hayao miyazaki second feature film and and his first one to be widely acclaim both commercially and critically ( though his debut nausicaa aka warrior of the wind be consider by many fan his best ) and tenku no shiro rapyuta aka castle in the sky may seem childish and simplistic when compare to his more recent masterpiece like kiki delivery service and mononoke hime and spirit away and but in 1986 it be year ahead of it time and it be one of the milestone of modern anime . it important to remember that castle in the sky be make two year before the revolutionary akira and and while it not provocative and controversial like the aforementioned masterpiece and the lead character be all mainly basic manga hero or heroine or villain type character and and the story be quite predictable and obvious ( at least in today standard ) and miyazaki design and animation work be of standard never see before . while the story and humor be a bit silly and outdated at time and the movie be still very entertaining and very enjoyable if not as breathtaking a spirit away . and if you will allow yourself to see the beauty of the frame themselves and ignore the low budget coloring and animation and the identical twin face at this point miyazaki be still faithful to his root and to the agreed standard of japanese cartoon you will see miyazaki genius shine through as well a it do on spirit away and mononoke . while castle in the sky and be a sci fi adventure and very suitable for child and fit in more neatly with classic anime than anything else he have do since and his motif and principle still show and play an important part . to say much more would be to ruin the movie and so i will kindly shut up . suffice to say that i be give it only nine star because if i give it ten i couldn not go any high for spirit away and princess mononoke . and that would be a crime . a in most anime movie and i recommend watch the japanese version with the english subtitle and even if you do not speak a word of japanese the english overdubs just do not tend to be very good and and in this case it just horrendous . you might want to watch it in the english version once and though and just for the laugh and and for the star fill cast ( the english dub be only record follow the success of spirit away and a it be for kiki delivery service ) anna paquin and james van der beek ( yeah and the dawson guy . ) fill the lead role and mark hamill ( luke skywalker from star war and in case you do not know . ) play the villain and and other role be fill by andy dick and tres macneille ( the simpson and rugrats and animaniacs . ) and michael mcshane ( friar tuck from kevin costner robin hood travesty ) and mandy patinkin ( hello and my name be inigo montoya . ) good for a laugh and or a few laugh really . but watch the japanese one first .