Yes it is. The reason it will be "Castle in the Sky" rather than
>"Laputa: Castle in the Sky" (or variations thereof) is because it has to
>do with Laputa meaning something different in another language.
To be a little less polite about it, laputa can be translated as la puta.
In spanish, this means 'the whore' or 'a whore'.
One wonders if Miyazaki is aware that a nonsense word plucked at random for a
name makes one of his more famous works an obcene request/phrase in several
major countries.
I find that VERY amusing. In my own sick sick way.
-Mercutio
"A plague 'a both your houses!"