At 10:54 PM 9/5/1998 -0700, you wrote:

On Sun, 6 Sep 1998 Maercutio@aol.com wrote:

During the "Previews" section, Disney showed scenes from the next Miyazaki
 movie they'll be releasing in 1999.  "Castle in the Sky", they call it.

This wouldn't be "Laputa: Castle in the Sky", would it? I can't remember if
that was Miyazaki or not.

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.

La Puta in spanish means [I think, so don't view me as authority here...] 
THE WHORE.  The original origin of the name Laputa is from SWIFT'S book,
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, where Laputa is the name of the floating land in the sky
where Gulliver goes to Lilliput and Brogdinag  [I think.