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Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

Animation · Fantasy · Adventure · 2006

As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a powerful wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, search for the force behind this mysterious imbalance that threatens to destroy the land of Earthsea.

Movie details

Tales from Earthsea

“Once Man and Dragon were one. Man chose Land and Sea, Dragon chose Wind and Fire.”

2006 Animation · Fantasy · Adventure 1h 56m

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

As crops dwindle and dragons reappear, mankind stands on the verge of total chaos. Lord Archmage Sparrowhawk, a powerful wizard, and Arren, a troubled young prince, search for the force behind this mysterious imbalance that threatens to destroy the land of Earthsea.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Tales from Earthsea?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Goro Miyazaki

Written by

Keiko Niwa · Goro Miyazaki

Junichi Okada

Junichi Okada

Arren (voice)

Aoi Teshima

Aoi Teshima

Theru (voice)

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Haitaka (voice)

Yuko Tanaka

Yuko Tanaka

Cob (voice)

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Hare (voice)

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Tenar (voice)

Takashi Naito

Takashi Naito

Hazia Dealer (voice)

Court is in session

Put Tales from Earthsea on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.