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- 2002
- PG
- 2 h 5 m
- 2002
- PG
- 2 h 5 m
Summary A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. [Walt Disney Studios]
Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki
Written By: Hayao Miyazaki
- 2002
- PG
- 2 h 5 m
- 2002
- PG
- 2 h 5 m
Spirited Away
8.8
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Summary A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. [Walt Disney Studios]
Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki
Written By: Hayao Miyazaki
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
96
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
96
100% Positive
41 Reviews
41 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Miyazaki celebrates individualism and nature’s simple, untainted beauties, subsequently pondering the transcendent power of communication between the “inside” and the “outside.”
The fact that Miyazaki and his team hand-draw the images before they're digitally coloured and animated gives them an artistry that has been woefully lacking from so many recent American features.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,732 User Ratings
8.8
90% Positive
1564 Ratings
1564 Ratings
4% Mixed
75 Ratings
75 Ratings
5% Negative
93 Ratings
93 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,732 User Ratings
8.8
90% Positive
1564 Ratings
1564 Ratings
4% Mixed
75 Ratings
75 Ratings
5% Negative
93 Ratings
93 Ratings
Some may call Spirited away over-rated and one of Hayao Miyazaki's decent works among preference to his older works like Porco Rosso, Mononoke hime, Tonari no Totoro, etc. But to me, this film is the near depiction of a perfect film.
I know films cannot be perfect, but Spirited away comes very close; the music by Joe Hisaishi is the goat, THE GOAT!!, the editing is merely flawless as order of events happen so smoothly which is quite hard for a 2-D animated film to achieve, the set designs and locations are timeless with strange familiarity like you've been there before, the stellar voice-acting from both Japanese and English cast were top-notch (and to me has the best English dubbing for an Anime thanks to John Lasseter), and even when the entire concept of the film feels so outlandish, absurd and weird it feels very authentic and abnormally surreal without becoming uncanny, and it also perfectly captures the feeling of being lost in a new environment when either leaving home and getting a job or lost in the supermarket as a kid, which in some way we can all relate to whether we are a child or an adult.
This was my second introduction to the works of Studio Ghibli after red turtle, and this instantly became one of my top 3 favorite films and I watched this films over 5 times now, so it is safe to say that it is a pinnacle of a movie by the director Hayao Miyazaki and Score by Joe Hisaishi, to be honest, I never experienced another Ghibli film which could top spirited away since it was my first Miyazaki film, like some of us started with Totoro or Laputa or Nausicaa or even Lupin as our first introduction to the world of Ghibli or Miyazaki and those films remain in our eyes the best when compared to other films, like how Spirited away is to me.
And if you are planning on watching it or re-visiting, take Miyazaki's words and see with eyes unclouded.
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Easily Miyazaki’s best film, and one of the best films of all time, not just within the anime genre.
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An out-and-out charmer. It's almost impossible to do justice in words either to the visual richness of the movie, which melanges traditional Japanese clothes and architecture with both Victorian and modern-day artifacts, or to the character-filled storyline, with human figures, harpies and grotesque creatures.
Wondrously strange and just plain wonderful.
Enchanting and impressively crafted.
Offers a ride worth taking -- an excursion through a fantastical pop universe that is pure, enchanting magic. Try it; you'll like it.
Too intense for the youngest viewers, but teenagers will enjoy it -- an ill-smelling "stink-god" character is almost worthy of a Kevin Smith gross-out movie -- and grown-ups should find it diverting, if not exactly deep.
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Spirited Away is probably the only Hayao Miyazaki movie I think is decent. The art is really the only thing that saves it for me since I couldn't get a feel for the characters outside the animals and minor ones. It just falls flat in many parts to me especially with Haku.
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Decent movie worth a watch, with a strong storyline and a good script. However, I am not a fan of the animation, it reminds me too much of Pokemon and the typical Japanese cartoons.
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Production Company
Tokuma Shoten,
Studio Ghibli,
Nippon Television Network (NTV),
Dentsu,
Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC),
Mitsubishi,
Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date Sep 20, 2002
Duration 2 h 5 m
Rating PG
Tagline The tunnel led Chihiro to a mysterious town.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tokyo Anime Award
• 8 Wins & 8 Nominations
Mainichi Film Concours
• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations
