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[james_davis_nicoll]

Well, now I've seen Tales from Earthsea.

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[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Rent before buying. It is not as good as the others you mention, I think. But it is as good as Pom Poko, Cat Returns, and others among the "less good" Ghibli films, in my opinion. The visuals and richness of the production design are really interesting I think, especially compared to the faux-Euro surfaceous fantasy glop coming out of Disney lately (compare with ::shudder:: "Tangled" for example). The thoroughness of Ghibli's production design work is no more lacking in "Earthsea" than the best of Ghibli's work, but the depth of story and character is not as evident.