 Manga author Katsura Hoshino, known for the manga and anime series "D.Gray-man", was fascinated by "Castle in the Sky" to the point where she decided to seek work as an animator when growing up, before she ended up writing manga.Anime filmmaker Yasuhiro Yoshiura described his film "Patema Inverted" (2013) as his venture into "the world of "Laputa" and the boy-meets-girl story".Anime filmmaker Makoto Shinkai, known for the hit anime films "Your Name" (2016) and "Weathering With You" (2019), cited "Laputa" as his favourite animation.