Directed by
| Hayao Miyazaki | ||
Writing Credits
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | (original story by) |
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | (screenplay by) |
| Jonathan Swift | ... | (concept created by) (uncredited) |
Cast (in credits order)
Produced by
| Tôru Hara | ... | animation producer: Studio Ghibli (as Toru Hara) |
| Hideo Ogata | ... | planner |
| Isao Takahata | ... | producer |
| Yasuyoshi Tokuma | ... | executive producer |
| Tatsumi Yamashita | ... | planner |
Music by
| Joe Hisaishi | ||
Cinematography by
| Hirokata Takahashi | ||
Editing by
| Yoshihiro Kasahara | ||
| Hayao Miyazaki | ||
| Takeshi Seyama | ||
Casting By
| Jack Fletcher | ... | (Disney English version) |
Art Direction by
| Toshio Nozaki | ||
| Nizô Yamamoto | ... | (as Nizou Yamamoto) |
Production Management
| Tôru Hara | ... | production manager (as Toru Hara) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Umanosuke Iida | ... | assistant director (as Tsutomu Iida) |
| Satoshi Kimura | ... | assistant director |
| Norihiko Sutô | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Shuji Inoue | ... | sound mixer |
| Mikio Mori | ... | dolby technician: Far East Continental |
| Hironori Ono | ... | sound effects editor: E&M Planning Center |
| Kazutoshi Satô | ... | sound effects editor: E&M Planning Center (as Kazutoshi Satou) |
| Shigeharu Shiba | ... | sound director |
| Gregg Barbanell | ... | foley artist (Disney version) (uncredited) |
| Ted Barela | ... | sound crew (Disney version) (uncredited) |
| Sam Hofstedt | ... | second engineer (Disney version) (uncredited) |
| Ernie Sheesley | ... | dialogue recordist (Disney version) (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Gô Abe | ... | special effects |
| Shinji Teraoka | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Toshiyuki Fukushima | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Takahisa Ishizuka | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Izumi Kasama | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Takeo Kobayashi | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Taizô Matsuzaki | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Yukio Miyashima | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Hajime Noguchi | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Kôji Shiragami | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production (as Takashi Shirakami) |
| Hirokata Takahashi | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Yasuyoshi Toyonaga | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Yoshiaki Yasuhara | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
Animation Department
| Kie Akiyama | ... | cel painter: Studio Hibari |
| Noriko Arakawa | ... | cel painter: Studio Hibari |
| Mariko Arano | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Gallop |
| Machiko Araya | ... | inbetween artist |
| Toshiko Asano | ... | cel painter: Studio Fantasia |
| Tsutomu Awada | ... | inbetween artist: Oh! Production (as Tsutomu Awata) |
| Seiko Azuma | ... | inbetween artist |
| Tomoko Danjô | ... | cel painter: Studio Fantasia |
| Hitoshi Ehara | ... | inbetween artist: Shindo Production |
| Toyoaki Emura | ... | key animator |
| Masaaki Endô | ... | key animator (as Masaaki Endo) |
| Tsuruko Fujita | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Tadashi Fukuda | ... | key animator |
| Makiko Futaki | ... | key animator |
| Kuniko Hamano | ... | inbetween artist: Visual 80 |
| Keiichiro Hattori | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kyôko Higurashi | ... | inbetween artist: Shindo Production |
| Keiko Hiraga | ... | cel painter: Studio OZ |
| Eiichirô Hirata | ... | inbetween artist |
| Katsu Hisamura | ... | background artist |
| Yumiko Honda | ... | cel painter: Production Act |
| Isao Hoshi | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Kuma |
| Akemi Hosoya | ... | cel painter: Studio OZ |
| Satoshi Ida | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Kumiko Iijima | ... | background artist |
| Tomohisa Iizuka | ... | cel painter: Studio Fantasia |
| Masumi Ishiguro | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Emiko Ishii | ... | cel painter |
| Yamako Ishikawa | ... | background artist |
| Akihiko Isozaki | ... | cel painter: Studio OZ |
| Toshitaka Itsumi | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Toto |
| Norichika Iwakiri | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Emiko Iwayanagi | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia |
| Miyako Izumi | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia |
| Megumi Kagawa | ... | key animator |
| Yoshinori Kanada | ... | lead animator |
| Yoshimi Kanbara | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Masashi Kaneko | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yûichi Katayama | ... | inbetween artist |
| Fumie Katô | ... | cel painter: Studio Hibari |
| Ryôko Katô | ... | inbetween artist: Oh! Production |
| Yumi Kawachi | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Toshio Kawaguchi | ... | key animator |
| Hirotsugu Kawasaki | ... | key animator |
| Yôko Kazama | ... | cel painter: Production Act |
| Keiko Kihara | ... | cel painter |
| Hiroko Kijima | ... | cel painter: Studio OZ |
| Yûko Kikuchi | ... | cel painter: Studio Fantasia |
| Kazuhiro Kinoshita | ... | background artist |
| Ikkô Kobayashi | ... | key animator (as Kazuyuki Kobayashi) |
| Kenji Kobayashi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Komasa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yoshie Komatsu | ... | cel painter: Production Act |
| Katsuya Kondô | ... | key animator |
| Mutsuo Koseki | ... | background artist |
| Hiroyuki Kuraoka | ... | cel painter: Production Act |
| Shin'ichirô Kuse | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Kitarô Kôsaka | ... | key animator (as Kitaro Kosaka) |
| Harumi Machii | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Mahiro Maeda | ... | key animator |
| Keisuke Makinoda | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Naomi Masuda | ... | cel painter: Studio OZ |
| Yayoi Matsushita | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Shizuko Minami | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Toto |
| Ryûsuke Mita | ... | cel painter |
| Hideko Miyamoto | ... | inbetween artist |
| Mari Miyashita | ... | cel painter |
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | character designer |
| Chiharu Mizuma | ... | cel painter |
| Takayo Mizutani | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Tôru Morita | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Toto |
| Noriko Moritomo | ... | key animator |
| Takashi Motomochi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yoshie Murakami | ... | cel painter: Group Joy |
| Ayako Murano | ... | cel painter: Production Act |
| Toshiharu Murata | ... | inbetween artist (as Shunji Murata) |
| Osamu Nabeshima | ... | key animator (as Osamu Nabejima) |
| Masako Nabetani | ... | cel painter |
| Kazuhisa Nagai | ... | inbetween artist |
| Keiko Nagai | ... | inbetween artist: Oh! Production |
| Rumiko Nagai | ... | cel painter: Studio Fantasia |
| Hiromi Nagamine | ... | cel painter |
| Yukie Naitô | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Kyôko Nakano | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hiromi Nakata | ... | cel painter |
| Yasuhiro Nakura | ... | key animator |
| Kenji Narita | ... | cel painter: Studio Hibari |
| Tatsushi Narita | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Atsuko Narumi | ... | inbetween artist: Visual 80 |
| Masako Natsui | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Michiko Nishimaki | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Miyoko Nishiyama | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Noriko Ogawa | ... | cel painter |
| Homi Ogiwara | ... | cel checker |
| Asako Ohashi | ... | cel painter: Group Joy |
| Kazumi Okabe | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Gallop |
| Minoru Okamoto | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Toto |
| Toshiko Saitô | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Gallop |
| Yukiko Sakai | ... | cel painter |
| Fumiya Sakamoto | ... | cel painter |
| Masako Sakano | ... | clean-up and inbetween artist |
| Michiyo Sakurai | ... | key animator |
| Keiko Satô | ... | inbetween artist: Kusama Art |
| Shinnosuke Satô | ... | cel painter: Group Joy (as Shinnosuke Sato) |
| Taeko Satô | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Akemi Seki | ... | inbetween artist: Shindo Production |
| Yoshiya Shigebayashi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Satoshi Shigeta | ... | inbetween artist: Kusama Art (as Satoru Shigeta) |
| Kumi Shimada | ... | cel painter |
| Etsuko Shimoda | ... | cel painter: Production Act |
| Toki Shinoda | ... | cel painter: Studio OZ |
| Masako Shinohara | ... | key animator |
| Yukitaka Shishikai | ... | cel painter: Studio Korumi |
| Mikako Sodeyama | ... | cel painter: Group Joy |
| Akiko Sudô | ... | cel painter: Group Joy |
| Mika Sugai | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kumiko Suzuki | ... | cel painter: Group Joy |
| Yasuko Suzuki | ... | inbetween artist: Doga Kobo |
| Yôko Suzuki | ... | cel painter: Studio Hibari |
| Yasuko Tachiki | ... | animation checker |
| Mieko Taguchi | ... | cel painter: Production Act |
| Naomi Takahashi | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Sadao Takahashi | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia |
| Fusako Takami | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Yoshie Takamine | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yoshiko Takasago | ... | cel painter |
| Noriko Takaya | ... | background artist: harmony treatment |
| Naoko Takeba | ... | inbetween artist |
| Nobuko Tanaka | ... | cel painter: Studio Killy |
| Ritsuko Tanaka | ... | inbetween artist: Shindo Production |
| Mariko Tanazawa | ... | cel painter: Studio Fantasia |
| Tsukasa Tannai | ... | supervising animator |
| Hayato Tejima | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Kuma (as Yûto Teshima) |
| Akiko Teshima | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia |
| Kazuhide Tomonaga | ... | key animator: Telecom Animation Film |
| Wakako Ueda | ... | inbetween artist |
| Sumio Watanabe | ... | inbetween artist: Visual 80 |
| Katsutoshi Yamagata | ... | cel painter: Studio Korumi |
| Akiko Yamaguchi | ... | inbetween artist: Kusama Art |
| Hirômi Yamakawa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Tadayoshi Yamamuro | ... | inbetween artist: Shindo Production |
| Kazue Yanagisawa | ... | cel painter |
| Michiyo Yasuda | ... | color designer |
| Hiroko Yokoyama | ... | cel painter: Production Act |
| Takao Yoshino | ... | inbetween artist |
| Masaki Yoshizaki | ... | background artist |
| Kiyomi Ôta | ... | background artist |
| Atsuko Ôtani | ... | key animator |
| Kumiko Ôtani | ... | inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia |
| Shinji Ôtsuka | ... | key animator (as Shinji Otsuka) |
Casting Department
| David H. Kramer | ... | adr voice casting (Disney version) (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Andrew Belling | ... | music supervisor |
| Yasuko Fukuoka | ... | music programmer (uncredited) / musician (uncredited) |
| Joe Hisaishi | ... | music arranger (uncredited) / musician (uncredited) |
| Steve Jackson | ... | music mixer (uncredited) |
| Atsushi Kaji | ... | music engineer (uncredited) |
| Asuka Kaneko | ... | musician (uncredited) |
| Shin Kazahara | ... | musician (uncredited) |
| Shin Kazuhara | ... | trumpet (uncredited) |
| Vincent Mendoza | ... | conductor (Disney version) (uncredited) |
| Robert Puff | ... | music librarian (Disney version) (uncredited) |
| David Sabee | ... | orchestra contractor (Disney version) (uncredited) |
| Takashi Tsunoda | ... | musician (uncredited) |
| Masayoshi Ôkawa | ... | music mixer (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Masashi Atami | ... | production assistant |
| Naotake Furusato | ... | production assistant |
| Eric Garcia | ... | production coordinator |
| Toshitsugu Hara | ... | production assistant |
| Osamu Kameyama | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Akira Kaneko | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Masahiro Kasuya | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Hiroyuki Katô | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Hirokazu Kihara | ... | production assistant |
| Tomoko Kobayashi | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Mitsuru Menjô | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Kaoru Mutô | ... | production assistant |
| Naoyuki Oshikiri | ... | production desk |
| Takao Sasaki | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Toshio Suzuki | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Minoru Tadokoro | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Mikio Takeda | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Kazutoshi Takigawa | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Masaya Tokuyama | ... | advertising producer |
| Tsutomu Ôtsuka | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa" |
| Kazuyoshi Katayama | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |