In the late 1980s, an English dubbed version of the 1986 Studio Ghibli movie Castle in the Sky, produced by Magnum Video Tape and Dubbing for international Japan Airlines flights at the request of Tokuma Shoten, was briefly screened in the United States by Streamline Pictures on March 24, 1989 and on UK television in late 1988. Carl Macek, the head of Streamline, was disappointed with this dub, deeming it "adequate, but clumsy". Following this, Tokuma allowed Streamline to dub their future acquisitions My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service. The Streamline dub of Castle in the Sky was released only on the first Japanese DVD release along with the Streamline dub of My Neighbor Totoro and The Castle of Cagliostro. Despite the cast being credited under pseudonyms (a standard practice for the time), the majority of the cast has been identified as they would later become part of the Streamline Pictures talent pool once the company moved into producing their own dubs. The initial Japanese DVD release is now out of print and the subsequent rerelease contains the Disney dub instead. Despite being unavailable after 2002, fans have made versions of the dub synced to HD Blu-Ray releases available on torrenting sites.
Voice Cast[]
- Sheeta, Okami - Louise Chambell
- Pazu, Madge - Bertha Greene
- Dola - Rachel Vanowen
- Muska - Jack Witte
- Uncle Pom - Cyn Branch
- General - Mark Richards
- Boss - Charles Wilson
- Charles - Bob Stuart
- Louis - Colin Phillips
- Henri, Old Engineer - Ernest Fessler
Additional Voices[]
- Daniel Foster