Dark is Rising recommendations

[shinra_lackey]

So, frozen_yoghurt told me that the current/next Studio Ghibli fim is going to be about the Chronicles of Earthsea. How cool is that? I wonder how they're going to adapt the books as they're a bit dark, but I have faith. The reason that I think it's taking so long to show up in the States has to do with Disney and their quest to find celebrity voice actors so

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[cienna]

I saw the new Earthsea Ghibli movie and I enjoyed it a lot! Unfortunately, I've heard that people who have read the books don't like it all. I haven't read them so I couldn't compare them, but apparently a lot of the characters are completely unrecognizable. I think even the author of the book complained. It did quite well in Japan, but even with the Japanese public I think it was a hate it or love it kind of thing.

Oh, yeah, and Title Match looks good!! You guys did a great job!

[shinra_lackey]

Ah, that's sort of what I figured for this movie. While Studio Ghibi is no Disney, the earthsea books aren't as happy and uplifting as most Ghibli tales (excluding Grave of the Fireflies), so I figured as much when I heard about the adaption.

And thanks for looking over Title Match! We're just happy that you were able to scan it for us, so we knew what the hech was going on in Besides You. ^_^

[issen4]

The link for 'First Son' goes someplace else, but a big thank you for the rec for Something Different. It's the Bran/Will I've always wanted to read.

[shinra_lackey]

Eeek! Thanks for the heads up for the mis-linkage. *goes to fix*