Haku finds Chihiro and leads her toward the bathhouse. She sees several animals and creatures visiting the bathhouse, as well as No-Face ( 顔無し, Kaonashi ), a masked spirit. Haku instructs her to ask for a job from the bathhouse's boiler-man, Kamaji, a yōkai commanding the susuwatari. Kamaji says that he already has enough susuwatari to help him. After Chihiro tries to help but inadvertently causes some disruption, Kamaji asks a worker named Lin to send Chihiro to Yubaba, the witch who runs the bathhouse.

Moon, Kat (20 July 2021). "How Spirited Away Changed Animation Forever". Time . Retrieved 16 April 2022. Spirited Away (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 14 August 2003. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015 . Retrieved 23 January 2015. year-old Chihiro and her parents stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park. After her mother and father are turned into giant pigs, Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku, who explains that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must work there to free herself and her parents. Daily Box Office". EntGroup. 8 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019 . Retrieved 9 July 2019.Lastly, I would like to say I think everyone should watch this movie. I think there are things in it for everyone. Napier, Susan J. (2005). Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-7051-0.

BBC Collective– Spirited Away". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2005 . Retrieved 9 August 2013.Harding, Daryl. "Toho Updates Spirited Away Lifetime Japanese Box Office Gross as Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Inches Closer to #1". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021 . Retrieved 15 December 2020. McGee, Oona (10 November 2021). "First look at Studio Ghibli's new Spirited Away live-action stage play". SoraNews24.com . Retrieved 7 January 2022. Spirited Away [Collector's Edition]". The Studio Ghibli Collection. Los Angeles: GKIDS. ASIN B07W8LJLB3. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. .

In his book Otaku, Hiroki Azuma observed: "Between 2001 and 2007, the otaku forms and markets quite rapidly won social recognition in Japan," and cites Miyazaki's win at the Academy Awards for Spirited Away among his examples. [116] Accolades [ edit ] Year Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 Classic 'Spirited Away' Finally Gets Release in China". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019 . Retrieved 15 June 2019. Yubaba has many similarities to the Coachman from the 1940 film Pinocchio, in the sense that she mutates humans into pigs in a similar way that the boys of Pleasure Island were mutated into donkeys. Upon gaining employment at the bathhouse, Yubaba's seizure of Chihiro's true name symbolically kills the child, [38] who must then assume adulthood. She then undergoes a rite of passage according to the monomyth format; to recover continuity with her past, Chihiro must create a new identity. [38] Traditional Japanese culture [ edit ] Harding, Daryl. "Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Overtakes Your Name to Become 2nd Highest-Grossing Anime Film of All Time Worldwide". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021 . Retrieved 15 February 2021.Studio Ghibli Inc. is a respected Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo, a darling of the international animation industry. Now the brilliant Studio Ghibli classic Spirited Away is coming to London's West End for 2024, beautifully adapted for the stage and produced in the original Japanese with English subtitles. Best Animated Films– Spirited Away". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012 . Retrieved 6 May 2010. Pedersen, Erik (6 December 2021). "101 Greatest Screenplays Of The 21st Century: Horror Pic Tops Writers Guild's List". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021 . Retrieved 16 October 2022. I like the movie very much and this book is a perfect complement to it. If you collect Studio Ghibli movie art books, there's no reason not to add this to your collection. Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning movie is brought beautifully to life with a live orchestra playing the magnificent film score by Joe Hisaishi, arranged by Brad Haak ( Mary Poppins).