History Trivia / TalesFromEarthsea

* UnderageCasting: Blaire Restaneo was about 12/13 years old when she voiced the seventeen-year-old Therru.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Blaire Restaneo (Therru in the English dub) was about 12 years old when she voiced the character.

* PlayingAgainstType: Comedian [[Creator/CheechandChong Cheech Marin]] plays Hare. While the character is still a hammy villain, he's also ''very'' serious and vile, a definite change of pace from Marin's usual voice roles.

* PlayingAgainstType: Comedian [[Creator/CheechandChong Cheech Marin]] plays Hare. While the character is still a hammy villain, he's also very serious and vile, a definite change of pace from Marin's usual voice roles.

* Playing Against Type: Comedian [[Creator/CheechandChong Cheech Marin]] plays Hare. While the character is still a hammy villain, he's also very serious and vile, a definite change of pace from Marin's usual voice roles.

Playing Against Type: Comedian [[Creator/CheechandChong Cheech Marin]] plays Hare. While the character is still a hammy villain, he's also very serious and vile, a definite change of pace from Marin's usual voice roles.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: Blaire Restaneo (Therru in the English dub) was about 12 years old when she voiced the character.

* DisownedAdaptation: Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's response to the film can be found [[https://www.ursulakleguin.com/gedo-senki-1 here]]. In a nutshell, she thought the film suffered in comparison to her own novels and that is was overly violent and [[{{Anvilicious}} preachy]], and that the characters are too white (which is a serious issue for Le Guin), but that the movie was merely dissatisfying rather than outright bad. Le Guin was also disappointed by the movie as a fan of Creator/StudioGhibli, and she thought that the animation seemed rushed and less detailed when compared to their previous work. Given Le Guin's vehemently negative opinions of all prior attempts at adapting her work to other media this can be interpreted as getting off lightly.

* RealitySubtext: One could make an argument that Arren's [[TheHerosJourney journey's]] echoes Goro Miyazaki's career. A son kills his [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki beloved father the king]] for [[OedipusComplex Oediptic reasons]] and [[TakeUpMySword takes his sword]]… Only to find he is incapable of using it and unable to escape the shadows, until he fully accepts his own fears and weaknesses, [[Anime/FromUpOnPoppyHill after which he improves.]] It doesn't help the fact that Hayao himself didn't like the movie.

* DisownedAdaptation: Le Guin's response to the film can be found [[http://www.ursulakleguin.com/GedoSenkiResponse.html here]]. In a nutshell, she thought the film suffered in comparison to her own novels and that is was overly violent and [[{{Anvilicious}} preachy]], and that the characters are too white (which is a serious issue for Le Guin), but that the movie was merely dissatisfying rather than outright bad. Le Guin was also disappointed by the movie as a fan of Studio Ghibli, and she thought that the animation seemed rushed and less detailed when compared to their previous work. Given Le Guin's vehemently negative opinions of all prior attempts at adapting her work to other media this can be interpreted as getting off lightly.

* RealitySubtext: One could make an argument that Arren's [[TheHerosJourney journey's]] echoes Goro Miyazaki's career. A son kills his [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki beloved father the king]] for [[OedipusComplex Oediptic reasons]] and [[TakeUpMySword takes his sword]]… Only to find he is incapable of using it and unable to escape the shadows, until he fully accepts his own fears and weaknesses, [[Anime/FromUpOnPoppyHill after which he improves.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hayao Miyazaki offered to adapt the book in the early '90s, but Ursula K. [=LeGuinn=], not being familiar with his work, turned him down. By the time she watched his films and became convinced he could do justice to the book, he had [[TenSecondRetirement (briefly)]] retired and she had to settle for his son.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hayao Miyazaki offered to adapt the book in the early '90s, but Ursula K. [=LeGuinn=], not being familiar with his work, turned him down. By the time she watched his films and became convinced he could do justice to the book, he had retired and she had to settle for his son.

* DisownedAdaptation: Le Guin's response to the film can be found [[http://www.ursulakleguin.com/GedoSenkiResponse.html here]]. In a nutshell, she thought the film suffered in comparison to her own novels and that is was overly violent and [[{{Anvilicious}} preachy]], and that the characters are too white (which is a serious issue for Le Guin), but that the movie was merely dissatisfying rather than outright bad. Le Guin was also disappointed by the movie as a fan of Studio Ghibli, and she thought that the animation seemed rushed and less detailed when compared to their previous work. Given Le Guin's [[DisownedAdaptation vehemently negative opinions]] of all prior attempts at adapting her work to other media this can be interpreted as getting off lightly.

* DisownedAdaptation: Le Guin's response to the film can be found [[http://www.ursulakleguin.com/GedoSenkiResponse.html here]]. In a nutshell, she thought the film suffered in comparison to her own novels and that is was overly violent and [[{{Anvilicious}} preachy]], and that the characters are too white (which is a serious issue for Le Guin), but that the movie was merely dissatisfying rather than outright bad. Given Le Guin's [[DisownedAdaptation vehemently negative opinions]] of all prior attempts at adapting her work to other media this can be interpreted as getting off lightly.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Anybody else expecting to hear a CHUNG CHUNG when they heard the glorious voice of [[Series/LawAndOrderSVU Detective Olivia Benson]]?
** When Cob has his VillainousBreakdown, his louder voice and cackling makes it obvious that he's [[Film/SpiderMan1 the Green Goblin]].
** Hare probably [[Creator/CheechAndChong up and smokes]] too.

** When Cob has his VillainousBreakdown, his louder voice and cackling makes it obvious that he's [[Film/SpiderMan1 the Green Goblin.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: Anybody else expecting to hear a CHUNG CHUNG when they heard the glorious voice of [[LawAndOrderSVU Detective Olivia Benson]]?
** When Cob has his VillainousBreakdown, his louder voice and cackling makes it obvious that he's [[SpiderMan the Green Goblin.]]
* RealitySubtext: One could make an argument that Arren's [[TheHerosJourney journey's]] echoes Goro Miyazaki's career. A son kills his [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki beloved father the king]] for [[OedipusComplex Oediptic reasons]] and [[TakeUpMySword takes his sword]]… Only to find he is incapable of using it and unable to escape the shadows, until he fully accepts his own fears and weaknesses, [[FromUpOnPoppyHill after which he improves.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hayao Miyazaki offered to adapt the book in the early '90s, but Ursula K. [=LeGuinn=], not being familiar with his work, turned him down. By the time she watched his films and became convinced he could do justice to the book, he had retired and she had to settle for his son.

* RealitySubtext: One could make an argument that Arren's [[TheHerosJourney journey's]] echoes Goro Miyazaki's career. A son kills his [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki beloved father the king]] for [[OedipusComplex Oediptic reasons]] and [[TakeUpMySword takes his sword]]… Only to find he is incapable of using it and unable to escape the shadows.

* RealitySubtext: One could make an argument that Arren's [[TheHerosJourney journey's]] echos Goro Miyazaki's career. A son kills his [[Creator/HayaoMiyazaki beloved father the king]] for [[OedipusComplex Oediptic reasons]] and [[TakeUpMySword takes his sword]]… Only to find he is incapable of using it and unable to escape the shadows.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen -- Hayao Miyazaki offered to adapt the book in the early '90s, but Ursula K. [=LeGuinn=], not being familiar with his work, turned him down. By the time she watched his films and became convinced he could do justice to the book, he had retired and she had to settle for his son.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen -- Hayao Mizazaki offered to adapt the book in the early '90s, but Ursula K. [=LeGuinn=], not being familiar with his work, turned him down. By the time she watched his films and became convinced he could do justice to the book, he had retired and she had to settle for his son.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen -- Ursula K. Le Guin originally wanted Hayao Miyazaki to direct Earthsea. Due various reasons the job was given to his son Goro.