Studio Ghibli’s Scripting Process Is Practically Nonexistent

The very first film produced under the Studio Ghibli banner was Hayao Miyazaki’s “Castle in the Sky” in 1986.

Miyazaki’s screenplay was based partly on Jonathan Swift’s 1726 novel “Gulliver’s Travels,” which featured a floating island called Laputa populated by a people known as the Balnibarbi, who have devoted their lives to academics and the arts.

In keeping with Swift’s satirical nature, the Balnibarbi were also completely useless, having found no practical use for their studies.

Miyazaki depicted Laputa has having long been abandoned, now only overseen by rusty, ancient robots.

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