Goro Miyazaki's dazzling Studio Ghibli animation brings to life Ursula Le Guin's superlative fantasy novels. Young prince Arren leaves his homeland in a quest to find out why Earthsea's life balance is failing. In the company of archmage Sparrowhawk, they discover that the evil wizard Cob is draining the planet's powers for his own purpose, one that needs Arren's life to reach completion, and as good and evil meet in a final battle, the fate of Earthsea hangs in the balance.