"Tales from Earthsea" was released in Japan on July 29, 2006, with a limited theatrical release by Walt Disney Pictures in North America on August 13, 2010. In its American release, the film was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some violent images, making it the first and only animated film released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner to receive a PG-13 rating. It is also the second Studio Ghibli film to receive this rating after "Princess Mononoke" ("The Wind Rises", the third PG-13 film from Studio Ghibli, was distributed under Disney's Touchstone Pictures banner). The DVD release date was March 8, 2011, with a Blu-ray release by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on February 3, 2015. GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on February 6, 2018 under a new deal with Studio Ghibli.