Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge Chapters: Steampunk Anime and Manga, Castle in the Sky, Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece, Simoun, Last Exile, the Wild Wild West, Giant Robo, D gray-Man, Metropolis, Sherlock ожчьа Hound, Steamboy, Tin Man, the Adventures of Brisco County, Jr , Howl's Moving Castle, Samurai 7, Princes et Princesses, Nadia: the Secret of Blue Water, Monkey Typhoon, Future Boy Conan, Legend, Steam Detectives, Jack of All Trades, the Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, the Insensitive Princess, Windaria, Q e d , Transylvania Excerpt: Laputa: Castle in the Sky Laputa: Castle in the Sky ( , Tenk no Shiro Rapyuta ? ) (Or simply Laputa ) (re-titled Castle in the Sky for release in the United States ) is a 1986 film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki It is the first film created and released by Studio Ghibli Laputa: Castle in the Sky won the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 1986 Plot According to legend, humans were fascinated with the sky; therefore they created increasingly sophisticated ways of lifting aircraft from the ground This eventually led to flying cities and fortresses Due to an unspecified catastrophe, most of the flying cities were either destroyed or crashed back to the ground, forcing the survivors to live on the ground as before One city, Laputa , is said to remain in the sky, concealed within the swirling clouds of a violent thunderstorm While most people consider it to be fictional, some believe the legend is true and have sought to find the ancient city Large airships still remain in common use Aboard a civilian airship, a young girl, Sheeta, is escorted to an unknown destination by sinister-looking agents under Colonel Muska The ship is attacked by a group of sky pirates; in the resulting disorder, Sheeta takes a small pendant from Muska and escapes The sky pirates, led by an old but viva.  England2010 г Мягкая обложка, 246 стр ISBN 1156014263.