Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea (ゲド戦記 Gedo Senki, lit. Ged's War Chronicles) is a Japanese animated fantasy film produced by Studio Ghibli, released in Japan on July 29, 2006. It was the directorial debut of Gorō Miyazaki, son of Hayao Miyazaki.

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, as well as the manga The Journey of Shuna by Hayao Miyazaki.

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.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Prince Arren / Lebannen	Junichi Okada	Matt Levin
Therru / Tehanu	Aoi Teshima	Blaire Restaneo
Ged / Sparrowhawk	Bunta Sugawara	Timothy Dalton
Tenar	Jun Fubuki	Mariska Hargitay
Cob	Yūko Tanaka	Willem Dafoe
Hare	Teruyuki Kagawa	Cheech Marin
King of Enlad	Kaoru Kobayashi	Brian George
Queen of Enlad	Yui Natsukawa	Susanne Blakeslee
Cloak Vendor	Mitsuko Baisho	Kathryn Cressida
Hazia Dealer	Takashi Naitô	Jess Harnell

Additional Voices

Jeff Bennett - Root, Advisor #1
Pat Fraley - Weapon Salesman, Advisor #2
Jess Harnell - Messenger #2
Jessica Gee
Grant George - Slave Trader #1, Soldier
Steve Kramer - Slave Transport Driver
David Lodge - Slave Trader #3
Tress MacNeille - Old Woman
Liam O'Brien - King's Guardman
Tara Platt
Kevin Michael Richardson - Ship Captain, Slave Trader #2
Mark Silverman
Terrence Stone
Karen Strassman - Castle Maid
Russi Taylor

Notes

The dub was released in the United Kingdom first, on August 3, 2007. The release of the dub in North America was delayed by 3 years due to licensing issues with the SciFi Channel's miniseries adaptation of Earthsea, which prevented it from being released. It finally saw a release in U.S. theaters on August 13, 2010.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Region	Country
Madman Entertainment	2008	4 PAL	Australia
Optimum Releasing	2008	2 PAL	United Kingdom
Buena Vista Home Entertainment	2011	1 NTSC	United States
Optimum Releasing	2012	B DVB-T	United Kingdom
Buena Vista Home Entertainment	2015	A DVB-T	United States
GKIDS	2018	A DVB-T	United States