Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Castle in the Sky AKA Tenkū no shiro Rapyuta AKA Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Blu-ray) (1986)

Blu-ray A America - Shout! Factory Extras: DISC ONE (Blu-ray) * The Film Complete Storyboards Promotional Video (12:39) "Behind the Microphone" featurette (4:11) "The World of Laputa" featurette (2:22) "Scoring Miyazaki" featurette (7:22) "Producer’s Perspective: Meeting Miyazaki" featurette (3:15) "Creating Castle in the Sky" featurette (3:38) Textless Opening and End Credits (4:46) "Character Sketches" featurette (2:43) Japanese trailers (4:21) DISC TWO (DVD) Subtitles: English, English HoH, French (optional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Case type: Keep Case Notes: Includes a 12 page booklet. The English subtitles are newly translated literal subtitles. The English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track has the re-recorded symphonic score. The English Dolby Digital 5.1 track has the original synthesizer score. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray ALL America - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Extras: DISC ONE (Blu-ray) * The Film "Introduction by John Lasseter" featurette (0:51) Storyboard version of the movie (124:41) "Behind the Studio" : – "The World of Laputa" featurette [HD] (2:19) – "Creating Castle in the Sky" featurette [HD] (3:41) – "Character Sketches" [HD] featurette (2:40) – "Producer’s Perspective: Meeting Miyazaki" featurette [HD] (3:14) – "Scoring Miyazaki" featurette [HD] (7:18) – "Behind the Microphone" featurette (4:08) – Japanese trailers [HD] (4:07) Start-up/Bonus trailers [HD] for "Disney Studio All Access" promo (1:00), "Brave" (2:05) and "Cinderella" (1:08) Bonus trailers [HD] for "Disney Channel" promo (1:02), "Secret of the Wings" (0:57), "Planes" (1:26), "The Aristocats" (0:51) and "The Rescuers"/"The Rescuers Down Under" (1:19) DISC TWO (DVD) Subtitles: English, English HoH and French (optional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1-ES French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Case type: Keep Case Notes: English subtitles are actually dubtitles. The English audio is the original 1986 synth score mixed with the 2003 Disney English dub. The Storyboard version of the movie is available in English or in Japanese with optional English subtitles, "Introduction by John Lasseter" and "Behind the Microphone" in English with optional English subtitles, and the japanese trailers and all other featurettes in Japanese with burnt-in English subtitles. Menus are available in English and French. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray ALL America - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki Extras: DISC ONE * "Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro" (1979) DISC TWO * "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" (1984) DISC THREE * "Castle in the Sky" DISC FOUR * "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988) DISC FIVE * "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989) DISC SIX * "Porco Rosso" (1992) DISC SEVEN * "Princess Mononoke" (1997) DISC EIGHT * "Spirited Away" (2001) DISC NINE * "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004) DISC TEN * "Ponyo" (2008) DISC ELEVEN * "The Wind Rises" (2013) DISC TWELVE "Yuki's Sun" pilot film (1972) (5 min) "Akado Suzunosuke" TV series (Episodes 26, 27, 41)　(1972-1973) (73 min) Full Hayao Miyazaki Retirement Conference (95 min) Subtitles: English, English HoH, French (optional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Case type: Special Case Notes: Exclusively available at Amazon. The 11 main discs of "The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki" are different from the individual discs, dropping all extras. Includes a booklet with the essay “The Great Dichotomy: Looking at the works of Hayao Miyazaki” by Tomohiro Machiyama (in English). The English subtitles are newly translated literal subtitles. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray ALL Japan - Buena Vista Home Entertainment Extras: Complete Storyboards Voice Recording Script (in Japanese) Credit-less opening and ending sequences (4:57) Promotional Video (12:37) (480i NTSC) Behind the Studio (8:40) - The World of Laputa (2:18) - Creating Castle in the Sky (3:21) - Character Sketches (2:39) Trailers - TV Spot, Theatrical 1, Theatrical 2 (4:41) Subtitles: Cantonese, English, Finnish, French, Japanese, Japanese (translation of the English dub), Korean, Mandarin (Traditional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo English Dolby Digital 5.1 Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo German Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Korean Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Case type: Special Case Notes: Extras in 1080p except where noted. The English language version has the 2003 orchestral score mixed with the 2003 Disney dub, but with the newer incidental dialogue removed. The extras are in Japanese without subtitles. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray ALL Japan - Buena Vista Home Entertainment The Collected Works of Director Hayao Miyazaki Extras: DISC ONE * "Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro" (1979) DISC TWO * "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" (1984) DISC THREE * "Castle in the Sky" DISC FOUR * "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988) DISC FIVE * "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989) DISC SIX * "Porco Rosso" (1992) DISC SEVEN * "Princess Mononoke" (1997) DISC EIGHT * "Spirited Away" (2001) DISC NINE * "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004) DISC TEN * "Ponyo" (2008) DISC ELEVEN * "The Wind Rises" (2013) DISC TWELVE "Yuki's Sun" pilot film (1972) (5 min) "Akado Suzunosuke" TV series (Episodes 26, 27, 41)　(1972-1973) (73 min) DISC THIRTEEN Full Hayao Miyazaki Retirement Conference (95 min) Subtitles: Cantonese, English, Finnish, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (Traditional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo English Dolby Digital 5.1 Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo German Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Korean Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Case type: Special Case Notes: Contains MASTER GRADE VIDEO CODING (MGVC), a proprietary encoding method that allows for optional 36-bit color output on select Panasonic Blu-ray Players. The 11 main discs of "The Collected Works of Director Hayao Miyazaki" are different from the individual discs, dropping all extras. The bonus features are in Japanese without subtitles. The collection was to contain the Hayao Miyazaki directed music video of Chage & Aska's "On Your Mark", but was dropped at the last minute. Studio Ghibli Japan has announced that they will mail out a separate Blu-ray or DVD of the music video for people who bought the collection. (Delivery to Japanese mailing addresses only.) Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia - Pan Vision Extras: DISC ONE (BLU-RAY) * The Film "Storyboards" picture-in-picture "Promotional Video" featurette (12:39) "The History of the Castle" featurette (2:33) 3 Japanese trailers DISC TWO (DVD) Subtitles: Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese PCM 2.0 Stereo [1536 kbps] Finnish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo Swedish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray B Australia - Madman Entertainment Extras: "Storyboards" picture-in-picture "Promotional Video" featurette (12:38) "Behind the Microphone" featurette (4:09) "Behind the Studio" featurettes (HD): - "The World of Laputa" (2:18) - "Creating Castle in the Sky" (3:40) - "Character Sketches" (2:39) - "Producer’s Perspective: Meeting Miyazaki" (3:14) Textless opening and closing (HD - 4:45) Japanese trailers (HD - 4:05) Bonus trailers for "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", "Ponyo", "Howl’s Moving Castle", "Tales From Earthsea", "My Neighbours the Yamadas" and "Spirited Away" (9:50) Subtitles: English (optional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo English LPCM 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Notes: Feature has both original Japanese language credits and English language credits. The English audio track is the 2003 orchestral score mixed with the 2003 Disney English dub, but with some lines of additional incidental dialogue removed. Disney added new lines that were not present in the Japanese script to make the movie sound more "full". Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray B Australia - Madman Entertainment The Hayao Miyazaki Collection Extras: DISC ONE * "Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro" (1979) DISC TWO * "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" (1984) DISC THREE * "Castle in the Sky" "Storyboards" picture-in-picture "Promotional Video" featurette (12:38) "Behind the Microphone" featurette (4:09) "Behind the Studio" featurettes (HD): - "The World of Laputa" (2:18) - "Creating Castle in the Sky" (3:40) - "Character Sketches" (2:39) - "Producer’s Perspective: Meeting Miyazaki" (3:14) Textless opening and closing (HD - 4:45) Japanese trailers (HD - 4:05) Bonus trailers for "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", "Ponyo", "Howl’s Moving Castle", "Tales From Earthsea", "My Neighbours the Yamadas" and "Spirited Away" (9:50) DISC FOUR * "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988) DISC FIVE * "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989) DISC SIX * "Porco Rosso" (1992) DISC SEVEN * "Princess Mononoke" (1997) DISC EIGHT * "Spirited Away" (2001) DISC NINE * "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004) DISC TEN * "Ponyo" (2008) DISC ELEVEN * "The Wind Rises" (2013) DISC TWELVE (DVD) "Akado Suzunosuke - Little Samurai" 1972-1973 TV series - Episode 26 (23:34) - Episode 27 (23:34) - Episode 41 (23:24) "Yuki's Sun" 1972 pilot film (4:42) Full Hayao Miyazaki Retirement Conference (95:30) Subtitles: English (optional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo English LPCM 5.1 Case type: Special Case Notes: Includes a comprehensive booklet and postcard size movie posters for all the films. The DVD is Region 4 PAL. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray B France - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Extras: "Storyboards" picture-in-picture "Promotional Video" featurette Picture slideshow Theatrical trailer Teaser trailer TV spot Subtitles: French (presumably FORCED on the Japanese soundtrack) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Case type: Keep Case Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page	Buy this disc from Amazon France
Blu-ray B Germany - Universum Film Extras: Storyboards version of the film (124:34) "Promotional Video" featurette (12:40) Textless Opening (1:41) Textless Ending (3:01) Trailers - Japanese Original Trailer 1 (1:13) - Japanese Original Trailer 2 (2:40) - Japanese Original TV Spot (0:17) Bonus Trailers - Ponyo (2:18) - Princess Mononoke (1:45) - Howl's Moving Castle (1:33) - Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1:35) - Spirited Away (1:35) - Studio Ghibli Collection (1:46) BD-Live Subtitles: German Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo Case type: Keep Case Notes: In the case 3 postcards. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray B Germany - Universum Film The Hayao Miyazaki Collection Extras: DISC ONE * "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" (1984) DISC TWO * "Castle in the Sky" Storyboards version of the film (124:34) "Promotional Video" featurette (12:40) Textless Opening (1:41) Textless Ending (3:01) Trailers - Japanese Original Trailer 1 (1:13) - Japanese Original Trailer 2 (2:40) - Japanese Original TV Spot (0:17) Bonus Trailers - Ponyo (2:18) - Princess Mononoke (1:45) - Howl's Moving Castle (1:33) - Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1:35) - Spirited Away (1:35) - Studio Ghibli Collection (1:46) BD-Live DISC THREE * "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988) DISC FOUR * "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989) DISC FIVE * "Porco Rosso" (1992) DISC SIX * "Princess Mononoke" (1997) DISC SEVEN * "Spirited Away" (2001) DISC EIGHT * "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004) DISC NINE * "Ponyo" (2008) DISC TEN * "The Wind Rises" (2013) DISC ELEVEN (DVD) Full Hayao Miyazaki Retirement Conference (95:40) Subtitles: German Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo Case type: Special Case Notes: Limited to 3000 copies. Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray B United Kingdom - Optimum Releasing Extras: DISC ONE (Blu-Ray) * The Film "Storyboards" picture-in-picture "Promotional Video" featurette (12:38) "Behind the Microphone" featurette (4:09) "Behind the Studio" featurettes (HD): - "The World of Laputa" (2:18) - "Creating Castle in the Sky" (3:40) - "Character Sketches" (2:39) - "Producer’s Perspective: Meeting Miyazaki" (3:14) Textless opening and closing (HD - 4:45) Japanese trailers (HD - 4:05) Bonus trailers for "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", "Ponyo", "Howl’s Moving Castle", "Tales From Earthsea", "My Neighbours the Yamadas" and "Spirited Away" (9:50) DISC TWO (DVD copy) Subtitles: English (optional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo English LPCM 5.1 Case type: Keep Case Notes: Feature has both original Japanese language credits and English language credits. The English audio track is the 2003 orchestral score mixed with the 2003 Disney English dub, but with some lines of additional incidental dialogue removed. Disney added new lines that were not present in the Japanese script to make the movie sound more "full". Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page
Blu-ray B United Kingdom - Studio Canal The Hayao Miyazaki Collection Extras: DISC ONE * "Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro" (1979) DISC TWO * "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" (1984) DISC THREE * "Castle in the Sky" DISC FOUR * "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988) DISC FIVE * "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989) DISC SIX * "Porco Rosso" (1992) DISC SEVEN * "Princess Mononoke" (1997) DISC EIGHT * "Spirited Away" (2001) DISC NINE * "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004) DISC TEN * "Ponyo" (2008) DISC ELEVEN * "The Wind Rises" (2013) DISC TWELVE Full Hayao Miyazaki Retirement Conference (95:41) Subtitles: English (optional) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Picture Format: 1080p24 AVC MPEG-4 Soundtrack(s): Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo English LPCM 5.1 Case type: Special Case Notes: The 11 main discs of "The Collected Works of Director Hayao Miyazaki" are different from the individual discs, dropping all extras. The press conference is in Japanese with optional English subtitles. Exclusive Booklet features: - On the Miyazaki Style - The Films of Hayao Miyazaki - The Great Dichotomy: Looking at the Works of Hayao Miyazaki - Ponyo One Sheet Treatment - The Wind Rises film proposal by Hayao Miyazaki - Appendix Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. Return to top of page

OVERALL: Draw

For the individual film, the US Disney release has the exclusive "Introduction by John Lasseter" and "Scoring Miyazaki" featurettes but note the English subtitles are dubtitles and it does not include the textless opening and ending extra.
The US GKids/Shout! Factory, Australian, and UK releases have identical extras, with the textless opening and ending, but does not include the two featurettes found on the US Disney release.
The Scandinavian edition has an exclusive "The History of the Castle" featurette.
The Japanese release has the "Voice Recording Script" (in Japanese only).

For collections, the Australian "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" boxset has the best extras, including both those found on the Australian/UK individual discs and additional extras (not related to the movie itself) on the bonus disc.
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- Blu-ray A America- Shout! Factory - No cuts (124:41).
- Blu-ray ALL America- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts (124:41).
- Blu-ray ALL The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki America- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts (124:41).
- Blu-ray ALL Japan- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts (124:33).
- Blu-ray ALL The Collected Works of Director Hayao Miyazaki Japan- Buena Vista Home Entertainment - No cuts (124:33).
- Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia- Pan Vision - No cuts (124:35).
- Blu-ray B Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts (124:31).
- Blu-ray B The Hayao Miyazaki Collection Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts (124:31).
- Blu-ray B France- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment - No cuts
- Blu-ray B Germany- Universum Film - No cuts (124:34).
- Blu-ray B The Hayao Miyazaki Collection Germany- Universum Film - No cuts (124:34).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts (124:31).
- Blu-ray B The Hayao Miyazaki Collection United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts (124:31).
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Comparison added by Vincent_Bouche on 28/05/11
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 29/04/18

UPDATE LOG:

28/05/11: Initial entry.
18/08/11: Addition of the Australian edition.
10/05/12: Addition of the US edition and Beaver link.
04/10/12: Addition of the German and Scandinavian edition.
11/09/14: Run times and depth added to Australian release.
11/11/14: Addition of French edition.
07/12/14: Updated notes about the audio on the US, UK, Australian editions, added French and German ASINs.
24/12/14: Addition of the UK collection.
20/05/15: Addition of the Australia collection.
16/08/15: Slightly updated US edition specifications (additional introduction and bonus trailers, update of movie running time...) and overall update (Australian boxset is the winner).
25/11/15: Addition of the US collection.
13/11/17: Added US Shout.
29/04/18: Added Germany Collection.
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Castle in the Sky AKA Tenkū no shiro Rapyuta AKA Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Blu-ray) (1986)

Blu-ray A America - Shout! Factory

Blu-ray ALL America - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Blu-ray ALL America - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki

Blu-ray ALL Japan - Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Blu-ray ALL Japan - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
The Collected Works of Director Hayao Miyazaki

Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia - Pan Vision

Blu-ray B Australia - Madman Entertainment

Blu-ray B Australia - Madman Entertainment
The Hayao Miyazaki Collection

Blu-ray B France - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Blu-ray B Germany - Universum Film

Blu-ray B Germany - Universum Film
The Hayao Miyazaki Collection

Blu-ray B United Kingdom - Optimum Releasing

Blu-ray B United Kingdom - Studio Canal
The Hayao Miyazaki Collection

OVERALL: Draw

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