

Tales from Earthsea
The film is a sweeping adventure set in a mythical world filled with magic and bewitchment. Set in a mythical land, it follows a man and a young boy as they investigate a series of unusual occurrences.
















27 May 1955, Osaka, Japan


1 June 1968, Kumamoto, Japan

5 June 1966, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

18 February 1949, Seattle, Washington, USA

16 August 1933, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

18 June 1978, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

21 March 1946, Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK

7 December 1965, Tokyo, Japan

2 October 1962, Houston, Texas, USA

21 June 1987, Fukuoka, Japan

12 May 1952, Toyama, Japan



April 15, 2014
An overly stoic, pretentious, boring, unimaginative trainwreck that just happens to have been made by some of the greatest animators in the history of Japanese anime.
September 05, 2010
A flawed but ambitious film, full of potent mythic images — battling dragons; a shadowy doppelganger — but one that fails ultimately to resolve those images in a satisfying way.
August 13, 2010
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.
August 18, 2010
It's interesting that Tales From Earthsea was originally released in 2006... especially since it seems like in four years, someone could have found a way to make it more interesting.
August 13, 2010
The themes and memorable imagery in Earthsea will be familiar to fans of Studio Ghibli, but the storytelling and animation are a step behind.
August 13, 2010
A workmanlike, humorless cartoon.
August 13, 2010
There's a whole lot going on in the Japanese anime fantasy Tales From Earthsea, so why is it such a bore?
August 13, 2010
The Miyazaki legacy is in good hands.
March 16, 2011
A passable piece from the junior Miyazaki, and one only hopes the reservation in voice felt here will be far more loosened in future projects.
August 17, 2010
A wizard and his apprentice battle an evil necromancer who is searching for immortality in this animated adventure drawn from the writings of Ursula K. Le Guin.
August 18, 2010
As dark as The Last Unicorn or The Dark Crystal, though a shade less lyrical.
August 29, 2010
...an ill-conceived story for Western audiences who will blanch at its bizarre embrace of patricide that its young protagonist commits before escaping on a journey of guided self-discovery.