Tales from Earthsea (film)

Tales from Earthsea
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ゲド戦記
Literal meaning	Ged's War Chronicles
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Gedo Senki
Directed by	Gorō Miyazaki
Screenplay by	Gorō Miyazaki Keiko Niwa
Based on	Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Starring	Bunta Sugawara Junichi Okada Aoi Teshima Yūko Tanaka
Cinematography	Atsushi Okui
Edited by	Takeshi Seyama
Music by	Tamiya Terashima
Production company	Studio Ghibli
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	$22 million[citation needed]
Box office	$75.5 million[1]

Tales from Earthsea (ゲド戦記, Gedo Senki, lit. 'Ged's War Chronicles') is a 2006 Japanese anime epic fantasy^[2] 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.^[3] A film comic adaptation of the film has been published in Japan.^[4]