Sheeta a young girl is kidnapped by the army; lead by Muska. The airship that Sheeta is on gets attacked by air pirates lead by their mother Dola. During the attack Sheeta steals her pendant back and tries to escape, as the pirates try to Knapp her, Sheeta falls to what seems her death.
Pazu a orphan mining boy sees Sheeta floating down because of her pendant, Pazu catches her and takes her home. Sheeta and Pazu start talking and finds out how Pazu's father took a picture of the legendary Laputa, and that Sheeta is part of the people whom lived in Laputa but left yeas ago.
Dola and her sons, and the army find Sheeta and the kids run down the mines, where they meet this wise man that can understand the earths feelings. Sheeta gets kidnapped by the army again, and Pazu makes a deal with the pirates to get Sheeta back.
The army uses Sheeta to show the way to Laputa, Pazu is able to save Sheeta but Muska still has the stone which directs him. The pirates become like the kids family and they follow Muska to Laputa. Muska uses the power of the stone to kill all his men and send out sentinels(which look a lot like the one from valley of the wind) Pazu has to save Sheeta once again, in the end Pazu and Sheeta use a bad spell to destroy Laputa.
This is great for family movie or anybody else a definite must buy.