History Trivia / CastleInTheSky

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
** The dub distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures only saw a few releases, all of which are out of print.
** Official audio-only releases of the original 1986 score are fairly scarce, owing to composer Joe Hisaishi's preference of the 2003 rescore (for reasons listed above under CreatorBacklash).

* CreatorBacklash: Joe Hisaishi doesn't consider his original score for the film one of his better works, noting that he didn't have a lot of time to get it put together compared to his other soundtracks. This explains both its unusually minimalist and electronic direction (as synthesizers, while expensive, are versatile enough to imitate multiple instruments from a single unit) and the decision to produce a new, more elaborate score for Disney's dub of the film; Hisaishi strongly prefers the new score, to the point where it was the only one of the two to see a CD release.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The dub distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures only saw a few releases, all of which are out of print.

* NoExportForYou: Ironically, the soundtrack of the US score is only available for purchase in Japan. The English dub with said soundtrack was admittedly included as a bonus feature on the Japanese UsefulNotes/BluRay. The rescore is also on the Australian and UK BD releases. Recently, however, the film has been reissued by Gkids, giving viewers the opportunity to view the dub with either score.

* NoExportForYou: Ironically, the soundtrack of the US score is only available for purchase in Japan. The English dub with said soundtrack was admittedly included as a bonus feature on the Japanese UsefulNotes/BluRay. The rescore is also on the Australian and UK BD releases. Recently, however, the film has been reissued by Gkids, giving viewers the opportunity to view the dub with either score.

* NoExportForYou: Ironically, the soundtrack of the US score is only available for purchase in Japan. The English dub with said soundtrack is admittedly included as a bonus feature on the Japanese UsefulNotes/BluRay, but it's still a bit odd. (The rescore is also on the Australian and UK BD releases.)

* GeniusBonus: The 1964 black comedy film ''Film/DrStrangelove'' also contained a ragtag bunch of misfits in a plane trying to reach Laputa (in Russia) [[spoiler: which was also the location of a Doomsday device]], a comically-over-the-top choleric general, and a mad scientist with dark glasses [[spoiler: who was hiding his allegience to a defunct [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany evil empire]] behind an assumed name]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The dub distributed by Creator/StreamlinePictures only saw a few releases, all of which are out of print. Only one DVD exists containing the dub, and it's [[NoExportForYou stuck in Japan]].

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** For the Disney dub, veteran voiceover Creator/JimCummings plays the Army General, which incidentally is not too different from his voicing of Razoul in ''Aladdin''. Creator.TressMacNeille also has a brief cameo, while Mike [=McShane=] plays one of Dola's sons (as do Creator/MandyPatinkin and Andy Dick). Creator/JohnDiMaggio has a minor role as a army soldier as well. The best known voice over is Creator/MarkHamill who plays the antagonist, Colonel Muska. His performance, along with Cloris Leachman's Dola, is considered one of dub's greatest assets. Creator/AnnaPaquin also voices Sheeta.
** In the Japanese version, Creator/MayumiTanaka as Pazu. Seems appropriate, considering Pazu is one of the closest things to a typical {{Shonen}} hero you'll find in a film by Studio Ghibli.
** In the Swedish dub, Pazu is [[Anime/DigimonAdventure T.K.]]
** During the scene where they are breaking through the clouds before finding Laputa, Red King's roars from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' can be heard!

* NoExportForYou: Ironically, the soundtrack of the US score is only available for purchase in Japan. The English dub with said soundtrack is admittedly included as a bonus feature on the Japanese UsefulNotes/BluRay, but it's still a bit odd.

** Ironically enough, in the Japanese version, MayumiTanaka and Keiko Yokoyama, both who were in their ''thirties'' (as were Barbara Goodson and Lara Cody from the dub from the 80s Streamline release, at 38 and 30, respectively), portray Pazu and Sheeta as high-pitched-sounding kids. It remains debatable over whose performance of these two characters are preferable.

** In the Japanese version, MayumiTanaka as Pazu. Seems appropriate, considering Pazu is one of the closest things to a typical {{Shonen}} hero you'll find in a film by Studio Ghibli.

** Ironically enough, in the Japanese version, MayumiTanaka and Keiko Yokoyama, both who were in their ''thirties'' (as were Barbara Goodson and Lara Cody from the dub from the 80s Streamline release, at 38 and 30, respectively), portray Pazu and Sheeta as high-pitched-sounding kids. It remains debatable over who's performance of these two characters are preferable.

* NoExportForYou: Ironically, the soundtrack of the US score is only available for purchase in Japan. The English dub with said soundtrack is admittedly included as a bonus feature on the Japanese BluRay, but it's still a bit odd.

* NoExportForYou: Ironically, the soundtrack of the US score is only available for purchase in Japan even though the English dub is not sold over there.

* DawsonCasting: Pazu and Sheeta (both at approximately 13-14; it's never stated in the movie) are voiced in the Disney English version by James Van Der Beek (21) and Creator/AnnaPaquin (17), and sound considerably more mature than their intended ages. Longtime fans of the original Japanese version have stated this as a point of contention, while others don't find it so distracting.

* GeniusBonus: The 1964 black comedy film ''Film/DrStrangelove'' also contained a ragtag bunch of misfits in a plane trying to reach Laputa (in Russia) [[spoiler: which was also the location of a Doomsday device]], a comically-over-the-top choleric general, and a mad scientist with dark glasses [[spoiler: who was hiding his allegience to a defunct [[NaziGermany evil empire]] behind an assumed name]].

** For the Disney dub, veteran voiceover Creator/JimCummings plays the Army General, which incidentally is not too different from his voicing of Razoul in ''Aladdin''. TressMacNeille also has a brief cameo, while Mike [=McShane=] plays one of Dola's sons (as do Creator/MandyPatinkin and Andy Dick). JohnDiMaggio has a minor role as a army soldier as well. The best known voice over is MarkHamill who plays the antagonist, Colonel Muska. His performance, along with Cloris Leachman's Dola, is considered one of dub's greatest assets. Creator/AnnaPaquin also voices Sheeta.

* DawsonCasting: Pazu and Sheeta (both at approximately 13-14; it's never stated in the movie) are voiced in the Disney English version by James Van Der Beek (21) and Creator/AnnaPaquin (17), and sound considerably more mature than their intended ages. Longtime fans of the original Japanese version have stated this as a point of contention, while others -- mostly new fans unfamiliar with the film -- don't find it so distracting.
** Ironically enough, in the Japanese version, MayumiTanaka and Keiko Yokoyama, both who were in their ''thirties'' (as were Barbara Goodson and Lara Cody from the Streamline dub, at 38 and 30, respectively), portray Pazu and Sheeta as high-pitched-sounding kids. It remains debatable over who's performance of these two characters are preferable.

** For the Disney dub, veteran voiceover Creator/JimCummings plays the Army General, which incidentally is not too different from his voicing of Razoul in ''Aladdin''. TressMacNeille also has a brief cameo, while Mike [=McShane=] plays one of Dola's sons (as do MandyPatinkin and Andy Dick). JohnDiMaggio has a minor role as a army soldier as well. The best known voice over is MarkHamill who plays the antagonist, Colonel Muska. His performance, along with Cloris Leachman's Dola, is considered one of dub's greatest assets. Creator/AnnaPaquin also voices Sheeta.

* DawsonCasting: Pazu and Sheeta (both at approximately 13-14; it's never stated in the movie) are voiced in the Disney English version by James Van Der Beek (21) and AnnaPaquin (17), and sound considerably more mature than their intended ages. Longtime fans of the original Japanese version have stated this as a point of contention, while others -- mostly new fans unfamiliar with the film -- don't find it so distracting.

** For the Disney dub, veteran voiceover Creator/JimCummings plays the Army General, which incidentally is not too different from his voicing of Razoul in ''Aladdin''. TressMacNeille also has a brief cameo, while Mike [=McShane=] plays one of Dola's sons (as do MandyPatinkin and Andy Dick). JohnDiMaggio has a minor role as a army soldier as well. The best known voice over is MarkHamill who plays the antagonist, Colonel Muska. His performance, along with Cloris Leachman's Dola, is considered one of dub's greatest assets. AnnaPaquin also voices Sheeta.

* HeyYouHaymaker: After one of the pirates get into a fistfight with Pazu's boss, a member of the watching crowd suddenly does this to him. This quickly turns the fight into a full-blown mob.

** Ironically enough, in the Japanese version, MayumiTanaka and Keiko Yokoyama, both who were in their ''thirties'' (as were Barbara Goodson and Lara Cody from the Streamline dub, at 38 and 30, respectively), portray Pazu and Sheeta as high-pitched-sounding kids. It remains debatable over who's performance of these two characters are preferable.