Comments on: Gedo Senki, Earthsea and Ursula K. LeGuin http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/16/gedo-senki-earthsea-and-ursula-k-leguin/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Elio García http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/16/gedo-senki-earthsea-and-ursula-k-leguin/#comment-1661 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:56:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/16/gedo-senki-earthsea-and-ursula-k-leguin/#comment-1661 Miyazki's films often seem to have rather strange denouments, and I wonder to what degree this is a cultural thing? In any case, I'm looking forward to Goro Miyazaki's entry into animated films. The one English-language review I've seen was pretty positive, despite acknowledging some of the same issues as Le Guin pointed out (namely, the rushed nature of the project and the resulting conventionality of the animation). Miyazki’s films often seem to have rather strange denouments, and I wonder to what degree this is a cultural thing? In any case, I’m looking forward to Goro Miyazaki’s entry into animated films. The one English-language review I’ve seen was pretty positive, despite acknowledging some of the same issues as Le Guin pointed out (namely, the rushed nature of the project and the resulting conventionality of the animation).

]]> by: dave roman http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/16/gedo-senki-earthsea-and-ursula-k-leguin/#comment-1641 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:19:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/08/16/gedo-senki-earthsea-and-ursula-k-leguin/#comment-1641 "Much of it was, I thought, incoherent. This may be because I kept trying to find and follow the story of my books while watching an entirely different story, confusingly enacted by people with the same names as in my story, but with entirely different temperaments, histories, and destinies." That's pretty much the same reaction of Diana Wynne Jones (and her fans) to Howl's Moving Castle. And that was at least directed by Miyazaki senior. It starred all the same characters from the book featured lots of elements and visuals but mixed them up in really confusing way that left people scratching their heads. I still loved a lot of it though as a fan of both Jones and Miyazaki. I'm curious to see The Farthest Shore though someday. I'm shore it will at least be SOMEWHAT captivating. “Much of it was, I thought, incoherent. This may be because I kept trying to find and follow the story of my books while watching an entirely different story, confusingly enacted by people with the same names as in my story, but with entirely different temperaments, histories, and destinies.”

That’s pretty much the same reaction of Diana Wynne Jones (and her fans) to Howl’s Moving Castle. And that was at least directed by Miyazaki senior. It starred all the same characters from the book featured lots of elements and visuals but mixed them up in really confusing way that left people scratching their heads. I still loved a lot of it though as a fan of both Jones and Miyazaki.

I’m curious to see The Farthest Shore though someday. I’m shore it will at least be SOMEWHAT captivating.

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