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Castle in the Sky AKA Tenkū no shiro Rapyuta AKA Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Blu-ray) (1986)
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.Director: Hayao Miyazaki
OVERALL: Draw-
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. -
CUTS:
- 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 29/04/18UPDATE LOG:
28/05/11: Initial entry.
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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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