Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Junichi Okada

A prince sets out on a magical journey and discovers wizards, witches, dragons and self-knowledge.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Goro Miyazaki

Release Date: July 29, 2006

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  • August 23, 2009
    Goro Miyazaki attempts his first feature film. Tales of Earthsea is slightly odd, in that it contains wizards, dragons and witches. But doesn't have much excitement or magic to it. It's very much a slow story that waddles along. Never has a fantasy world been so lacking in charac...( read more)ters, especially memorable ones. It makes the film feel very empty. It's far too serious for a family film, but still lacks the humanity of Miyazaki seniors work. The animation wasn't as breathtaking either. Despite these complaints, it is a relaxing watch, kind of like a chill-out film. It only pails in comparison to Ghibli's classics. Check it out one afternoon, but be warned it's a slow 2 hours.
  • June 24, 2008
    It was a little bit disappointing, but nevertheless good enough to keep me interested..
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  • April 12, 2009
    Not the quality you'd come to expect from Studio Ghibli. Visually stunning but also muted. Magical yet mundane. Emotional yet bland. Intriguing yet boring. You can tell there's a lot of material, backstory, character in the world of Earthsea, but by trying to show too much they s...( read more)pread themselves too thinly. Miyazaki junior is no Miyazaki, he needs to try harder to get his Dad's attention, good opinion and worthy reputation.
  • April 25, 2008
    Extremely boring. Takes the worst part of the Earthsea saga and adds some clichés and a pre-90s visual style.
  • November 14, 2009
    I don't really get this movie. A bit boring also..
  • October 10, 2009
    They could have stretched this out over a few movies and actually stuck to the plot, but instead they made up a few things that were completely out of character and blurted out secrets that took whole books to expose. If you haven't read the books it'll make very little sense and...( read more) if you have read the books you'll be annoyed by it (and not just for the obvious "They're not dark-skinned" point either).

    If you try to forget any relation to the book and just enjoy the movie for what it is, you'll find it's quite bland (it does have a rather cute song, though). Goro Miyazaki is using Studio Ghibli resources, talent and reputation, yet not quite living up to it himself.
  • September 25, 2009
    better read the book 1st before u see it or else u wont really understand it...
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  • September 9, 2009
    it takes time to develope the story. great story, and brilliant imagery, completely beautiful
  • September 7, 2009
    Ce long métrage aborde des sujets graves, transposables dans notre société actuel. "Un miroir que l?auteur pointe sur nous et qui, malgré la lenteur du récit et les mystčres dévoilés avec parcimonie, nous envoűte jusqu?ŕ nous pousser au bord de l?introspection." Goro Miyazaki, no...( read more)us démontre également avec ce premier film, que toutes vies ŕ une utilité dans ce monde.

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August 3, 2007
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Don't expect a family-business masterpiece full review

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  • tansh94
    October 31, 2007
    erm u can watch this movie on youtube if you like. it is in japanese but its better tt way. trust me. im frm singapore too!
    you can watch this movie here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQy1KsjNml4
    there are 11 parts. tt is the 1st, just click on the links at the side for the others.
  • RikuDarkKeybladeWielder
    March 11, 2007
    does ne1 no when this is coming out?????
  • lostty
    February 27, 2007
    This movie is made by the son of Hayao Miyazaki right? Well either way, it looks very good and I hope I could see it :)
  • DoctorRay
    January 4, 2007
    Why isn't Gedo Senki shown in Singapore?
    o.0

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