Release Date: September 20, 2002 Studio: Buena Vista Pictures Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Genre: Anime MPAA Rating: PG Official Website: The Official
Spirited Away Site
Plot Summary: A surreal adventure reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN
WONDERLAND, SPIRITED AWAY continues Miyazaki's streak of groundbreaking animated
films that also includes PRINCESS MONONOKE and MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO. Succeeding
MONONOKE as the most successful film in Japanese cinema history, this charming
movie follows its own bizarre yet engaging logic as it reveals a cast of
fascinating characters and jaw-dropping settings through stunningly beautiful
hand-crafted animation. A movie experience like no other, SPIRITED AWAY is sure
to enchant audiences of all ages, leaving viewers grinning with a giddy sense of
wonderment.
State-of-the-art Japanese animation impresses with its sheer scope. This is a
sensitively told story that has none of the robustness and crudity of Hollywood
animated films, the imagination of the story is more thoughtful, nuanced and
layered than that. A young girl and her mother and father were shifting house
when they get caught up in a supernatural world at an amusement park.
Delightfully obscure scenes are visually and imaginatively enchanting.
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