Mapping Laputa - a Castle in the Sky Essay

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Music Used
Most of the Ico soundtrack
Shin Megami Tensei IV soundtrack
The Last Guardian soundtrack
Shadow of the Colossus soundtrack

[@Trago2.1]

I was randomly thinking about Castle In The Sky, and on a whim, just searched it up on KZbin, and stumbled upon your video while scrolling. And I'm glad I did. This video is really put together, and I can't remember the last time I was this happy to sub to anyone's channel. Cheers.

[@awkwardorangedrawz5914]

Woah, same!

[@punkassbamboo]

Same, except I was actually planning on drawing some influence from it for a D&D Adventure! I didnt even add D&D to my search terms so you have no idea the level of joy and surprise I experienced upon seeing this so early in the results!

[@fratparty69]

Same! Except i was actually looking for minecraft bases inspired by the movie but i love video essays so came here :D

[@Gin-Man-Tonic]

Same here. Just suddenly was thinking about Castle sky. So I watched it this afternoon and then I remembered how cool the ruins were of the castle and city. The architecture of ruins among green grass and flowerbeds. Went on KZbin to see if anyone else had talked about the meaning of this film. Found your video. Thank you sir! Great work.

[@chrissibersky4617]

My wife loves this movie and it's music so much that we named our daughter Laputa.

[@stargirly1111]

that’s beautiful ❤

[@alexfernandezvargas8044]

For her own sake, don't make her go to any Spanish speaking country 😂😂😂

[@luzteck5033]

YOU DID WHAT!? well, in that case don't go to any spanish speaking country for her own safe

[@nemo_5450]

Yeah, I hope she doesn't want to study spanish 😂

[@chrissibersky4617]

Why would Spanish people have a problem with this movie?

[@zekeinator4178]

The production quality of this video is insane

[@SimHulk187]

The theme is also deepened by the opening credits where the symmetry of development is shown as mankind progresses its technology through flight and eventually into flying cities, but then it's shown that the weather itself pushes back (the cloud) and crashes those cities, with the occupants fleeing and then returning to the simple farming lives they returned to. The subsequent mining and search for Laputa represent a cycle - "all of this has happened before and all of this will happen again", and that's further reinforced as the remnants of the city fly up higher into the sky at the end. Although the ending is abrupt I believe that Patzu and Sheeta go back to gondola together like they promised, but one day someone will find Laputa again or build their own. The past and future cannot be seperated.

[@esthelleg7037]

This is the loveliest and most compelling evaluation of Laputa I've ever seen. It bypasses the surface-level action to grasp for essential themes, and it both reminds me of why I love this film so much and gifts me a new way of exploring and appreciating it. I came away convinced that you genuinely comprehend and care for Laputa. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@sopaipillapesadilla7023]

I watched this movie right after getting "dumped" and I woke up feeling surprisingly content. It seems to have healing properties in a way

[@Lone_Star86]

Not many movies leave you feeling like crying at the credit scene. It's a masterpiece.

[@nahltanpie]

It was really good to watch! the perspectives you take to analyze the film are very interesting. I was fascinated by the variety of points of view you use to explain different elements of the story, (game culture, references, characters, sociology,...) I learned a lot and I liked the conclusions you drew. I had never understood Castle in the sky in this way and it really makes sense to me. Thank you for your work!

[@tuomas_knives]

If I ever enter heaven I want to watch this, on and on and on. Only Laputa, for eternity. This movie is a god status movie to me. It literally feels like it was made by gods. Everything about it is so magical.

[@jadefae]

What dungeon would I like to map with you next? Easy, the map of your heart 👉👈

[@miha1643]

Man, I thought I am ready to put dungeons behind, to move on to new rpg heights. And then a video like this comes along and I realize I am not yet ready. I wish there was a dungeon out there for me to fall in love with, but so far, I didn't find any :( The one from broodmother skyfortress may be the best, and coincidentally is similar to Laputa :)

[@evgaming9390]

Cool video. I have always wished they made a Castle in the Sky video game. The concept and story are just awesome and would make for a great adventure

[@Skyehoppers]

Your kaleidoscope effect is so unique and your writing voice so distinct. I'm glad I'm finally getting around to move of your videos they're excellently crafted and unlike what anyone else is making on here

[@VaalanHei]

this is an incredibly powerful video and I LOVE your map so much! I'm speechless. I really am, thank you for this

[@gage7575]

This is amazing. Keep up the great work! What a unique concept for a video series

[@blindOni]

I was looking for more lore and history on Laputa. As Im doing research for writing, happy I found this gem of a video!

[@marissajohnson1684]

If you haven't yet, I recommend reading the manga version of Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind. I am pretty sure both stories are in the same world and that Laputa was built to escape the sea of corruption. There are some interesting parallels with ceramic technology, and the clothing of the people (Patzu's journal showed people wearing similar clothing to Nausicaa's people).

[@roy.shqipe]

@@marissajohnson1684 true i noticed that too. The people from the valley of the wind have similar clothing to patzu's journal showed people. And the yellow fox that plays with the robot on laputa is literlly the same as the one yellow fox that stays with nausicaa during the whole movie.

[@bouncycow3010]

One of my favourite movies! Thanks so much for making this, I really appreciate it

[@skylarharpy2439]

You're an incredible artist (video making, writing, actual art n shit), I'm super lucky to have found your channel! Also over the moon to find someone also in love with the atmosphere and stuff of ghibli and team ico games. Excited to see your future works!!!

[@arthurjeannin3357]

Amazing video! That was incredible, thank you so much

[@hattiepartington9043]

I really like your analysis on each character and how the music is tied to each of their ambitions. Watching the movie you totally get the vibe that muska will do anything and throw away any life to get what he wants, but I never really thought about how he discards the only companions he has through the whole film, I really liked how you put that into words it’s a really good point

[@Mugulord]

Next dungeon? Maybe something that messes with scale, like Jack and the Beanstalk or the BFG. The map starts as a house in a landscape and ends with a house as a landscape.

[@docholiday9680]

Spellbinding. It is so rad to see others with the magnitude of respect and reverence i share for these creators. Once in a lifetime stuff, only you can experience it whenever you want! What a time to be alive! Thanks for your love and appreciation.

[@KatieBun8]

Fantastic! Great work! 🎉🤗

[@Beefsag]

I am creating Laputa in Minecraft, this was useful

[@margicates553]

Drivel! That was delightful 🥰 Nice work, you made me rethink my relationships with dungeons, which I honestly thought of as static. Scary dark rat ect. You really got to the heart of the place. Very compelling, beautiful editing. Subscribed! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰

[@Droobie03]

It's interesting that the people of this city abandoned their aerial dominance to live on the surface.

[@Mystic_Ode]

This is incredible. And I appreciate the choice of music used throughout, I’ve always seen the Team ICO games as very Ghibli inspired, but no Official Studio Ghibli movie has made me feel that more than Castle in the Sky. I can’t help but feel the scene with Sheeta and Muska in the ancient throne room directly inspired the confrontation between Ico and The Queen (Sheeta loses her pigtails just as Ico loses his horns, both as a consequence of standing up against an adult with immense power). It’s a great pick for dungeon delving.

[@helenawave]

niiiiiiiiice!! really good video!! dungeon crawls are sick!!

[@obduratio]

I was casually looking for a minecraft video recreating Laputa and i stumbled upon this. I just wanted to say that this is one of the best essais ive seen and that you deserve wayyy more support

[@mrpizza_l7009]

😳 link please y speak spanish

[@benjaminislesesq.9551]

@@mrpizza_l7009 study English

[@tibiaward5555]

That was neat! Art timelapses are powerful. They catch thought. I like your root systems and hope you liked making this, that you keep scribblestorming through some essays and that you want to. Other dungeons? I feel like a little punk, but Manifold Garden. Would be neat to see a map, like a map of your memories of it, or. There was a meme a while back about ppl live-sketching dark souls maps from memory, and i thought i'd like to see that but for other games and shows and such. What do people remember, and when they put all the memories together, where do they put that memory? Or the events of Obra Dinn. How the Sequence of the events can't matter so much as the People in each, how the narrative is in who showed up, not how they did. A map of nodes to events needing sensitive sensemakers. Ooo, dot hack does a narrative that's more People-first, Outcome-last like that. So it's a map of nodes connecting conversations, how the relationship was able to build and to be and be community. lol i just read through all that and it sounds like the dungeon i'd like to see is a visual novel so nvm i guess. disco elysium? idk. good video. I thought.

[@konatea]

Trying to make a Minecraft build of this and the interior mapping makes that much easier, fantastic video

[@GU2SSS]

excellent work bro

[@luxum11]

Great work

[@NyloElLobo]

The production value of this video is incredible, but I'd still criticize that the better half of the video is not even concerned with actually mapping the castle.

[@yvonnetatjanastocker7173]

Wow just wow. It was kinda deep and, especially for me tho. Discover, Accepting your past and then letting things go just to continue better or easier, finding purpose in better things so on. It was mind blowing to see it from this angle. Now I know why I loved this movie, thats the exact thing I always wanted from my life. (Sorry I am bad at english) Overall a great video!! Thank you.

[@rexnihili4471]

this was amazing

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Wait a frickin minute..... i just realised that at the end of the movie, that sexy old tree is going to drift to its eventual doom 😢

[@camillagreer9028]

Great video! Interesting insights, excited to see what comes next. Mediocre suggestion: The Nostromo, or the base from Alien 2, but I'm sure you'll think of something better.

[@franciscaribeiro949]

these drawings are realy good

[@clickingsensorthing]

Castle in the Sky x Stalker x Team Ico. This must be where I wanted when opened my browser, but I cannot recall the steps that led me here...

[@smartpersonjdt]

Nice use of The Last Guardian music towards the end there. Very similar vibes to Laputa.

[@davidharper238]

Not what I expected, but very cool!

[@d3rduck]

Wow you have amazing entertainment skills

[@rexemondaforever2283]

Nice!

[@jixx195]

I love Laputa.

[@ceres5177]

Neat video!! I know this might be hard to believe, but Muska is only twice Sheeta’s age, not four, though the anime makes him look wayy older than he is (he’s 28-33, and Sheeta is 13-15) But I also question his age, because how tf does he know so much about Laputa?? It’s almost like he was there before...

[@teroblepuns]

Seeing BotW 2 shots reminds me of how new this video is

[@bennylindqvist3433]

cool movie and story

[@DanDaFreakinMan]

Random question: How do you make those flower patterns from scenes of the movie? They look mesmerizing

[@snowttrpg]

Haha it's p easy in DaVinci Resolve. You just use one of the free effects and tweak the setting till you find what you like.

[@deliii395]

You should definitely read Dengeon Meshi manga if you love dungeons and you want a story that uses dungeons to explore the much deeper existential aspects of humanity. It starts of this show that's about eating dungeon monsters and then it goes absolutes wild and indepth with expllring the very act of consumption & desires.

[@Whole_lotta_R3d]

wow

[@tuomas_knives]

I would honestly buy your poster. But I don't want to download it and then print it.

[@franciscaribeiro949]

Omg i knew this movie was familiar ! Maybe botw was inspired by laputa ?

[@DM_Lazenby]

This is amazing! I came across your work on Reddit and someone linked me to your patreon and KZbin, do you have a write-up of this in terms of ttrpgs?

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Oh. Wait. It isnt just the sexy tree that is doomed. All those fish and non flying animals are screwed too. She obliterated a unique ecosystem. 😂

[@rsotuyo15]

You are telling me someone at studio Ghibli or the original writer made the name of the castle literally "the bitch"? May God bless he/she wherever they go.

[@gianlucag100g]

G Po

[@rexnihili4471]

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