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Laputa
Gulliver's Travels location
Map of Laputa and Balnibarbi (original map, Pt III, Gulliver's Travels)
Created by
Jonathan Swift
Genre
Satire
In-universe information
Type
Flying island
Characters
King
Gulliver discovers Laputa, the flying island (illustration by J. J. Grandville)The Queen of Laputa, from a French edition of Gulliver's Travels (1850s)
Laputa/ləˈpuːtə/ is a flying island described in the 1726 book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.[1] It is about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 kilometres) in diameter, with an adamantine base, which its inhabitants can manoeuvre in any direction using magnetic levitation. The island is the home of the king of Balnibarbi and his court, and is used by the king to enforce his rule over the lands below.
Laputa /ləˈpuːtə/ is a flying island described in the 1726 book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It is about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 kilometres) in diameter...
Sky (Japanese: 天空の城ラピュタ, Hepburn: Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta), also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky, is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written...
The Laputa Nunataks (66°8′S 62°58′W / 66.133°S 62.967°W / -66.133; -62.967) are a range of nunataks and snow-covered hills with minor rock outcrops...
Arrow of Laputa (アロー・オブ・ラピュタ, Arō obu Rapyuta) is a tower defense game developed and published by ArtePiazza in Japan on November 24, 2010 for the Nintendo...
Lemuel Gulliver after he was rescued by the people of the flying island of Laputa. The location of Balnibarbi is illustrated in both the text and the map...
Christine Laptuta (born 1951) is a Canadian artist who lives and works in Portland, Oregon. Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery...
Studio Ghibli in 1985. He directed numerous films with Ghibli, including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service...
Award at the Mainichi Film Awards in 1979 and 1984, respectively. His film Laputa: Castle in the Sky won Best Anime at the Anime Grand Prix in 1986, and My...
'Stabilizers For Big Boys' = great. Swearing + ranting in a very familiar stylee. 'Laputa' is lovely and slow. Bugger knows what they remind me of." — Simon Williams...
set, and on the initial copies for the Japanese DVD releases of Totoro, Laputa and Porco. In 1996, Walt Disney Studios acquired worldwide distribution...
the 1986 films Top Gun and Laputa: Castle in the Sky; he originally planned for the game to have an aesthetic similar to Laputa, but instead went with a...
Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift, the island city of Laputa was revealed to be floating in the sky. Laputa purportedly levitated through use of artificial...
Ryunosuke Fujinami in Urusei Yatsura; Koenma in Yu Yu Hakusho; Pazu in Laputa: Castle in the Sky; Krillin, Yajirobe and Uranai Baba in Dragon Ball; Kirimaru...
novels he was exposed to in middle school. His favorite anime films are Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Nausicaä and The Castle of Cagliostro by Hayao Miyazaki...
original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014. "Studio Ghibli Collection – Laputa: Castle in the Sky". Madman Entertainment. Retrieved 2021-12-19. "Spirited...
raspberry-jam. Hedgehog in the Fog was ranked No. 1 in a poll at the 2003 Laputa Animation Festival where 140 animators from around the world voted for the...
tyrannical king from a flying island called Laputa. Lagado is on the ground below Laputa, and also has access to Laputa at any given time to proceed in an attack...
Hisaishi founded his own recording studio, Wonder Station. In 1986, he scored Laputa: Castle in the Sky for Miyazaki's newly established Studio Ghibli; then...
based on Mazda's B platform. The Mazda Carol HB, Mazda Spiano HF and Mazda Laputa HP use the Suzuki H platform, not the Mazda H platform. The J platform is...
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