básicamente fueron a ver la película, yo no estaba porque estaba ocupado. Aparentemente una amiga mía se la paso riendo unos sólidos 5 min cada vez que alguien decía Laputa y su risa hacía eco por toda la sala como una banda marchando por las calles. Gracias a Dios yo no estaba ahí o me hubiese muerto de pena ajena. Ese es el nivel de madurez de la mayoría de mis amigos, por eso son mis amigos :)
Laputa is actually pronounced la-pyu-ta as according to the katakana (ラーピュータ: ra-pyu-ta). This is an excellent analysis of the OP! I only watched it once which is when I watched the film so I never comprehended the entire meaning of the OP, but seeing how you break it down makes it very clear. The OP is definitely very lovely and even when I didn't understand it, it was so enjoyable to look at.
My god a I remember the first time I saw that sequence, breathtaking and hypnotic at the same time. Not that the rest of the movie falls any shorter but you can see how the movie tells an adventure story of a particular time of an specific group of people. The intro manages to tell the story of an entire civilization through millenia and talk about the nature of humanity as a whole...all of that in just a couple of minutes before the movie has even started. Thanks Geoff, you just made me wanna watch this movie again and I left it at my other house.
Sorry for barging in with my nitpicking but there's two people at the wind-powered kiln. The other one is sitting on the ground and their face is away from the camera, thus making an impression that it's just another stone. EDIT: That being said, I admire your breakdown of this opening. It's one of my absolute favorites among the Ghibli opening titles, breathtaking and magnificent.
This is a nice video. Btw, I recognize that this does not especially matter, but it really is pronounced like "lapyuta" (with a Y sound before the U) like they say in the English dub. The Japanese is ラピュタ -- Ra Pyu Ta.
@@MsZsc Honestly, the half-british accent gives a more foreign sound to Sheeta, which I like, since she quite literally isn't from the same place that Pazu was.
Of note is that La puta is the Spanish word for “the bitch/whore”, which is why the name isn’t present in the titles of the rereleases. Might be where Gullivers Travels got the name from idk
I listen to this opening almost daily. So damn beautiful! Perfect for when you’re sad or just want to close your eyes and dream of the most beautiful place there is. The perfect song for finding peace and just chill.
I love you. I say that with no joke, I loved all your videos and your view on anime, openings, fights, almost anything, has opened my eyes to a new way of watching anything. But nothing could have ever made me happier than seeing this video appear on my dashboard today. This is my Favorite anime of all time, not just between movies and shows but of all time. I cannot stress how unbelievably happy it felt to see the anime I hold in highest regard be talked about by someone I enjoy to watch and love to hear talk. Thank you.
Thank you Mother's Basement for talking about my favorite Studio Ghibli movie!!! Your analysis videos are always great! I love Laputa so much! The music and setting for the movie is so cool!
Awesome video! I think doing a movie's OP was a really clever idea that you pulled off super well. Castle in the Sky is my favorite Ghibli movie, and actually this video is pretty well timed since Castle in the Sky will be in theaters again next month for Ghiblifest.
Honestly, this was so charming, insightful, and well done. I hope you'll create more videos like this that are more like an analytical review. I'd genuinely be interested and appreciative if you'd do this for the other Ghibli and animated films out there.
Laputa is my favourite Ghibli film and it was great to see you unpack the meaning behind its OP. Not only that, but it was great to hear the music from the soundtrack in the background as I absolutely love the main theme to Castle in the Sky. It's probably my favourite piece of music from any Ghibli film.
Laputa feels to me like an often forgotten ghibli movie, burried under spirited away and other, grander movies. To me though, this has always been my favorite of all those wonderful movies. The theme song makes me tear up in a way like almost no other can. On another note, the castle has always greatly intrigued me and I so often wished to be able to run around it and explore all those little hidden places and gardens
Im so glad my family rented this movie from the library when I was like 5 cause its been my favorite movie ever since and what got me into art and anime. Thanks studio ghibli
Master of the lyokian monsters I’m sorry, I haven’t seen someone comment, “first”, on a video since, oh about 2007 or 8 now. It’s like a walking fossil. If that fossil was 14 or younger.
Castle in the Sky is easily my favorite Ghibli film. I just love the energy and the setting of the movie, with the additional caveat of my sister didn't watch it 50+ times, often every single day.
I have to say that it did have one of the most memorable sound tracks in all anime in my oppinion... This was one of the first ever animes i ever watched and unconsciously hum the tune sometimes.
Do Princess Mononoke!!! It was my first anime(movie or tv wise) and it is a masterpiece that has stood the test of time with brilliant art and sound editing. The world is contained yet plays on a larger more epic scale.
Another opening I like from Miyazaki was in his film before this: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. We see the history of their world illustrated in tapestries clearly made long after the events took place, as the depictions of the technology of the old world consists of things like flying boats and the Giant Warriors being constructed out multiple body parts, compared to the more organic womb-like development seen later in the film. But after seeing the tapestries depiction of the Seven Days of Fire, the film cuts to the actual conflict, illustrating that the terrors evoked by the catastrophe are still there even after a thousand years considering how similar they are. After that we seen the tapestry pan across the development of the toxic jungle and some implication on how it spreads, showing the present fears of the world. The pan ends at a prophetic image of people rejoicing at the appearance of an angelic, white winged figure in a blue dress, upon which it fades to Nausicaa flying on her white Mehve, showing her importance to the story. It's not as complicated as Castle in the Sky's opening nor as influential, but I think it evokes a lot in a simple manner.
This is a lovely video! I hope youtube doesn't completely screw you over since you're using Ghibli clips/music. My Neighbor Totoro was always the Ghibli movie special to me as a little kid (especially because the two sisters' relationship mirrored my own little sister and I) but Lauta has one of the most gorgeous Ghibli opening credits sequences.
God, I love that scene where the automaton's on the roof of that section of the military base and just shooting lasers at shit. Old robots/magitech is the coolest shit. - Awsm Chimera
Hey, my I suggest an series for you to do a "what's in an OP" video about? I know it's not technically an anime, but would love to see an analysis of the RWBY openings. I have yet to see an adequately thorough analysis on TH-cam and you seem to be one of the only people qualified to do it! I know that the openings are rather short but I would not mind a single video about multiple theme songs. I just know those theme songs have a deeper meaning to them and you seem to be the man we need to uncover that meaning!
I really appreciate this, it put words to the many feelings stirred by the film when I first saw it. That idea of living with nature rather than carelessly exploiting it is deeply important now.
Awesome video! Castle In the Sky is definitely my favorite Ghibli film. I'd also love to see your thoughts on the 2002 English dub and reorchestration of the OST. I personally prefer the full orchestra and think that the added lines compliment the tone of the movie, but I know that a lot of people didn't like it.
Actually, there are plenty of people who really love the Castle in the Sky 2002 redub. The problem is they don't speak up too much; they're usually a silent majority. But when I showed that dub to many others, they had no problems with it. So it's really just a vocal minority who derides it. You can never use the internet to get an accurate gauge on how popular or unpopular a dub is.
I absolutely adore everything about Castle on the Sky, it is my most favorite Ghibli movie of all time. However, I do have a problem with saying that it was Ghibli's first movie, as Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind was released 2 years prior.
Castle in the Sky is my fav. movie of all times (not just anime). While grave of the fireflies was much more serious and had arguably the better underlying message, Castle in the Sky had this moments depicting ultimate freedom and something in that just spoke to me. Great work on the OP analysis, a bit on the short side but precise and informative nontheless (+ them feels), although I would like you to make an actual movie review as well (if you didn't already) even more pleeaaase ;)
So, I have a story to share about this movie. This is probably my single favorite movie ever, and I wanted to share it with my girlfriend. She was a long-distance girlfriend, so I had to drive maybe 4 hours to visit her. We spent the day together and near the end, we watched Castle in the Sky together.
I head off down the road (it's about 2 in the morning at this point) and I tune into the radio to keep awake on a lonely late-night California highway drive home. I thought I was nuts, but as soon as I tuned into a station, I heard that beautiful orchestral music. Turns out it was a BBC America radio story about Castle in the Sky. It was really special to hear the story about the making of this movie, and really capped the night for me. Really wish I could find that radio piece again!
Aw how special :)
@@emmad.8815 I hope she enjoyed it. This movie means so much to me, I hope I can find someone who sees what a masterpiece it is.
James Wat I agree this is my favorite movie, from the first time i saw it I was completely blown away. Just stunning
The music is on spotify of you want
Omg this is so beautiful 💜💜
Geoff please do more studio ghibli movie analysis
i'd like nausicaä too, and i would say calling Castle in the sky the first Ghibli movie is just half the truth
Does anyone know whose grave it is?
monica duran It's the fireflies's
Please do this for more Ghibli movies!
Ghibli films, some of the most beautiful and awe inspiring animation you'll ever see period.
Masterpiece is an understatement if you ask me
No kidding, Princess Mononoke dam near made me cry with out beautiful it was.
@@thefanwithoutaface8105 i love the design of howl's moving castle the most and my neighbour totoro, porco rosso is often forgotten
And yet...no one in my class has seen a single Ghibli film...
@@citruscomb not even spirited away? I thought everyone has seen that, your class hasn't lived
Literally in my top 10 childhood openings.
God bless you anime Pope.
Laputa and Totoro were my childhood as well, I first watched it 20 odd years ago. I watched it again recently and I now understand the themes and the ideas that Miyazaki was trying to get across through this movie. I think I should revisit other movies I used to watch as a kid and see what kind of new things I will discover.
Yupppp i watched it as a child on tv forgot the name watched it again . Amazing
If you haven't watched this film, do it now, because it is truly a masterpiece
Yupppp when i watched it i felt I am in different world felt emotions for characters.
Loving story, graphics are beautiful and gives me hope,
I want to escape this modern life of stress and work culture and do a adventure.
It's amazing. Emotion are played perfectly
I have seen all 21 Ghibli movies.
Still my favourite of them all.
Same here! Castle in the Sky is my favorite Ghibli film ever
It's my favorite movie!!
I know! Simply everything that happens in this film I run out of words, everything in it excites me and makes me feel the adventure.
Same dude, same
The opening to Castle in the Sky is one that brings a few tears to my eyes. It's gorgeous.
Mother's Basement recommending SAO? Truly we are in the worst Timeline
nah he's probably just dead inside.
Hey, if you can't beat them...
SAO, season 3 Is actually pretty good. It's becoming like Avatar The Last Airbender.
El
SAO
Congroo?
Thiery Hoareau That was honestly the worst shill I’ve ever seen on all of TH-cam. He literally promoted merch of the thing he has spent a dozen videos tearing down.
So, I'm British (Welsh actually) so my interactions with the Ghibli films up until this year was fairly minimal. I knew they existed, I knew that they were meant to be brilliant and that they were essentially one of the main things that people in my area that I know of thought of in terms of anime in general. So I was a little skeptical. They can't be that good, I thought. My interaction with Miyzaki was better, but not by much. I'd seen Castle of Cagliostro, and while I'd certainly found it....well, brilliant (It introduced me to Lupin III which is something I will be grateful for), I wasn't exactly sure what to expect. So I put this on in August when it was Ghibli month over here, and expected I'd get bored of it pretty quickly.
This intro got me into the story near immediately. Especially in contrast to the introductory scene, which was fast paced and exciting, but also quite surprising considering I'd had no real set up for the film in advance. But then that music starts up with a proper orchestra, and the images on the screen look so good even now and AAH I love it! It was something I'd never really seen before in anime, even down to the look of it, the fairytale like qualities of this made me interested to see more of it. I really have this to thank for sticking with Ghibli month, discovering two new favorites (This and Mononoke) COUNTLESS new favorite characters (Nausicca, Lady Eboshi, Lord Yuta, DAMN NEAR EVERYONE IN THIS FILM I LOVE IT) and this intro played a massive part in getting me to sit down, shut up and finally watch it. ...Also the end credits is damn gorgeous as well DAMN YOU CONTINUITY ANNOUNCER FOR TALKING OVER IT.
So....yeah. Thanks for giving praise to this, it certainly deserves it.
Dude I’ve been watching all the Ghibli movies this past month, and Castle in the Sky and Princess Mononoke are my favorites too 😆
I've known of the Ghibli films since about 1998; though only as a teenager in the 00's did I fully start to appreciate them.
Seriously, this opening always opens the feelsgate when I watch this film.
I got to show this to my significant other, and nothing even happened yet and I was WEEPING. Gorgeous animation and music from an incredible batch of people.
This is my favorite video of yours, i really appreciate all the effort you put in every one of your videos, truly inspirational. Thank you
When you clic so fast, you still have to refresh 10 times until the video is available.
I walked down the isle to my husband playing the title theme for this on the piano ❤️❤️
Oh my goodness that's so awesome
That's beautiful.
How appropriate. The opening credit song is titled “Carrying You”.
Fun Fact
"La Puta" means "The Hooker" in spanish.
Thats all, carry on.
(Yes, that movie title is quite strange for me)
Imagine go and see that movie with your stupid teenage (also spanish speaking) friends. Thanks to god I didn't, but they told me one friend of mine just wouldn't stop laughing out loud everytime they said that while on the theatre.
now imagine a Castle with WIDE doors.. and La Puta makes more sense
It's probably because Miyazaki took the name from Gulliver's Travels and not knowing the meaning behind it (and the satire implied for the original floating city) used it in the film.
I think that's why the name was changed in Spanish releases. I think Disney's Moana got the same treatment in Italy, because a famous adult actress uses that name over there.
Estarile
Moana got changed for all European releases actually.
Dude... I was waiting for this. It’s the best Miyazaki film.
One of the best films of all time imo
and SO underrated
hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah this movie was my introduction to ghibli when i was a child and its so ingrained in my memory it still moves me when i recall scenes from it
This was wonderful. Laputa is my favorite movie, and I've always adored it's beautiful yet strangely haunting opening. You went over it very well, and pointed out some things I didn't quite put together despite watching the movie every year for close to a decade. This video felt like it was made for me.
As a Brit', this film is particularly fun to watch; not just because of how Miyasaki created an entire story and [what feels like a vast] mythos from a single location in a book; but the fact that he and several aquaintances toured the UK [not just the welsh counties] to accrue post-industrial inspiration, which was everywhere in the early 1980's.
(rather less evident today, decades on)
The most obvious details are the abandoned mine & workshop buildings; reminicent of cornish engine houses, and the valley Pazu lives in, which bares some similarity to parts of the welsh & scot's counties... albeit on a larger scale and with a more cratered landscape than any we have XD.
I never knew that. Definitely would not think the UK.
Castle in the Sky has to be my favorite Ghibli film, and you just drove home some of the reasons why.
I've NEVER payed this much attention to the opening before holy SHIT
The sheer scale and beauty of this opening sent me on an artistic journey that's influenced my entire life, thank you very much for making this
Tbh, Studio Ghibli should be included in school curriculums.
w take
This is what my dad showed me when I was 3 and I never forgot it. Ever.
Also the music is absolutely amazing
04:57 "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
-Leonardo da Vinci
Watched this in theaters a couple months ago with my closest buds. It was a great memory.
Castle in The Sky is my FAVORITE anime movie of all time.
This is everything I’ve always and have ever wanted to hear about Laputa. Thank you so much for this video. I feel a sense of relief for finding this after years and years of waiting for it even though I didn’t know it. Incredible!!!!!
Laputa. I as a Spanish speaker only can laugh at this name.
A couple of friends of mine were to the cinema to see that movie...wait, why am I still talking in english?
Básicamente fueron a ver la película, yo no estaba porque estaba ocupado. Aparentemente una amiga mía se la paso riendo unos sólidos 5 min cada vez que alguien decía Laputa y su risa hacía eco por toda la sala como una banda marchando por las calles.
Gracias a Dios yo no estaba ahí o me hubiese muerto de pena ajena. Ese es el nivel de madurez de la mayoría de mis amigos, por eso son mis amigos :)
Como brasileiro eu entendi a referencia. kkkk
The meaning was intentional in Gulliver's Travels, the original source of the name.
Desde la primera vez que vi el nombre no puedo pronunciarlo, antes porque me daba vergüenza pero ahora es porque me río solita ~ 😅
why? i mean, here in north america thebitch is an usual name
Laputa is actually pronounced la-pyu-ta as according to the katakana (ラーピュータ: ra-pyu-ta).
This is an excellent analysis of the OP! I only watched it once which is when I watched the film so I never comprehended the entire meaning of the OP, but seeing how you break it down makes it very clear. The OP is definitely very lovely and even when I didn't understand it, it was so enjoyable to look at.
Castle in the Sky is my favorite Ghibli movie. Just wanted to say that.
My god a I remember the first time I saw that sequence, breathtaking and hypnotic at the same time. Not that the rest of the movie falls any shorter but you can see how the movie tells an adventure story of a particular time of an specific group of people. The intro manages to tell the story of an entire civilization through millenia and talk about the nature of humanity as a whole...all of that in just a couple of minutes before the movie has even started.
Thanks Geoff, you just made me wanna watch this movie again and I left it at my other house.
lol
Sorry for barging in with my nitpicking but there's two people at the wind-powered kiln. The other one is sitting on the ground and their face is away from the camera, thus making an impression that it's just another stone.
EDIT: That being said, I admire your breakdown of this opening. It's one of my absolute favorites among the Ghibli opening titles, breathtaking and magnificent.
That is truly some god-level nitpicking :)
Only the BEST nitpicking for the BEST professional shitbag on TH-cam!
This is a nice video. Btw, I recognize that this does not especially matter, but it really is pronounced like "lapyuta" (with a Y sound before the U) like they say in the English dub. The Japanese is ラピュタ -- Ra Pyu Ta.
No it's not, the name comes from Gulliver's Travels. The Japanese pronunciation is the incorrect one.
I mean Castle in the Sky beats the ass out of Gullivers Travels so
I only was thrown off by Shita’s voice actor and how she faded in and out with a half-british accent sometimes
@@MsZsc Honestly, the half-british accent gives a more foreign sound to Sheeta, which I like, since she quite literally isn't from the same place that Pazu was.
Of note is that La puta is the Spanish word for “the bitch/whore”, which is why the name isn’t present in the titles of the rereleases.
Might be where Gullivers Travels got the name from idk
I listen to this opening almost daily. So damn beautiful! Perfect for when you’re sad or just want to close your eyes and dream of the most beautiful place there is. The perfect song for finding peace and just chill.
All of my favorite anime soundtracks are from Studio Ghibli films, Joe Hisaishi is a true musical genius
Castle in the Sky is my favorite Ghibli movie. It's just so perfect
literally crying everytime i watch this intro
Always my favorite Ghibli movie.
Beautiful! This opening moved me so much that the wind goddess is a part of my tattoo sleeve, representing the eternal winds of change.
Also one piece is clearly inspired by this movie
This is a fantastic video that finely details the intricacies of this film. Please never stop this "What's in an OP" series!
I love you. I say that with no joke, I loved all your videos and your view on anime, openings, fights, almost anything, has opened my eyes to a new way of watching anything. But nothing could have ever made me happier than seeing this video appear on my dashboard today. This is my Favorite anime of all time, not just between movies and shows but of all time. I cannot stress how unbelievably happy it felt to see the anime I hold in highest regard be talked about by someone I enjoy to watch and love to hear talk. Thank you.
Creator: *Finally somebody noticed*
Thank you Mother's Basement for talking about my favorite Studio Ghibli movie!!! Your analysis videos are always great! I love Laputa so much! The music and setting for the movie is so cool!
Awesome video! I think doing a movie's OP was a really clever idea that you pulled off super well. Castle in the Sky is my favorite Ghibli movie, and actually this video is pretty well timed since Castle in the Sky will be in theaters again next month for Ghiblifest.
All it takes is a few bars of the main theme of this movie and I'm all chills, every time. Truly a masterpiece.
Honestly, this was so charming, insightful, and well done. I hope you'll create more videos like this that are more like an analytical review. I'd genuinely be interested and appreciative if you'd do this for the other Ghibli and animated films out there.
One of my favourite movies of all time
Good to see you back with this series
My favorite Miyazaki film of all time. So good.
I love Castle in the sky
Laputa is my favourite Ghibli film and it was great to see you unpack the meaning behind its OP. Not only that, but it was great to hear the music from the soundtrack in the background as I absolutely love the main theme to Castle in the Sky. It's probably my favourite piece of music from any Ghibli film.
Laputa feels to me like an often forgotten ghibli movie, burried under spirited away and other, grander movies.
To me though, this has always been my favorite of all those wonderful movies.
The theme song makes me tear up in a way like almost no other can.
On another note, the castle has always greatly intrigued me and I so often wished to be able to run around it and explore all those little hidden places and gardens
This is my favourite Ghibli Movie. And you uploaded this on my Birthday Too 😁😄 This is amazing!
Im so glad my family rented this movie from the library when I was like 5 cause its been my favorite movie ever since and what got me into art and anime. Thanks studio ghibli
They did the same in Nausicaa btw and it was gorgeous too.
I also think it tied into the film better, at least foreshadowing plot points and themes.
Yes with the giant robots on the seven days of fire
I can see the influences from Corey In the House
This is a good comment
Took you damn long enough time to cover this movie!
Also first.
Master of the lyokian monsters I’m sorry, I haven’t seen someone comment, “first”, on a video since, oh about 2007 or 8 now. It’s like a walking fossil. If that fossil was 14 or younger.
ah yes, humanity's crowning achievement, prostitutes
Man you put a smile in my face
I loved Made in Abyss so much because it reminded me of the vibe that i get everytime when i watch laputa ^^
I was a fat 9-year-old when I watched that movie
Are you gonna do one for Fighting Gold?
He's covered every JOJO op so far. Which means he definitely will.
Anyone else not really dig it?
I'm more partial to the energetic OPs like Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town or End of the World.
@@BigT.Larrity Nah mate I'm sorry but I freaking love Fightinv Gold. Having read the manga, its the perfect OP for what's to come.
I prefer Traitor’s requiem to be candid
To this day still one of my favourite Ghibli moves.
You should cover Monster's OP and maybe for a quick video, the style of OP's the Aria series uses?
Monster has such a solid opening. I get chills every time Bonaparta's hand reaches out in the dark.
Castle in the Sky is easily my favorite Ghibli film. I just love the energy and the setting of the movie, with the additional caveat of my sister didn't watch it 50+ times, often every single day.
0:06 nausicaa punching the air rn
Castle in Sky will forever be my favourite ghibli film
Thank you for making such a relevant and interesting video !
I love this film and spirited away
I have to say that it did have one of the most memorable sound tracks in all anime in my oppinion... This was one of the first ever animes i ever watched and unconsciously hum the tune sometimes.
My favourite movie gets its video.
*Happy noises intensifies*
It warms my heart to see someone make a modern video no my favorite anime movie of all time.
Great work like always
Do Princess Mononoke!!! It was my first anime(movie or tv wise) and it is a masterpiece that has stood the test of time with brilliant art and sound editing. The world is contained yet plays on a larger more epic scale.
Another opening I like from Miyazaki was in his film before this: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. We see the history of their world illustrated in tapestries clearly made long after the events took place, as the depictions of the technology of the old world consists of things like flying boats and the Giant Warriors being constructed out multiple body parts, compared to the more organic womb-like development seen later in the film. But after seeing the tapestries depiction of the Seven Days of Fire, the film cuts to the actual conflict, illustrating that the terrors evoked by the catastrophe are still there even after a thousand years considering how similar they are. After that we seen the tapestry pan across the development of the toxic jungle and some implication on how it spreads, showing the present fears of the world. The pan ends at a prophetic image of people rejoicing at the appearance of an angelic, white winged figure in a blue dress, upon which it fades to Nausicaa flying on her white Mehve, showing her importance to the story. It's not as complicated as Castle in the Sky's opening nor as influential, but I think it evokes a lot in a simple manner.
Okay, so I haven't been wrong by naming this when asked about my favorite anime opening. Glad someone else likes it.
_This was one of the most relaxing What's in an OP video I've watched so far_
I got chills all throughout this
3:36 _"...the music soars..."_ clever
Looking good Jeff! Absolutely love Laputa!
This is a lovely video! I hope youtube doesn't completely screw you over since you're using Ghibli clips/music.
My Neighbor Totoro was always the Ghibli movie special to me as a little kid (especially because the two sisters' relationship mirrored my own little sister and I) but Lauta has one of the most gorgeous Ghibli opening credits sequences.
It’s crazy, everything I watch any studio ghibli movie, I feel like entering a different world wich is full of beauty.
God, I love that scene where the automaton's on the roof of that section of the military base and just shooting lasers at shit. Old robots/magitech is the coolest shit.
- Awsm Chimera
The music sent shivers down my spine in a good way.
Castle in the Sky was one of the first movies I ever saw and it still has a really special place in my heart. Its so so good
One of the earliest anime movies I've ever watched, still one of my all-time favorites today
Hey, my I suggest an series for you to do a "what's in an OP" video about? I know it's not technically an anime, but would love to see an analysis of the RWBY openings. I have yet to see an adequately thorough analysis on TH-cam and you seem to be one of the only people qualified to do it! I know that the openings are rather short but I would not mind a single video about multiple theme songs. I just know those theme songs have a deeper meaning to them and you seem to be the man we need to uncover that meaning!
nice it was good to see you do a movie instead of a show especially a classic like this
Absolutely beautiful storytelling, animation, and God level music. Masterpiece.
I really appreciate this, it put words to the many feelings stirred by the film when I first saw it. That idea of living with nature rather than carelessly exploiting it is deeply important now.
Awesome video! Castle In the Sky is definitely my favorite Ghibli film. I'd also love to see your thoughts on the 2002 English dub and reorchestration of the OST. I personally prefer the full orchestra and think that the added lines compliment the tone of the movie, but I know that a lot of people didn't like it.
Actually, there are plenty of people who really love the Castle in the Sky 2002 redub. The problem is they don't speak up too much; they're usually a silent majority. But when I showed that dub to many others, they had no problems with it. So it's really just a vocal minority who derides it. You can never use the internet to get an accurate gauge on how popular or unpopular a dub is.
This is my favorite movie and the theme music gives me shivers.
This stuff is why i subbed. Make more whats in an op.
(i cried a bit watching this)
That music makes me cry every time, even without the visual.
Ahhh sorry have to wait, watching this for the first time tomorrow 😫🤩
God this movies is amazing. I love this film so much. It's so beautiful.
I absolutely adore everything about Castle on the Sky, it is my most favorite Ghibli movie of all time. However, I do have a problem with saying that it was Ghibli's first movie, as Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind was released 2 years prior.
Castle in the Sky is my fav. movie of all times (not just anime).
While grave of the fireflies was much more serious and had arguably the better underlying message, Castle in the Sky had this moments depicting ultimate freedom and something in that just spoke to me.
Great work on the OP analysis, a bit on the short side but precise and informative nontheless (+ them feels), although I would like you to make an actual movie review as well (if you didn't already) even more pleeaaase ;)
I saw this a few months ago, and this opening alone instantly shot it up to one of my favorite animated films
This song was so good it made me cry when I watched it the first time in theaters last year.