Castle in the Sky was inspired in part by Miyazaki’s visit to a Welsh mining town during the strikes of 1984. … The monotony of his life is broken up by a girl named Sheeta falling from the sky, and they embark on an adventure, racing against pirates and foreign agents to find the legendary Laputa.
Is Castle in the Sky based on a true story?
Eddie Izzard stars in “Castles in the Sky,” a funny, moving and inspiring drama about the pioneering work on radar by a real but little-known team of scientists leading up to World War II.
Is Castle in the sky in the same universe as Nausicaa?
Castle in the Sky Happened before Nausicaä
In this case, the allusions between all the characters still stands, Castle in the Sky would just be an offshoot of Nausicaä, using the inspirations and drives of some of the characters to make a more light-hearted and closer in time period film.