Spirited Away (2002)
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Product Details: Spirited Away (2002)
- Edition:
- DVD 2-Disc Set. See other editions
- MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Release Date:
- 04/15/2003
- UPC:
- 786936213843
- Directed by:
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Featuring:
- Jason Marsden, Mickie McGowan, Jack Angel. See all cast
Synopsis: Spirited Away (2002)
Synopis: A Japanese anime film from the creator of "Princess Mononoke," this is the story of a girl named Chihiro who travels into the world of gods to find a way to turn her parents into human form after they were turned into... pigs.Features: Spirited Away (2002)
Features: DVD Features:Region 1
2-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Japanese
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Introduction - 1. John Lasseter
Featurette - 1. Voice Talent
2. THE ART OF SPIRITED AWAY
3. Television Nippon Special
Trailers
Film-to-Storyboard Comparison
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Storyboards
Awards: Spirited Away (2002)
- Academy Awards
- Best Animated Feature Film
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User Reviews: Spirited Away
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Miyazaki - True to Form as the Japanese
, April 19, 2003Reviewer:
Jill Berlin - See all Jill Berlin's reviews -
Wonderfully Magical, Completely Original
, May 1, 2003Reviewer: Marla Thompson - See all Marla Thompson's reviews3 of 4 Yahoo! Users found this Spirited Away review helpful I ordered this DVD off of eBay last year to give to my niece for Christmas. It was the Japanese language version with subtitles. When I received it, I decided to watch it to be sure the DVD worked ok (you never know with eBay:). Well, I planned to watch the first few minutes only, but after her parents turn into pigs, I could not stop watching. What a weird, wonderful and completely original story. The animation is fantastic and the music is perfect. Definitely a masterpiece and probably the best movie of last year and easily one of the best animation movies ever. What a find. I want to watch it over and over. I also want to check out Mr. Miyazakis other work, if its half as good as Spirited Away, it will be wonderful.
That all said, I dont think this movie is for the ADD generation, as it moves a little slower than most animation. ...
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In "Spirited Away," his wonderful, beautifully animated masterpiece, we meet 10-year-old Chihiro, who wanders with her parents into a strange neighborhood, little knowing it is a spiritual world once her hungry parents are turned into pigs by an elderly cold-hearted sorceress named Yubaba. To rescue her parents, Chihiro, with the aid of a young boy, a free-thinking female bathhouse worker, and the other human characters working in Yubaba's spiritual bathhouse, must help out in the bathhouse and courageously defies the odds of Yubaba's black magic and short temperament, and all the evil spirits, including a man with six legs and a ghost named "No-Face."
This movie was so successful in Japan that the Walt Disney studios acquired the rights to merge with Miyazaki's Ghibli Studios for this picture, allowing American voice talent to dub for the characters. Daveigh Chase is naturally cute for the voice of Chihiro. Suzanne Pleshette is a sardonic hoot for the voice of Yubaba, but adds a gentle touch for Yubaba's more pleasant twin sister who Chihiro gets to call "Granny." Other voice talents include Lauren Holly as Chihiro's mother, David Odgen Stiers, a regular voiceover in many recent Disney animated movies, as the half-man, half-insect, James Marsden as Chihiro's supportive friend who gets to turn into a dragon in one magical sequence and gives Chihiro the ride of her life, and John Ratzenberger as a singing and dancing Japanese clown. There is also a large baby who eats compulsively for comic support.
"Spirited Away" is a masterpiece with artful imagery and will touch the hearts and minds of all viewers. Small children may be frightened of scenes of faceless ghosts and a spirit that turns into a monster that vomits (the only needless scene in this movie), but it is highly recommended for older children and adults. ...