is a 2006 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Goro Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film is based on a combination of plots and characters from the first four books of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu; however, the film's title is named from the collection of short stories, Tales from Earthsea, made in 2001. The plot was "entirely different" according to the author Ursula K. Le Guin, who told director Goro Miyazaki, "It is not my book. It is your movie. It is a good movie", although she later expressed her disappointment with the end result.