Spirited Away

Spirited Away is one of the best mystical classic movie of all time. Movie came to limelight by classic anime storyteller maestro ‘Hayao Miyazaki’, who rose to prominence from the film “The Castle of Cagliostro” back in 1979 which inpired many filmakers globally.

Spirited Away has become a huge success since its first release back in 2002, becoming a global sensation since it made a huge comeback in 2019 during the corona pandemic, adding another staggering chapter to ‘Oscar’ recipient, writer-director ‘Hayao Miyazaki’, as the movie, promise overwhelming emotions with its beautiful ending with a strong deep thought-provoking visuals encapsulates all the themes presented in the story and delivers a powerful message through his artistic direction causing a global sensation upon its release.

Spirited Away is a classic magical-adventurous story where a 10 teen-year-old school girl named ‘Chihiro’ gets lost and accidentally enters a spirited town. Upon her separation from her parents, she encounters a enigmatic-spirit hoping to find them ever again.

The movie is a classic cryptic story filled with dramatic twists and turns portrayed artistically. The audience experiences societal evil truths, like class differences, exploitation and discrimination through symbolism and mystical elements. The film tackles themes of poignant social reflection, identity, social polarization, selflessness, prejudice, discrimination, and the emotions of having a partition and loss via a breathless life’s transition via young Chihiro’s perspective.

While the ending of ‘Spirited Away’ may seem a bit mystery at first, it’s actually very deep and easy to interpret once the movie is put in perspective through the chihiro’s life. Artistic storytelling comes through the personified the storytelling where author’s perpection is being valued.

Spirited Away was the first anime film from Japan to be nominated for ‘Best Animated Academy Award’. Not only that, it’s one of only two anime films that have won in that genre, hence making anime ‘movie’ in general accepted globally.