quote:According to a blog entry of an anonymous editor working for a publisher in Tokyo, the next film animation work to be tackled by Studio Ghibli will be based on the Earthsea series of novels by American fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Specifically, the book Gedo Senki (Japanese Title). Hayao Miyazaki will reportedly direct. The editor learned of this news when a film rights option was being sought by the book's Japanese publisher Iwanami Shoten. The America-based Sci-Fi Channel adapted Le Guin's Earthsea series to TV in 2004 in it's "Legend of Earthsea" miniseries. The author has expressed her disapproval of the faithfulness to the original works of the above TV version. Miyazaki has in the past admitted being an admirer of Le Guin's writings.
quote:Miyazaki has in the past admitted being an admirer of Le Guin's writings.
...is a very strange choice of words, I have to say. Is there some shame in being a fan of Le Guin's work?
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You may be reading too much into the reporter's wording. eg I admit to liking chocolate, coffee, Miyazaki, etc..
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Is anything he creates bad?! I couldn't force myself to watch the miniseries, but I'll be waiting anxiously for his interpretation.
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