Tales from Earthsea (2006)

Original title

ゲド戦記

Directed by

Gorō Miyazaki

Genre

fantasy film, high fantasy, fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 1,508 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young prince is haunted by a dark force and flees his home. He travels through a land troubled by imbalance and encounters a wise wizard who tries to teach him about the value of life. The story follows their journey to confront a shadowy figure who threatens the world with death and chaos.

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What happens

Tales from Earthsea is a 2006 Japanese anime epic fantasy film co-written and directed by Gorō Miyazaki in his directorial debut, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi and Toho, and distributed by the latter company. The film is based on a combination of plot and character elements from the first four books of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu), as well as Hayao Miyazaki's graphic novel Shuna's Journey. The film's English title is taken from the collection of short stories published in 2001. The film was released in Japan on July 29, 2006. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its animation, music and visuals, but criticized the narrative, pacing, and overall differences from the novels. Le Guin herself stated that the plot was "entirely different" to that of her books. She told director Gorō Miyazaki, "It is not my book. It is your movie. It is a good movie", but later expressed her disappointment with the final result. A film comic adaptation of the film has been published in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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