Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta / Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), first advance poster, Japanese

Unframed: 24 x 16 1/2 in. (61 x 42 cm)

This Japanese animated fantasy film was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and was the first film made by Studio Ghibli. The film is about a young girl and boy, who attempt to keep pirates and secret agents at bay, all of whom are looking for the girl's magic blue crystal. The girl, who falls from an airship where she was taken when she was abducted, searches for her identity in a legendary floating castle, with the boy's help.