Castle in the Sky (video)

Home video releases of Castle in the Sky. As the Studio Ghibli library has had various distributors around the world including Disney, this page will only include releases released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

Japan

VHS

Cover	Released	Notes
	September 18, 1998	Standard ReleaseContains Japanese voice track.

DVD

Cover	Released	Notes
	October 4, 2002	Standard ReleaseThe first disc contains the movie with Japanese and English voice tracks and English and Japanese subtitles. The second disc contains bonus features. Bonus Features Storyboards Trailers TV spot Theatrical trailers Promotional film containing clips from this movie and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, as well as short clips of Ghibli staff Video clip of concept drawings and final animation Ghibli ga Ippai Collection trailer Trailers for Pom Poko, Porco Rosso, Whisper of the Heart, Spirited Away and the 8-episode NHK documentary series What Do People Eat? from the Ghibli Academic Library series The English Dub featured on this release is the older, Streamline Pictures distributed dub (although they didn't produce it) which was shown on Japan Airlines flights. This DVD, alongside the 1996 Tokuma Shoten Ghibli ga Ippai Collection laserdisc set are the only public releases of this dub of the movie.
	October 4, 2002	Limited EditionSame as above, but comes in a box that also contains the re-scored soundtrack, Robot figure, and novel. It was limited to 10,000 sets.
	July 16, 2014	Re-Release Remastered edition based on the HD master and replaces the older English dub with the Disney-produced dub. Same bonus features as the 2003 DVD.

Blu-Ray

Cover	Released	Notes
	December 22, 2010	Standard Release Contains Japanese, English, French, German, Korean, Cantonese and Mandarin voice tracks and Japanese, English, French, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese and Finnish subtitles. Bonus Features Storyboards Dubbing Script Creditless Opening and Closing Theatrical Trailer TV spots

North America

VHS

Cover	Released	Notes
	1999	CancelledWas announced to be released in 1999 on a trailer seen on the Kiki's Delivery Service VHS and the Canadian copy of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, but was scrapped due to Princess Mononoke underperforming at the box office.
	April 15, 2003	Standard ReleaseContains English voice track.

DVD

Cover	Released	Notes
	April 15, 2003	Standard ReleaseThe first disc contains the movie with Japanese, English and French voicetracks, English subtitles and bonus features. The second disc contains the Storyboards. Bonus Features Introduction by John Lasseter Behind The Microphone Japanese Trailers Trailers for Finding Nemo, Atlantis: Milo's Return, Stitch! The Movie, Bionicle: Mask of Light, The Lion King - Special Edition and the Finding Nemo Video Game Spirited Away and Kiki's Delivery Service trailers Storyboards
	March 2, 2010	Re-ReleaseRe-Release with new packaging to coincide with the Home Media release of Ponyo. Bonus Features World of Ghibli Enter the Lands Behind the Studio interviews with Hayao Miyazaki Storyboards Introduction by John Lasseter The movie itself is edited from the original 1998 Disney version, with the replacement of Joe Hisaishi's recomposed soundtrack for the original and the removal of extra bits of dialogue added in by Disney.

Blu-Ray

Cover	Released	Notes
	May 22, 2012	Standard ReleaseContains DVD (2010 release) and Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray contains the English (Same edits as 2010 DVD), Japanese and French voice tracks, English and French Subtitles and English Dubtitles. Bonus Features Introduction by John Lasseter Storyboards Behind the Studio The World of Laputa Creating Castle in the Sky Character Sketches Producer's Perspective: Meeting Miyazaki Scoring Miyazaki Trailers Behind the Microphone
	May 22, 2012	French-Canadian ReleaseSame release as above but with bilingual English/French packaging.

France

VHS

Cover	Released	Notes
	January 22, 2004	Standard ReleaseContains French voice track.
	January 22, 2004	Bipack versionDouble-pack with Princess Mononoke
	January 22, 2004	Bipack versionDouble-Pack with Spirited Away.

DVD

Cover	Released	Notes
	January 22, 2004	Standard ReleaseContains French, English and Japanese audiotracks with English and French Subtitles. Also features a short storyboard sequence with alternate angle feature.
	January 22, 2004	Collector's EditionSame as above but also comes with a film cel.
	January 22, 2004	Bipack versionDouble-Pack with Princess Mononoke.
	January 22, 2004	Bipack versionDouble-Pack with Spirited Away.
	January 22, 2004	Triple-PackTriple-Pack with Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.
	November 16, 2005	Bipack versionDouble-Pack with The Cat Returns.
	October 25, 2006	Double-PackDouble-pack with My Neighbor Totoro.
	October 19, 2011	Double-PackDouble-pack with Howl's Moving Castle.

Blu-Ray

Cover	Released	Notes
	September 28, 2011	Standard Release
	October 4, 2019	Futurepak EditionIncludes the standard-edition DVD and the Blu-Ray in a Futurepak cover. It was exclusively sold through FNAC stores and their online shop.

China/Taiwan

Note: The Hong Kong releases are not distributed by Disney, and so are not ineligible to be placed here.

DVD

Cover	Released	Notes
	unknown 2001	Standard Release

Blu-Ray

Cover	Released	Notes
	July 22, 2011	Standard ReleaseDistributed by Deltamac for Disney.

Other Countries

Versions distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment outside the main 4 countries Disney distributes for.

VHS

Cover	Released	Country	Notes
	November 10, 2003	United Kingdom	Standard ReleaseContains English voice track.
	February 11, 2004	Italy	Standard ReleaseContains Italian voice track.

DVD

Cover	Released	Country	Notes
	November 10, 2003	United Kingdom	Standard Release Same release as the French DVD.
	February 11, 2004	Italy	Standard Release Contains Italian, English, Japanese, and Spanish voice tracks with Italian, English and Spanish subtitles.
	October 15, 2003	Spain	Standard ReleaseSame release as above.

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