Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "天空之城" in Chinese language version.
Okay, so the Chocobos — big, yellow riding birds — were actually stolen from Hayao Miyazaki's movie Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and Hironobu Sakaguchi freely admitted that way back when. He also admits that the airships were inspired by Laputa, also directed by Miyazaki.
Okay, so the Chocobos — big, yellow riding birds — were actually stolen from Hayao Miyazaki's movie Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and Hironobu Sakaguchi freely admitted that way back when. He also admits that the airships were inspired by Laputa, also directed by Miyazaki.