Japan Synopsis
ゲド戦記
“Once Man and Dragon were one. Man chose Land and Sea, Dragon chose Wind and Fire.”
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.
Audience Engagement
1,199 audience reviews — more than 97% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Tales from Earthsea. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedDemon City Shinjuku
★ 6.0 · Japan
3 sharedBlack Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
★ 8.1 · Japan
3 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
3 sharedInuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
★ 7.6 · Japan
3 sharedWhite Snake
★ 7.7 · China
3 sharedGoblin Slayer -Goblin's Crown-
★ 7.4 · Japan
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Animation + Fantasy in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Tales from Earthsea itself).
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Tales from Earthsea holds position #236 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Tales from Earthsea. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 55m runtime, production spent $191K per minute on screen and earned $597K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1855th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Tales from Earthsea, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- life and death · 5
- wizard · 4
- terramar · 1
- dragon · 26
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- adult animation · 101
- magic · 84
- sword · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,067 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,955 of 2,532 (top 77%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Studio Ghibli, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, dentsu Music And Entertainment, GNDHDDT, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | July 29, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0495596 |
| Official Site | movies.disney.com |