A Look at Characters from Castle in the Sky

Let's take a look at some of the main characters from Castle in the Sky. Let's start off with Sheeta, our heroine and the main female character in the movie.

 

Sheeta is a young teenage girl who starts off having been kidnapped at the beginning of the movie, and at first she's really quiet. As the sky pirates, Dola and her boys, start to raid the airship, Sheeta is in the room with Muska and hits him over the head with a champagne bottle that had been dropped on the floor, showing that she has some guts and is willing to do whatever it takes to get away from her captors.

As you find out more about Sheeta you realize that she is very cautious when it comes to the people she's around and knows who can and can't be trusted. She quickly becomes friends with Pazu and is helped by him to escape from the pirates, but is then recaptured by the military and Muska. She cares deeply for Pazu even though they've only known each other for a short amount of time and is willing to cooperate with Muska just so that Pazu can be released from the military prison.

Sheeta has a gift, and a secret name: Lusheeta Toel Ul Laputa. Meaning she is royalty! And from Laputa, the floating castle in the sky! She knows this from an early age and tells Pazu about it. She isn't exactly thrilled with this gift as she doesn't want any part of the death and destruction that comes with it, but she knows that she has to do what she can to rescue her home.

She also seems to have this gift of communicating with the robots of her land. She knows what they say even though all the say are beeps! It's a cool concept to know that she really is from the bloodline of Laputa. She becomes very brave in the end and is also extremely caring and useful as a cook.

Next: Pazu

Pazu is a young teenage boy working in the mines of his hometown in the valley. He is very quick and active, and also very helpful. You get the sense from the beginning that he is very useful when it comes to fixing pipes and machinery (considering he works in a mine with a lot of machinery). He is head strong and quick to act, but he has the best intentions. As soon as he rescues Sheeta he goes to finish up work and then takes her back to his place so she'll have an actual comfy spot to rest before she wakes up. You can also tell he is caring at the beginning when he talks to the flock of doves he has on the roof of his house.

Pazu, even though just meeting Sheeta, wants to do everything he can to help her with whatever she needs. He tries to help her escape and stick up to the pirates with his boss, and then he wants to help Sheeta find Laputa even when she tells him to forget about it. He is a very passionate young man when it comes to Sheeta and his interests.

When they are taken in by the pirates, he is instantly made the assistant to Pop and helps with the machinery to make it work. He is also the first willing to go into the massive thunderstorm with Sheeta to be able to get to Laputa itself. He also reminds me of a monkey the way he's able to climb and move into certain spaces.

Pazu is an inspiring character and a great hero for this story.

Next up: Muska

 Muska is the villain of this film - the villain to hate. He wants Sheeta's amulet etherium crystal's power for himself. He wants to be able to rule Laputa once they find it and then rule over all the world if he succeeds. He's unlikeable from the very beginning. He's vindictive and rude and just overall... bleh.

Anyway, Muska also has his own dirty secret: he's also royalty blood of Laputa! When you find this out it's almost like, "Why!?" It makes for a good plot twist, though. Though he's very evil and kills many people for his own gain, I'm just glad that he gets his "just desserts" in the end.

Next: Dola

This is Dola, the other "villain" in the movie. She's head of the air pirates that she has with her family (who I'm sure not all of them are her family) and wants Sheeta's etherium crystal, too. She has a very wild spirit and a mind of her own, for sure. She isn't afraid to speak her mind and she isn't afraid to tell people like it is.

She also has some compassion because she allows Pazu to go with them to rescue Sheeta and then allow Sheeta and Pazu to join the crew. She also isn't afraid to help them out of tight spots - just as long as she gets her treasure! She's a very fun and loveable bad guy, and you'll definitely love her, too!

There are other characters in the movie that don't play as big of roles as these main four, but they are still interesting, fun characters. If you want to check out more about them, you'll just have to see the movie yourself!

Stay tuned for my next blog post on Kiki's Delivery Service! This is one of my top three favorites, so it'll probably be more in depth. Also stay tuned for the summer because that's when I'll hopefully start doing some amigurumi figures of some of my favorite Studio Ghibli characters! If anyone has any suggestions for some amigurumi characters, comment below!