Synopsis
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.
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Cast
- Junichi OkadaArren (voice)
- Aoi TeshimaTheru (voice)
- Bunta SugawaraHaitaka (voice)
- Yûko TanakaCob (voice)
- Teruyuki KagawaHare (voice)
- Jun FubukiTenar (voice)
- Takashi NaitoHazia Dealer (voice)
- Mitsuko BaishoThe Mistress (voice)
- Yui NatsukawaThe Queen (voice)
- Kaoru KobayashiThe King (voice)
Recommendations
- 75
New York Post
The Miyazaki legacy is in good hands. - 60
Empire
The set pieces make this well worth watching while director Goro Miyazaki shows he's truly his father's son. - 60
Time Out
The sights and sounds are splendid--a lovingly hand-detailed portside city, a touching musical interlude in a windswept field--though they're largely disconnected from the narrative proper. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
He does an okay imitation of his father's languidly matter-of-fact dreamscapes, but it's hard to deny that a certain vitality is missing in Tales From Earthsea. - 50
The New York Times
Feels a little like a science-fiction Sunday school pageant. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
This film is too scary for very young children, while older fans are likely to focus on the film not faring well in comparison to the elder Miyazaki's recent work. - 40
Variety
This dull and humorless production won't reap the same critical support as the work of Miyazaki Senior. - 40
Los Angeles Times
It also features deaths by strangulation and immolation as well as a nasty bit with a flying severed limb.Kids may be less put off by all that, though, than by the film's uninspired hand-drawn animation, visual flatness and elongated running time.
