Castle in the Sky

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Hayao Miyazaki

Writing Credits

Hayao Miyazaki
(original story by)
Hayao Miyazaki
(screenplay by)
Jonathan Swift
(concept created by) (uncredited)

Cast

Mayumi Tanaka
Pazu
Keiko Yokozawa
Sheeta
Kotoe Hatsui
Dola
Minori Terada
Muska
Fujio Tokita
Uncle Pom
Ichirô Nagai
Shogun Mouro
Hiroshi Ito
Oyakata
Machiko Washio
Okami
Takuzô Kamiyama
Shalulu
Yoshito Yasuhara
Lui
Sukekiyo Kameyama
Anli
Ryûji Saikachi
Old Engineer
Tarako
Madge
Eken Mine
Underling
Reiko Suzuki
Sheeta's grandmother
Takahiro Hirai
Chinese minion
Tomomichi Nishimura
Train Operator / Additional Voices (voice)
Shinya Ôtaki
Egyptian minion
Hideki Fukushi
Gang
Nobuyuki Furuta
Additional Voices
Hôchû Ôtsuka
Man in black glasses A
Kazumi Tanaka
Additional Voices
Masashi Sugawara
Underling
Toshihiko Seki
Additional Voices
Megumi Hayashibara
Additional Voices
Anna Paquin
Sheeta (Disney dub)
James Van Der Beek
Pazu (Disney dub)
Cloris Leachman
Dola (Disney dub)
Mark Hamill
Muska (Disney dub)
Richard Dysart
Uncle Pom (Disney dub)
Jim Cummings
General (Disney dub)
John Hostetter
Boss (Disney dub)
Michael McShane
Charles (Disney dub)
Mandy Patinkin
Louie (Disney dub)
Andy Dick
Henri (Disney dub)
Corey Burton
Additional Voices (Disney dub)
Tress MacNeille
Okami (Disney dub) / Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice)
John DeMita
Additional Voices (Disney dub)
Scott Menville
Additional Voices (Disney dub)
Debi Derryberry
Young Sheeta (Disney dub) / Madge (Disney dub) / Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice)
Matt K. Miller
Old Engineer (Disney dub) / Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice) (as Matt Miller)
Eddie Frierson
Henri (Magnum dub) / Old Engineer (Magnum dub) / Papa (Disney dub) / Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice) (as Ernest Fessler)
Andrew Philpot
Additional Voices (Disney dub)
Susan Hickman
Additional Voices (Disney dub)
Michael Sorich
Additional Voices (Disney dub)
Barbara Goodson
Pazu (Magnum dub) / Madge (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Bertha Greene)
Lara Cody
Sheeta (Magnum dub) / Okami (Magnum dub) (voice) (as a different name)
Rachel Vanowen
Dola (Magnum dub)
Jeff Winkless
Muska (Magnum dub)
Edward Mannix
Uncle Pom (Magnum dub)
Mike Reynolds
General (Magnum dub)
Clifton Wells
Boss (Magnum dub)
Barry Stigler
Charles (Magnum dub)
Dave Mallow
Louis (Magnum dub)

Produced by

Tôru Hara
animation producer: Studio Ghibli (as Toru Hara)
Hideo Ogata
planner
Isao Takahata
producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
executive producer
Tatsumi Yamashita
planner

Music by

Joe Hisaishi

Cinematography by

Hirokata Takahashi

Editing by

Yoshihiro Kasahara
Hayao Miyazaki
Takeshi Seyama

Casting By

Jack Fletcher
(Disney English version)

Art Direction by

Toshirô Nozaki
(as Toshio Nozaki)
Nizô Yamamoto
(as Nizou Yamamoto)

Production Management

Tôru Hara
production manager (as Toru Hara)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Umanosuke Iida
assistant director (as Tsutomu Iida)
Satoshi Kimura
assistant director
Norihiko Sutô
assistant director

Sound Department

Shuji Inoue
sound mixer
Mikio Mori
dolby technician: Far East Continental
Hironori Ono
sound effects editor: E&M Planning Center
Kazutoshi Satô
sound effects editor: E&M Planning Center (as Kazutoshi Satou)
Shigeharu Shiba
sound director
Gregg Barbanell
foley artist (Disney version) (uncredited)
Ted Barela
sound crew (Disney version) (uncredited)
Sam Hofstedt
second engineer (Disney version) (uncredited)
Ernie Sheesley
dialogue recordist (Disney version) (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Gô Abe
special effects
Shinji Teraoka
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Toshiyuki Fukushima
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Takahisa Ishizuka
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Izumi Kasama
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Takeo Kobayashi
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Taizô Matsuzaki
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Yukio Miyashima
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Hajime Noguchi
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Kôji Shiragami
camera operator: Takahashi Production (as Takashi Shirakami)
Hirokata Takahashi
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga
camera operator: Takahashi Production
Yoshiaki Yasuhara
camera operator: Takahashi Production

Animation Department

Kie Akiyama
cel painter: Studio Hibari
Noriko Arakawa
cel painter: Studio Hibari
Mariko Arano
inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Machiko Araya
inbetween artist
Toshiko Asano
cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Tsutomu Awada
inbetween artist: Oh! Production (as Tsutomu Awata)
Seiko Azuma
inbetween artist
Tomoko Danjô
cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Hitoshi Ehara
inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Toyoaki Emura
key animator
Masaaki Endô
key animator (as Masaaki Endo)
Tsuruko Fujita
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Tadashi Fukuda
key animator
Makiko Futaki
key animator
Kuniko Hamano
inbetween artist: Visual 80
Keiichiro Hattori
inbetween artist
Kyôko Higurashi
inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Keiko Hiraga
cel painter: Studio OZ
Eiichirô Hirata
inbetween artist
Katsu Hisamura
background artist
Yumiko Honda
cel painter: Production Act
Isao Hoshi
inbetween artist: Studio Kuma
Akemi Hosoya
cel painter: Studio OZ
Satoshi Ida
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Kumiko Iijima
background artist
Tomohisa Iizuka
cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Masumi Ishiguro
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Emiko Ishii
cel painter
Yamako Ishikawa
background artist
Akihiko Isozaki
cel painter: Studio OZ
Toshitaka Itsumi
inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Norichika Iwakiri
cel painter: Studio Killy
Emiko Iwayanagi
inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Miyako Izumi
inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Megumi Kagawa
key animator
Yoshinori Kanada
lead animator
Yoshimi Kanbara
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Masashi Kaneko
inbetween artist
Yûichi Katayama
inbetween artist
Fumie Katô
cel painter: Studio Hibari
Ryôko Katô
inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Yumi Kawachi
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Toshio Kawaguchi
key animator
Hirotsugu Kawasaki
key animator
Yôko Kazama
cel painter: Production Act
Keiko Kihara
cel painter
Hiroko Kijima
cel painter: Studio OZ
Yûko Kikuchi
cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Kazuhiro Kinoshita
background artist
Ikkô Kobayashi
key animator (as Kazuyuki Kobayashi)
Kenji Kobayashi
inbetween artist
Komasa
inbetween artist
Yoshie Komatsu
cel painter: Production Act
Katsuya Kondô
key animator
Mutsuo Koseki
background artist
Hiroyuki Kuraoka
cel painter: Production Act
Shin'ichirô Kuse
cel painter: Studio Killy
Kitarô Kôsaka
key animator (as Kitaro Kosaka)
Harumi Machii
cel painter: Studio Killy
Mahiro Maeda
key animator
Keisuke Makinoda
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Naomi Masuda
cel painter: Studio OZ
Yayoi Matsushita
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Shizuko Minami
inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Ryûsuke Mita
cel painter
Hideko Miyamoto
inbetween artist
Mari Miyashita
cel painter
Hayao Miyazaki
character designer
Chiharu Mizuma
cel painter
Takayo Mizutani
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Tôru Morita
inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Noriko Moritomo
key animator
Takashi Motomochi
inbetween artist
Yoshie Murakami
cel painter: Group Joy
Ayako Murano
cel painter: Production Act
Toshiharu Murata
inbetween artist (as Shunji Murata)
Osamu Nabeshima
key animator (as Osamu Nabejima)
Masako Nabetani
cel painter
Kazuhisa Nagai
inbetween artist
Keiko Nagai
inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Rumiko Nagai
cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Hiromi Nagamine
cel painter
Yukie Naitô
cel painter: Studio Killy
Kyôko Nakano
inbetween artist
Hiromi Nakata
cel painter
Yasuhiro Nakura
key animator
Kenji Narita
cel painter: Studio Hibari
Tatsushi Narita
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Atsuko Narumi
inbetween artist: Visual 80
Masako Natsui
cel painter: Studio Killy
Michiko Nishimaki
cel painter: Studio Killy
Miyoko Nishiyama
cel painter: Studio Killy
Noriko Ogawa
cel painter
Homi Ogiwara
cel checker
Asako Ohashi
cel painter: Group Joy
Kazumi Okabe
inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Minoru Okamoto
inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Toshiko Saitô
inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Yukiko Sakai
cel painter
Fumiya Sakamoto
cel painter
Masako Sakano
clean-up and inbetween artist
Michiyo Sakurai
key animator
Keiko Satô
inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Shinnosuke Satô
cel painter: Group Joy (as Shinnosuke Sato)
Taeko Satô
cel painter: Studio Killy
Akemi Seki
inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Yoshiya Shigebayashi
inbetween artist
Satoshi Shigeta
inbetween artist: Kusama Art (as Satoru Shigeta)
Kumi Shimada
cel painter
Etsuko Shimoda
cel painter: Production Act
Toki Shinoda
cel painter: Studio OZ
Masako Shinohara
key animator
Yukitaka Shishikai
cel painter: Studio Korumi
Mikako Sodeyama
cel painter: Group Joy
Akiko Sudô
cel painter: Group Joy
Mika Sugai
inbetween artist
Kumiko Suzuki
cel painter: Group Joy
Yasuko Suzuki
inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Yôko Suzuki
cel painter: Studio Hibari
Yasuko Tachiki
animation checker
Mieko Taguchi
cel painter: Production Act
Naomi Takahashi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Sadao Takahashi
inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Fusako Takami
cel painter: Studio Killy
Yoshie Takamine
inbetween artist
Yoshiko Takasago
cel painter
Noriko Takaya
background artist: harmony treatment
Naoko Takeba
inbetween artist
Nobuko Tanaka
cel painter: Studio Killy
Ritsuko Tanaka
inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Mariko Tanazawa
cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Tsukasa Tannai
supervising animator
Hayato Tejima
inbetween artist: Studio Kuma (as Yûto Teshima)
Akiko Teshima
inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Kazuhide Tomonaga
key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Wakako Ueda
inbetween artist
Sumio Watanabe
inbetween artist: Visual 80
Katsutoshi Yamagata
cel painter: Studio Korumi
Akiko Yamaguchi
inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Hirômi Yamakawa
inbetween artist
Tadayoshi Yamamuro
inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Kazue Yanagisawa
cel painter
Michiyo Yasuda
color designer
Hiroko Yokoyama
cel painter: Production Act
Takao Yoshino
inbetween artist
Masaki Yoshizaki
background artist
Kiyomi Ôta
background artist
Atsuko Ôtani
key animator
Kumiko Ôtani
inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Shinji Ôtsuka
key animator (as Shinji Otsuka)

Casting Department

David H. Kramer
adr voice casting (Disney version) (uncredited)

Music Department

Andrew Belling
music supervisor
Yasuko Fukuoka
music programmer (uncredited) / musician (uncredited)
Joe Hisaishi
music arranger (uncredited) / musician (uncredited)
Steve Jackson
music mixer (uncredited)
Atsushi Kaji
music engineer (uncredited)
Asuka Kaneko
musician (uncredited)
Shin Kazahara
musician (uncredited)
Shin Kazuhara
trumpet (uncredited)
Vincent Mendoza
conductor (Disney version) (uncredited)
Robert Puff
music librarian (Disney version) (uncredited)
David Sabee
orchestra contractor (Disney version) (uncredited)
Takashi Tsunoda
musician (uncredited)
Masayoshi Ôkawa
music mixer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Masashi Atami
production assistant
Naotake Furusato
production assistant
Eric Garcia
production coordinator
Toshitsugu Hara
production assistant
Osamu Kameyama
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Akira Kaneko
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Masahiro Kasuya
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Hiroyuki Katô
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Hirokazu Kihara
production assistant
Tomoko Kobayashi
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Mitsuru Menjô
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Kaoru Mutô
production assistant
Naoyuki Oshikiri
production desk
Takao Sasaki
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Toshio Suzuki
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Minoru Tadokoro
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Mikio Takeda
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Kazutoshi Takigawa
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Masaya Tokuyama
advertising producer
Tsutomu Ôtsuka
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Kazuyoshi Katayama
production assistant (uncredited)
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