Paradise Reel

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with this little bit of info on Studio Ghibli’s upcoming project. Happy Holidays from Cineaste!

Studio Ghibli website has reported that the next project to be given the Miyazaki treatment is none other than Ursula K. Le Guin’s beloved novel “A Wizard of Earthsea”. The company has acquired the rights of “Gedo Senki” (which is the Japanese title of Le Guin’s novel and roughly translates to “Gedo’s War History”) and has tasked Hayao’s son, Goro, to manage the directorial duties. There was the dismal Sci-Fi channel miniseries a while back based on the same set of novels so lets hope that Japan’s premiere animation studio will be able to set right the series whilst lending its magical touch. The animated feature will utilise a combination of hand drawn cels and computer manipulation to bring the story to life. The teaser site has only one image to speak of but it still gives you an idea of how this little fantasy tale is going turn out. Click here to view the website! The site is in Japanese so unless you’re either from that country or watched a little too much anime while growing up, we probably will not understand a single thing there. An english version of the site should be up shortly.