The Top 7 Studio Ghibli Films To Watch On Netflix

4. Laputa: Castle In The Sky (1986)

Steampunk anime films are few and far in between, and this one is an excellent entry in the genre. The idea for Laputa was inspired by one of the stories in Gulliver’s Travels (did I mention Miyazaki loves western books?), hence the title.

Unfortunately, “la puta” translates to “the whore” in Spanish, a minor hilarity that caused the title to be changed to simply “Castle in the Sky” in several countries.

Oh, and there’s a giant steampunk robot in the film that got made into a 1:1 statue at the Ghibli museum.