 In a 2006 poll of 100 best animations of all time by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs conducted at the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival, "Castle in the Sky" was the second highest-ranked animated film (after "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", and third highest-ranked animation overall on the list (below "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and "Nausicaä").In a 2008 animation audience poll conducted by Oricon in Japan, "Laputa