How Ghibli Screwed Earthsea 

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Didn’t he say “It’s good that he made ONE movie. With that he should quit.”

I saw that video! It was brutal

Then why didbhe gave him the movie ?

@@mayareads708 I think Miyazaki was involved in another project and the producer handed over Earthsea to Miyazaki's son

Ooohhhhhh.

That makes me feel better.

Disclaimer: This Video is rather subjective and kinda off the mark, tbh. This Movie are definetly worse than presented here.

That totally explains earwig and the witch too

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I came to the comments to say exactly this. Howl's Moving Castle still turned out to be a good movie, but it's based on the book more loosely than the World War Z movie.

@@3COI Looser adaptation? That's actually impressive because World War Z was something else.

I have to disagree (as someone who read the book). Howl not only captures the characters but, except for diminishing the role of the Witch of the Waste to amplify war themes, the overall plot is quite similar/the same as the book.

Yeah, that's definitely the case. I was glad to hear they were taking freedoms with the source material, but I think only Hayao (not Goro) has done this well.

Hard agree. The story is massively changed and even the very style just clashes with the style of Howl's Moving Castle the book. It was a poor choice for a Gibli adaptaion. Howl transforms into a bird? indeed the whole war already in progress and airships etc is just so off it shook me out of the whole thing. Howl is much more harsh with Sophie in the books and it is easier to see why she feels under threat by him. Whereas in the movie they are hinting at a romantic relatioship blossoming which should be a book or two off. The witch of the waste strange look, power-loss and redemption 'arc' unecessary and bizare. She was far more menacing and sutble in the book. Her whole character just splurged into a generic anime villain. Her whole motivation is lost as someone trying to assemble the perfect being and using Howl's head to compelte it. Significant changes in Sophie's back story. These are more acceptable but still change the feeling of the story significantly especially as it reflects on her step mother and the missing sister and Michael. Also Sophie is a sorceress, right from the start not a strong one but she does magic from the get go. Missing this harms her arc in my opinion and removes a lot of the sense of Califer trusting her to break the curse/contract with Howl. Madame Suliman? What the heck were they thinking there? i'm guessing they just wanted to save a bit of time and combine characters but they do neither of the two characters they are combining any real justice so... Anyway, not saying it is a bad movie. Visually people keep telling me it is stunning (I am no judge so I accept it). However those who claim it is close to the book are not correct. People can love it and many fans do but as a reimagining not as a faithful adaption. Not everything has to be. I did not enjoy it. I love the book. There are those who will love both and those who will love neither. I have a feeling this might be true for Earth Sea too.

That series messed me up in all the best ways. It's intense.

The manga is so incredible and nobody who only watched the movie ever knows what they're getting into with it.

Interesting. What is fantasy about it? The movie was very straightforward SF I thought.

@@doppelrutsch9540 The movie is indeed more SF, but the manga definitely has more fantasy tropes; starting with the depiction of warfare, there are less firearms and tanks, and more swords and cavalry in the manga. Miyazaki stated that his two main inspirations for the series were The Lord of the Rings and Dune.

@@lcatalamusic Additionally it leans into the more spiritual parts of the setting.

Yes, I agree, this was far worse than what Studio Ghibli did.

This 100%.

Please tell me there will be a new adaption that is worth watching 😢

The old tv series from the '80s wasn't too bad imo.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader made me angry. It sucked out all of the fun from a fantastic ocean voyage and made it a generic mcguffin save the world story.

Voyage of the Dawn Treader made me angry also. That bit where Lucy tells a little girl (I think?) something along the lines of "It will all be OK, you just have to have faith". I don't believe that's a message that C. S. Lewis would have approved of. The inverse connotation of this message in real life is - if it doesn't work out OK, it's your fault for not having enough faith. And there are absolutely abusive religious "leaders" out there who take this line, and tell people that (the 2 examples I know of) the death of their baby was their fault for not being good enough Christians. To add that awful message to the movie, and give it a strong emphasis, this made me extremely angry. I'm glad they didn't make any more after that.

Ok then why did he give it to him and didn’t bother to be involved….?

@@ladyethyme Because it wasn't his film. He isn't in charge of Ghibli to make that decision and was literally making better films at the time.

@@ladyethyme This is knowledge gained from "Beyond Ghibli" video The tales of Earthsea - The power of a Name, but to take a little segment from the video, Ursula gave the rights to Miyazaki in the middle of production for Howl's Moving Castle, so with that already on his plate, Ghibli decided to give his son the directorial role after Goro was initially brought on to do story boarding, then due to his status of being Hayao Miyazaki's son, was kind of forcibly put into the directorial seat despite as you may have been told before that this was his first time ever directing a film. Beyond Ghibli's video is a great watch if you're still interested as to why Tales of Earthsea was so botched but to put it all on one person always seemed to me a bit harsh.

@@ladyethyme he didn't give to his son, that claim you heard is wrong because this RU-vidr didn't bother to research well

No, you are right. Dan just doesn't know what he is talking about.

Goro somewhat worked his way up the Ghibli ladder and definitely wasn't just handed the job based on his name alone. He showed actual promise in the field of animation. First he was the director of the Ghibli museum, then he did some storyboarding work and it was there where his talent was recognized and he was given the opportunity to direct for the first time. It was a difficult first job but goro has gone on to prove multiple times over that he is a good director.

​@@NaramSinofAkkad790 true, and even if it's not a good adaptation i think this movie was at least a good story

That was a great video

Recommended for anyone wanting more book to film content!

He summed up everything so well.

He always does a great job

Isn't that just about the Sci-Fi channel adaptation?

Adding it to my to watch list.

It´s one of my favourites of all time, but I disagree on it having outstanding visuals for the studio´s standarts. I would say it´s their most plot stunning movie.

It's way too self indulgend imo

@@tolgayatamturk2304 Do you mean that you are against the message of the film or that they took some liberties poorly at some point?

I disagree as well. The story is ok, however I didn’t like the animation at all

From Up on Poppy Hill is almost great but is very rushed towards the end

From up on the Poppy Hill is one of my favorite Ghibli movies (only after Howl's Moving Castle & Whisper of the Heart)! The whole mess of the situation with the Wizard of Earthsea is just sad and frustrating (and I'm saying that as someone who DNF-ed the series)

Its funny how all the conflict behind the scenes of this movie is more Le Guin than the movie itself. Goro can make good movies, he just didn't make a good high fantasy movie.

I’m looking for a fantasy book(series) that matches these qualities: -setting in a mythological version of ancient Japan -has gods/goddesses, heroes, villains, ghosts, monsters, magic,etc -has elements of action, adventure, romance, history, mystery, tragedy, faith, honor, triumph,etc What are some recommendations of this?

@@Dino23968 tbh I haven’t encountered any work that fits your exact description in an English language typical novel format. So if you’ve found any I’d be interested too! However upon reading your prompt I felt that the manga “Hyakki Yakoushou” (Tales of a 100 ghosts by twilight) might fit some of your descriptions. It’s not set in ancient Japan, and falls more closely to Horror/Supernatural genre but it deals with lots of spirits, kitsune, Shinto deities that are reminiscent of ancient Japan myths and legends. The story arcs are independent but there are recurring characters. It might fit the mood and theme you were going for as the story isn’t just straight-laced horror but with elements of mystery and fantasy. Another work that comes to mind but isn’t set in ancient Japan but is an English novel would be “The Poppy Ways” series. The world building is quite blatantly based on ancient China, it has gods/deities, heroes, a really scary villain, monsters and magic. Action, adventure, history (based on the story’s own lore not ours) and tragedy (esp first book) definitely fit the bill.

Yes. The entire story is really sad. Hayao was in complete objection to Goro directing both before and after.

Disclaimer: This Video is rather subjective and kinda off the mark, tbh. This Movie are definetly worse than presented here.

KiKi!!!

It is still clearly nepotism even if it was Suzuki who assigned the project to the younger Miyazaki. You think Gorō would’ve been given the project if he wasn’t the son of the cofounder? Whatever the internal studio politics, those in charge are to blame.

@@Hup. yeah but Daniel specifically said "Miyazaki passed it off to his son" and that Miyazaki himself was responsible for the nepotism. But that's just not true based of the other evidence out there depicting the relationship between them. It was still nepotism but not due to Hayao's actions.

also at the time Goro was in his 30s, and been working at Ghibli since he got out of college.

I don't expect RU-vidr actually try to understand how Japanese entertainment industry operate. I think this video should be understood as 'review', not any actual study. Asking RU-vidr to look into things with field theory is too much.

​@@MrVivisexy Hey, if you want to talk specifically, maybe actually go back and look at what he specifically said. Otherwise, just don't say specifically. That's clearly not what Daniel said. In fact, he specifically said that he doesn't know what happened.

Whoa Anno was a voice actor in the dub?! That's so cool! I didn't know that! So cool they're friends.

@@princessthyemis Anno has worked on Ghibli films too. He animated the god warrior at the end of Naussicaa.

Thank you! Finally someone who understands why I can't totally love Howl's Moving Castle! It's a nice movie, but it isn't a real adaptation of the book.

Agree agree... I'm a huge fan of D.W. Jones's books, and the film just steers right off the track - it's a good film, but the humor in the book and the character of Howl is totally lost unfortunately.

Disclaimer: This Video is rather subjective and kinda off the mark, tbh. This Movie are definetly worse than presented here.

I had no idea it was based off of a book. I absolutely loved the movie, how was the book.

The book is like a cozy fantasy. Has some strong fairytale themes to it as well. Sophie has a wonderful relationship with her sisters. My main issue with the movie is they changed the conflict. @@raiden_187

Disclaimer: This Video is rather subjective and kinda off the mark, tbh. This Movie are definetly worse than presented here.

Thats the only Ghibli film I ever saw and I really liked it. I wish I could see it again.

At least the SyFy adaptation was somewhat closer to the source material, but that's all its got going for it.

@@willn703 even that is tenuous at best

Will Nelson I would have to disagree with you on this. They white washed most of the cast, messed up a good bit of the plot points, they added a BBEG that was not needed and did nothing for the story, they also messed up the names and true names of the characters. But even if you removed Earthsea from it I would still find it to be a mediocre movie at best.

@@willn703 Watch Lost in Adaptation's review of the TV Series and the novel, because he goes in depth of just how terrible SyFy's adaptation is. It just barely goes over the "In Name Only" territory.

Haha, that's what I said! Syfy's movie was truly atrocious.

Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshifumi Kondo did a great job for the studio as well.

I don't know if you have ever mentioned it or not, but have you ever read Howl's Moving Castle?It's actually a trilogy with Castle in the Sky and The House of Many Ways. The books aren't very long and are extremely well written and I would love to see you do a compare and contrast between the book and movie and reviews for the sequels.

Disclaimer: This Video is rather subjective and kinda off the mark, tbh. This Movie are definetly worse than presented here.

Yes! It was really good!

yyeeep! though I don't remember him taking about the Ghibli adaptation. it might've been completely overshadowed by that other Terrible Adaptation

@@MissMokate he didn't, because last time he talked about a ghibli movie they made him take it down

@@wingcastlereads5657 what the hell. didn't know about that, that's a shit thing to have to deal with and a shit thing to do to a content creator.

@@MissMokate Yep he categorically can't review Ghibli any more because of their insane copyright behaviour. His Howl's video I think is still available to patreon supporters, and that's it. I really like Ghibli movies but it's sort of unclear whether Japan has the same fair use policy as the US, and regardless Google seems disinterested in clarifying it and will just issue strikes on Ghibli content as soon as the studio makes a claim. I won't be surprised if this video of Daniel's gets the same treatment because it seems to be a studio-wide practice.

@@Serioslump oh yes Grave of Fireflies is an absolute masterpiece. Yeah i wrote this before he talked about the drama with the Miyazakis

Takahata was just as good if not sometimes better IMO.

Which I cover extensively in this video. :)

@@DanielGreeneReviews joke's on me then😂

From what I remember that was a much better adaptation.

I a way, he did exactly what he critized in the movie. Externalizing evil instead of understanding the bigger picture.

What? Well I guess we call alcoholic beverages in general liquor, but we also use spirits, it's just more specific to hard liquors with high alcohol content like gin, vodka, rum, etc.

@@MRuby-qb9bd well I don't know heavy bartender stuff...I don't drink, but yeah u r right. My purpose was too convey the joke not info.

@@MRuby-qb9bd As an Iowan I always understood liquor to mean hard liquor in general use. One might say, "were they drinking liquor or beer?"

@Long Wang dude...I do not drink, and its no fact just something we learned in the british to american course which wasn't accurate. Stop being rude, i am not conveying info, don't even drink, just telling a joke

@@MrKirner But colloquially people do sometimes use it when they aren't being specific, like booze, or if there is a mixed selection. A bartender or afficionado/sommelier probably wouldn't.

The first book would've made for an amazing adaptation.

Great books!

Honestly I really liked the movie, I think both book and movie are great in their own way.

What's wrong with that?

@@GeneraluStelaru one of many reasons is because it takes away rare and good representation for POC children

@@hopetikvah4906 Isn't that compensated with POC versions of white characters?

@@GeneraluStelaru Just my opinion, but I think that can often come across as being quite performative. I'd prefer if they'd just leave characters with the original races they were meant to be portrayed with.

@@hopetikvah4906 That would be wonderful if it was followed in the West.

I would give it a shot. They're very easy to adjust to and enjoy.

They're pretty good.

YES they're amazing. Second and third books especially.