27 Facts About Spirited Away

Spirited Away tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters the world of Kami (spirits of Japanese Shinto folklore).

Spirited Away has been widely regarded by critics as one of the greatest films of the 21st century, and to be among the best animated films ever made.

Spirited Away's turns Yubaba's son, Boh, into a mouse, creates a decoy Boh, and mutates Yubaba's harpy into a tiny, flylike bird.

Spirited Away falls into the boiler room with Sen, Boh, and the harpy on his back, where Sen feeds him part of the dumpling she had intended to give her parents, causing him to vomit both the seal and a black slug, which Sen crushes with her foot.

The idea for Spirited Away came about when he wanted to make a film for these friends.

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Spirited Away thought the bathhouse was a mysterious place, and there was a small door next to one of the bathtubs in the bath house.

Spirited Away had to delete many scenes from the story, and tried to reduce the "eye candy" in the film because he wanted it to be simple.

Spirited Away often visited the museum for inspiration while working on the film.

Spirited Away specifically invokes the structure of the film as European-inspired due to Miyazaki's own influences by European films such as The Snow Queen and The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep.

Advertising was limited, with Spirited Away being mentioned in a small scrolling section of the film section of Disney.

Major themes of Spirited Away, heavily influenced by Japanese Shinto-Buddhist folklore, centre on the protagonist, Chihiro, and her liminal journey through the realm of spirits.

Spirited Away's then undergoes a rite of passage according to the monomyth format; to recover continuity with her past, Chihiro must create a new identity.

Spirited Away contains critical commentary on modern Japanese society concerning generational conflicts and environmental issues.

Spirited Away was released theatrically in Japan on 20 July 2001 by distributor Toho.

Spirited Away had very little marketing, less than Disney's other B-films, with a maximum of 151 theatres showing the film in 2002.

Spirited Away then released it theatrically on 12 September 2003.

Spirited Away was first released on VHS and DVD formats in Japan by Buena Vista Home Entertainment on 19 July 2002.

Spirited Away was later watched by 300, 000 UK viewers on BBC2 in 2011, making it the year's most-watched foreign-language film on BBC2.

Spirited Away has received significant critical success on a broad scale.

The website's critics consensus reads, "Spirited Away is a dazzling, enchanting, and gorgeously drawn fairy tale that will leave viewers a little more curious and fascinated by the world around them.

Ebert said that Spirited Away was one of "the year's best films", as well as adding it to his "Great Movies" list.

In 2005, Spirited Away was ranked by IGN as the 12th-best animated film of all time.

Spirited Away is frequently regarded as one of the best films of the 21st century as well as one of the greatest animated films ever made.

Vice declared Spirited Away to be the all-time best animated film and wrote that the film "showed how breathtaking, heartfelt, and serious animation can be" that "Pixar, Disney, and other mainstream animators have still failed to genuinely realize 15 years later".

Production designer Harley Jessup said that he initially looked at Spirited Away and was inspired by the spiritual feelings elements to utilize them in Coco.

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Spirited Away's further explained that cartoons in the West have often been seen as "childish, vulgar, things that you didn't take seriously" but after the film took home the Academy Award, people were starting to see animation as "a real art form".

Stage adaptation of Spirited Away was announced in February 2021 with a world premiere planned in Tokyo on February 28, 2022.