Spirited Away
2001
In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by witches and monsters, where humans are changed into animals. Read more
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
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| Genres | Children, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Spirited Away
In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by witches and monsters, where humans are changed into animals.
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
|---|---|
| Studio | OPTIMUM RELEASING |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Big Adventures |
| Genres | Children, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 26 Mar 2004 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
Spirited Away (2001)
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Having broken box-office records and added an Oscar to its share of Berlin's Golden Bear, this animated fantasy adventure about a sulky girl who learns the importance of being true to one's self has become an instant Japanimation classic. It contains echoes of Alice in Wonderland that are reinforced by the gallery of rogues and grotesques that resourceful heroine Chihiro encounters after she's trapped inside a fantasy world ruled by twin witches. Director Hayao Miyazaki's insistence on hand-drawn graphics gives the CGI visuals an ethereal charm that ensures the story is always a pleasure to behold, even during its rare moments of inaction.
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Miyazaki's first digitally animated feature (the highest-grossing Japanese film ever) initially seems like a Through... read more on Time Out
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85 out of 90 people found this review helpful
Beautifully Drawn Animation
The single most impressive thing about this Japanese animation is that it is a wonderful hand drawn work of art. You have to go right back to the Disney animations of the 1940's and 50's to see anything this well crafted. And unlike American animations, the characters feel real and the Japanese work ethic shines all the way through. Whether young children will enjoy it as much as the Hollywood movies, I doubt. But as an adult, I adored it.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Excellent and fascinating
Spirited Away is a bizarre tale that can not easily be described but is extremely imaginative and interesting. Beginning with a little Japanese girl and her parents moving house but getting lost on the way and visiting what appears to be an abandoned theme park, the plot takes a turn for the strange.
Creatures appear thoughout the film that just seem to lead to a state of wonder and, as with many other Japanese animated films, the oddities lead to a massive unpredictability.
Best watched in Japanese with subtitles, this film deservedly won the best animated feature Oscar and is deliciously different in comparison to the standard Disney cartoon.
Definitley one to watch, though not suited to all tastes. -
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Spirited Away
In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by witches and monsters, where humans are changed into animals....
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