Spirited Away (Animated) (DVD)

...feature storyboard ..'The Making of Spirited Away' Nippon TV special ..Japanese trailers and TV spots (with English subtitles) ..Trailers ..Interactive menu ..Scene Access ..Voice talent featurette ..Meet Hayao Miyazaki -amazon ```````````` DVD - 7.97 for same format as above DVD - new and used from 4.09 DVD - available for rental -HMV.... `````````` DVD - 17.99 for double disc but same features as 5.99 from Play.com SUMMARY '''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ...
...a treat and the 5.99 from Play.com with all the special features looks an absolute bargain. Animated films do not come much better than this - a production that will appeal as much to adults as to children. In terms of durability, I have enjoyed this as much if not more, during the repeat viewings. To balance this however, if action, comedy and slapstick are more to your taste with animation, I would not recommend this as something you would necessarily ...

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...of the still virtually unknown Spirited Away - an Oscar-winning anime. It currently holds the record for the highest-grossing film in Japanese cinema history, taking the top-spot from another anime - 'Princess Mononoke', the film that single-handedly got me interested in the genre. Spirited Away has, on the whole, been very well-received - it's currently scaling the dizzy-heights of #41 in imdb.com's list of all-time greatest movies. However, I ...
...feared that my anticipation for Spirited Away was so great that I could only end up disappointed. Thankfully, this wouldn't prove to be the case; having watched the film in my local theatre, it's safe to say it made quite an impact - I bought the American DVD from playUSA.com the next day. Spirited Away centres on the exploits of Chihiro; an anti-social and pessimistic ten year-old girl who we first see lying across the backseat of her family car, ...

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...another Hayao Miyazaki movie called Spirited Away, and as you might think my title of this review is a bit weird, but that is the original Japanese name to this film. Story ***** The film starts off with a young girl called Chihiro and her family moving to their new house, and they end up driving to this off road area, thinking that they took a wrong turn or something. They notice their house and naturally assume they will be able to get to the ...
...film comparison • 'The Making Of Spirited Away' Nippon TV special • Japanese trailers and TV spots (with English subtitles) • Exclusive trailer for 'The Cat's Return' • Interactive menu • Scene access • Behind the Microphone - voice talent featurette • Meet Hayao Miyazaki Directing ********* This film was directed magnificently, how Hayao Miyazaki captures all of the elements of this fantasy film, and ...

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...very popular among anime fans. Spirited Away is another work of art that I'm sure most people will love. I was VERY surprised to see movie posters for Spirited Away (I’m in London), as animes are rarely shown in movie theatres. You can often find a small selection of DVDs in most of the popular high-street entertainment shops like HMV and Virgin, and a wider selection in stores such as Forbidden Planet, with all the cult titles and merchandise, ...
...is as far as I know. The story is about a young girl, Chihiro, (aged 8-13?). Anyway, the movie begins with Chihiro and her parents in the car on their way to their new house in the country side. The father, not sure on how to reach the new house decides on a route through a long wooded area. When they finally reach the end, they do not find their new home, instead they find a strange looking building with a small dark tunnel entrance, with a statue ...

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...new is around £6+. Spirited Away is about a young girl (Chihiro) who follows her parents into this deserted 'theme park' when night falls, strange creatures roam the place and Chihiro tries to leave but discover her parents have been turned into pigs for eating the spirit's food! She is then put to work at the bath house there so then she might be able to find a way to save her parents, with the help of the spirits who work there and Haku, a boy ...
...place she has been spirited away to. The movie's graphics are well done, facial expressions are drawn in detail and the movement of the characters are fluid. Something fans of cartoons and anime will most definitely enjoy, I most certainly had fun watching it. The music creates a tense atmosphere when it is needed or changes to happy and jovial when the humourous elements appear, I found it went well with the story and made it more interesting. ...

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...Like most Japanese films, Spirited Away works at any number of levels. The main plot lien is pretty straightforward; Chihiro is a ten year old girl in the 'real world' who is moving house with her parents, on the way, they get lost and find themselves transported to an enchanted land, where her parents are turned into pigs, and she ends up in a traditional Bathhouse, who's clients come from the spirit world. She faces many challenges, and through ...
...breaking the spell cast over her parents, and returns to 'real' life. The bit in the middle, which takes up about 90% of the film is quite simply barking mad, however, so beautifully animated it hardly matters. The 'look and feel' is certainly eastern, there's loads of cultural references, which although lost on most western viewers (myself included) simply enhance the integrity of the film. What I especially liked was the typically pacifist approach ...

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...Chihiro no kamikakushi AKA Spirited Away film details (I need to get this out of the way): View trailer at: http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/spirited_away.html Direction: Hayao Miyazaki (Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most famous, talented and brilliant animator in Japan. If you are a manga fan, you probably already know him!) Voices: Please see IMDB list (too long!) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/ Duration: 130 minutes Production: Dentsu ...
...meanings and the symbolisms of Spirited Away are so many and so bursting that normal movies have difficulties reaching and expressing. It is pity … great pity… that I cannot go into details in all these amazing images that Miyazaki generously created in his mind for us. Nevertheless, I will try to explain some of the meanings and symbolism of the movie without spoiling its magic. Children’s world is a pure one; it is clean. Adult’s world is corrupted. ...

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Spirited Away is a Japanese anime movie, a 2001 offering directed by the celebrated Mr Miyazaki .Miyazaki is well known amid anime fans for his work such as Princess Mononoke and Castle in the sky. The story starts with a young girl, Chihiro, who is about to move to a new house, new town, and a new school, leaving behind everything she knows. She sets off in the car with her family, and her dad, not knowing where he is going (and perhaps reluctant, ...
...scenic route through a forest. When they come to the end of the forest track, far from finding the new home they were seeking, they instead encounter a strange tunnel guarded by a statue. Reluctant to turn back and admit defeat, the party (after some protest from Chihiro) continues through the tunnel on foot, little knowing that it’s a passageway to another world. At end of the tunnel they come across a town entirely consisting of restaurants, ...

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SPIRITED AWAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another magnificent fun film from the incredible Hayao Miyazaki. Chihiro and her parents move to a new town and Chihiros new school. Upon arriving they get a little lost and end up in an old run down theme type park which is very spooky and more than a little bizarre. Chihiro spots little spirit houses in the undergrowth and strange carved stones in the woods. They all decide to explore the park, although Chihiro ...
...quite rundown. They come across a deserted yet delicious smelling food stall and decide to tuck in but Chihiro has a bad feeling about the park and holds back. Instead she goes of to explore by herself and this is where the movie really takes off….. Night falls quickly and the park begins to light up by itself and dark shadowy spirits can be seen at each stall and by the time Chihiro returns to her parents they have changed into huge pigbeasts.. ...

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...both visually and thematically. Spirited Away is an animated film. It has become a recent trend to have animated films such as Mulan and Finding Nemo, which have been produced either through hand drawings or computers. Although the graphics of such movies are breath taking such as scenes from The Lion King, Spirited Away is a film that demonstrates how technology and innovative ideas have developed animated films. Spirited Away is a Manga Film. ...
...the animation seem more realistic. Spirited Away is centred on Chihiro, who after her parents have been 'spirited away', has to grow up in order to save them. The story begins with a family driving to their new home. Chihiro, is unhappy about the move, and is quite solemn throughout the journey whilst her parents try to cheer her up. Whilst driving to their new home, they get lost in some woods and they stop in front of an old building. Chihiro's ...

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Spirited Away is a Japanese anime film developed in 2001 written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. It follows the story of ten-year old Chihiro, a headstrong girl saddened by the fact that her family is moving house and that she will moving away from her friends. Along their journey to the new house, Chihiro’s father takes an assumed shortcut through the woods which leads to a dead end…and a mysterious tunnel. After much ...
...(a bathhouse for the spirits), Spirited Away is truly an enchanting and touching story, featuring a fantastic plot and an inspiring soundtrack composed Joe Hisaishi. The opening and closing theme of the film was composed and performed by Youmi Kimura. The film has many faces, revealing some moving sides, as well as the occasional humour. Besides this, the team working on the film developed a fantastic cast of characters, to name a few: Haku the young ...

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Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki's beautiful animated fantasy adventure has captured not only the imagination of the Japanese but of the western world…with those familiar with Eastern animation. In a world where Anime and Manga dominate with bloodthirsty storylines and future dystopian worlds with cyborgs and robots being human's saviour or exterminators, it is a pleasure to announce that there are Japanese animated movies aimed at family audiences ...
...dubbed and not at all off-putting. Spirited Away is a fantastic family movie that is thoroughly enjoyable. Guaranteed, adults will enjoy this as much… if not more than the children. This film was a joy to watch displaying there is still a family market for hand drawn animation. ...

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I don't go to the cinema that often, but I did go to see this in cinema. And let me tell you, it made me want to go more often. before I went to see it, my friends always invited me to see the new releases, but I didnt have the money and I could'nt really be bothered. To be honest, before I had kids, the cinema was pointless and cost far to much. But now these days my husband has a good pay check so we can aford going to the cinema on family outings, ...
...day, I cost about £7 I think, I bought it with my prison break :) lol. So me, my husband and my children also my sister, watched this movie in the conforts of my home, we found it certainly different from other animated films, it was a masterpiece. Some of the characters were a little odd but all in all a beautiful film. It is about a little girl, around 10, who moves away from her home, school and friends. She moves to this new place, and her dad ...

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...To describe the plot of Spirited Away it is obvious to everyone that this is a quest film. Within mere minutes of the films beginning our young hero finds herself whisked away to a foreign land in which the impossible is nothing more than implausible. This is when Chihiro's adventure begins. Japanese folk tales play an immense part within this film with much of it being based loosely or entirely upon them. No sooner do you think you know one character ...
...a dragon, a bird and sinister monsters. All portrayed beautifully using Japanese artistry. CG may be the way forward in some respects however this film goes to show how there is still a place in the cinema for a film that is slightly obscure, surreal and traditional in origin. This film is a shining example of how now "obsolete" techniques can be used effectively to thrash a multitude of million dollar CG movies from the States. Now as Chihiro embarks ...

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The storyline to Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away' is one that has been used time and time again, you know the one; family finds mysterious tunnel in a hillside, family decides to go through the tunnel, family finds abandoned themepark on the other side, themepark turns out to be the Land of the Spirits, mum and dad get turned into pigs, daughter as usual has to find a way to turn parents back to humans again before they become lunch. Okay, from the ...
...in it's peculiarity lies its charm. From start to finish this film is beautiful, from the awe inspiring shots of the grand and towering Spirit Hotel, to the eerie ghost train that rides through the night, each shot is fantastically animated to give you genuine goosebumps. There are many moments in the film when characters from the spirit world may pop up, looking like a cross between several animals , and have you thinking "what in God's name is ...

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