Gedo senki (Tales from Earthsea)

Gedo senki (Tales from Earthsea) (2006)

  • 42% of critics liked it
    (36 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (29,752 ratings)

From famed Japanese animators Studio Ghibli comes "Tales from Earthsea," a sweeping adventure set in a mythical world filled with magic and bewitchment. An epic tale of redemption and self-discovery, the story follows the journey of Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk (voice of Timothy Dalton), the… More

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Aug 13, 2010 Limited
Walt Disney Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

    A workmanlike, humorless cartoon.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    If this starchy, nearly two-hour allegory about human hubris bluntly addresses a historical moment when global warming threatens the planet and pollution is fouling the seas, its chilly, formal tone keeps you at an emotional distance.

  • Kyle Smith, New York Post

    The Miyazaki legacy is in good hands.

  • Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

    The themes and memorable imagery in Earthsea will be familiar to fans of Studio Ghibli, but the storytelling and animation are a step behind.

  • Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

    There's a whole lot going on in the Japanese anime fantasy Tales From Earthsea, so why is it such a bore?

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    My least favourite Studio Ghibli film to date. Goro Miyazaki has a long way to go before he can fill his father's shoes, that and the fairly dull story make this film an overall disappointment. This is only because they have raised the bar so high themselves, this just isn't… More

  • Lewis C


    Eh, let's just call Tales from Earthsea a case of growing pains for Goro Miyazaki. It's not a bad movie. It's just unremarkable in every way. It doesn't have the creativity, emotional depth, or beauty of Spirited Away, the visual wonder of Howl's Moving… More

  • Keiko A


    Studio Ghibli Project 3 Directed by Gorō Miyazaki and voices by Bunta Sugawara, Okada Junichi, Aoi Teshima and Jun Fubuki. Let me just say this was my number 1 film to see in 2006 after seeing the trailer and the pictures they were posting on websites and the movie… More

  • vieras e


    If this had been made by any other studio, I would've given this full three stars because it is pleasing to look at. But since all Ghibli films are, I can only give it 2Â 1/2, because, frankly, it was rather boring.

  • Dead A


    It was not that good to be honest. I found it a bit boring. There are some interesting moments though. But this is something that I'll watch it once and that's it.

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