The adventure begins when a boy named Pazu meets a girl named Sheeta as she floats out of the sky suspended by the power of a blue mysterious crystal which she wears around her neck. Sheeta and her mysterious blue crystal is connected to the legendary Castle in the Sky, Laputa. The mythical floating island Laputa is taken from Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'. Pazu, Sheeta and a crew of comic-opera sky pirates are determined to find this city in the clouds and so they begin their quest to find Laputa, the Castle in the Sky. What a combination a spunky girl with a mysterious past, a magical pendant, a dastardly plot, a brave companion, a crew of comic-opera sky pirates, all converging on the legendary Castle in the Sky, Laputa.