Hayao Miyazaki’s son, Goro, has directed his first film “Gedo Senki” based on Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series. The film was released in Japan this summer. Le Guin wrote her account of the film’s history, describing how she declined Hayao Miyazaki’s original request to create an Earthsea film. She was eventually introduced to his films and realized his genius. A new correspondence with Studio Ghibli began and she gave her consent to a film but was soon disappointed to learn that Goro would be taking over the film. His father was completely uninvolved. Le Guin’s review of the resulting film seems disappointed, but not entirely negative. She knows that much worse has resulted from film adaptations and, more pointedly, the SciFi Channel’s TV adaptation.