| 1 | * CrossdressingVoices: Yūko Tanaka (who previously played Lady Eboshi in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'') voices Lord Cob in the Japanese version. |
| 2 | * 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 it 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. |
| 3 | * PlayingAgainstType: Comedian [[Creator/CheechandChong Cheech Marin]] plays Hare. While the character is still a [[EvilIsHammy hammy villain]], he's also ''very'' serious and vile, a definite change of pace from Marin's usual voice roles. |
| 4 | * ScrewedByTheNetwork: Due to [[SoOkayItsAverage lackluster]] critical reception in Asian releases, most Western releases were heavily meddled with and much more limited than past Ghibli releases. The film was only released in 23 cinemas across the entire United Kingdom and Ireland (in both dubbed and subbed versions), five cinemas in Australia ([[NoDubForYou sub-only]]), and two small cinemas in Spain ([[NoDubForYou sub-only]]). The United States got it the worst, as they had to wait [[LateExportForYou four years]] for the film to see a release, in only five cinemas and as a dub-only release. |
| 5 | * UnderageCasting: Blaire Restaneo was about twelve/thirteen years old when she voiced the seventeen-year-old Therru. |
| 6 | * 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 [[TenMinuteRetirement (briefly)]] retired and she had to settle for his son. |
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