Spirited Away is a Japanese movie released in 2001 written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. In the history of Japanese films, this film has done the highest earning(holded the record Till 2020). This film also won an Oscar in year 2003 for Best Animation Film apart from this many reputed media houses and film critics have listed this movie in their must-watch 21st-century movie list. Animation of the movie is done by a Japanese animation studio named Studio Ghibli. If you see the records and check the world’s top 10 animated movies out of 10 movies 5 to 6 movies are created by Studio Ghibli
What’s Spirited Away Movie is all about
The story is all about Chihiro who stays in a small village and unwillingly she is shifting to a city with her parents. While traveling to a city they take a wrong turn and this road takes them to a ghost town this town attracts her parents with the beautiful smell of food and to have it Chihiro and family stop at a food stall in the Gosht town to have food.
Unknowingly Chihiro’s parents are caught by the superpower of the devil and they also start eating the food like devils at the stall, Chihiro notices this and asks her parents to stop eating and exit the place as soon as possible but her parents are totally under the gosht influence and they ignore her.
This visual disturbs Chihiro and she starts running everywhere to get some help and see what this town is. After returning she notices that her parents have become pigs now. Till this happens bright day is now turned into night and she can see all the ghosts coming out and everywhere she can notice ghosts.
Ahead the movie shows how Chihiro gets adjusted in this town, works in the town, and frees her parents and Chihiro herself from this town
Why this movie is so special
Whenever top-rated critics and media brands appreciate a movie there is always a chance that hype is created for that movie but once we have watched this movie we also truly believe that this film deserves this kind of respect. The movie is built in such a way that it gives you surprises every movement and equally the suspense is created in scene by scene. Curiosity is created in the viewer’s mind in every single step that what will happen next and what will happen with Hero now.
The movie’s time duration is 2 hours and there are multiple characters in it but you will never feel like this is being overloaded in the movie and every character you as an audience keep digging into every character and you keep flowing in the character. This film also gives an important message about life which makes this film more special and worth watching.
Message in the Movie
Anyone who watches this movie will surely get at least one good message out of it, the message can be about sacrifice, hard work, supporting people in their bad times, facing difficult situations, loyalty, taking responsibility, Presence of mind, caring about others, taking care of the environment
Spirited Away Characters list
| Sr No | Character Name | Voice By |
| 1 | Chihiro | Daveigh Chase |
| 2 | Akio Ogino (Chihiro’s father) | Michael Chiklis |
| 3 | Yūko Ogino (Chihiro’s mother) | Lauren Holly |
| 4 | Haku | Jason Marsden |
| 5 | Sen | Daveigh Chase |
| 6 | Zeniba | Suzanne Pleshette |
| 7 | Aogaeru | Bob Bergen |
| 8 | Spirit of the Kohaku River | Jason Marsden |
| 9 | Lin | Susan Egan |
| 10 | Yubaba | Suzanne Pleshette |
| 11 | River Spirit | Jim Ward |
| 12 | Aniyaku (assistant Manager) | John Ratzenberger |
| 13 | Boh (baby) | Tara Strong |
| 14 | Chichiyaku | Paul Eiding |
| 15 | Bandai-gaeru (foreman) | Rodger Bumpass |
| 16 | Radish Spirit | Jack Angel |
| 17 | Kamaji | David Ogden Stiers |
Awards won
This film has won many awards and that to form very reputed award shows
In 2001 this movie won Awards from Animation Kobe, Mainichi Film Awards, 5th Japan Media Arts Festival, Blue Ribbon Awards
In 2002 this movie won awards from Tokyo Anime Award, 25th Japan Academy Award, New York Film Critics Online, Cinekid Festival, 52nd Berlin International Film Festival, National Board of Review, 21st Hong Kong Film Awards
In 2003 this movie won Awards from Hugo Awards, Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, 75th Academy Awards, 8th Critics’ Choice Awards, 7th Golden Satellite Awards, 30th Annie Awards, 29th Saturn Awards
And last but worth mentioning this film has also won the OSCAR award, when this film was awarded this was the very first non English film who got the Oscar award
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