The film anticipates these divisions from its opening sequence. Disagreement dogged the project from inception to release and much of this disagreement seems to have sprung from the decision of Toshio Suzuki, president and chief producer of Studio Ghibli, to name Goro as its director, despite his total lack of experience or training in the art of film-making. And Japanese filmgoers – who made it the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2006 – found themselves fiercely divided as to its merits. Le Guin, on whose Earthsea books the film is based, expressed her disappointment with it on her website. Goro Miyazaki’s famous father Hayao made it clear that he did not want his son to direct it. Tales from Earthsea was forged in a spirit of contention.
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