Spirited Away
On the other side of the tunnel was a mysterious town.
2001 | 125m | Japanese
Popularity: 22 (history)
| Director: | Hayao Miyazaki |
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| Writer: | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Staring: |
| A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 20, 2001 |
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| Director: | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Writer: | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Fantasy |
| Keywords | witch, parent child relationship, darkness, bath house, magic, spirit, parallel world, amusement park, youkai, japanese mythology, anime |
| Production Companies | Studio Ghibli |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $274,925,095
Budget: $19,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 (Update) Entered: Aug 14, 2024 |
![Official Trailer [Subtitled]](/extra_thumbs/GAp2_0JJskk.jpg)
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Atsushi Okui | Director of Photography |
| Takeshi Seyama | Editor |
| Yoji Takeshige | Art Direction |
| Michiyo Yasuda | Color Designer |
| Tsutomu Kawahigashi | Dolby Consultant |
| Nizou Yamamoto | Background Designer |
| Kazuo Oga | Background Designer |
| Yoshiyuki Momose | Key Animation |
| Masashi Ando | Animation Director |
| Noboru Yoshida | Assistant Art Director |
| Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Key Animation |
| Akihiko Yamashita | Key Animation |
| Nobuyuki Takeuchi | Key Animation |
| Shougo Furuya | Key Animation |
| Hiromasa Ogura | Background Designer |
| Yoshihiro Osugi | Key Animation |
| Mitsunori Kataama | Animation Director |
| Shinya Ohira | Key Animation |
| Kitaro Kosaka | Animation Director |
| Mikio Mori | Dolby Consultant |
| Atsushi Takahashi | Assistant Director |
| Nozomu Takahashi | Production Manager |
| Masayuki Miyaji | Assistant Director |
| Michihiro Itou | Sound Effects |
| Toru Noguchi | Sound Effects |
| Shuji Inoue | Sound Mixer |
| Megumi Kagawa | Animation Director |
| Atsushi Tamura | Compositing Artist |
| Takeshi Inamura | Key Animation |
| Takaaki Yamashita | Key Animation |
| Atsuko Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Kenichi Yamada | Key Animation |
| Masaru Matsuse | Key Animation |
| Hideaki Yoshio | Key Animation |
| Eiji Yamamori | Key Animation |
| Katsutoshi Nakamura | Key Animation |
| Kazuyoshi Onoda | Key Animation |
| Makiko Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Mariko Matsuo | Key Animation |
| Atsushi Tamura | Key Animation |
| Makiko Futaki | Key Animation |
| Kaori Fujii | Key Animation |
| Misuzu Kurata | Key Animation |
| Atsushi Yamagata | Key Animation |
| Shigeru Kimishima | Key Animation |
| Youmi Kimura | Theme Song Performance |
| Hiroomi Yamakawa | Key Animation |
| Kenichi Konishi | Key Animation |
| Osamu Masuyama | Background Designer |
| Yuichi Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Shizue Kaneko | Key Animation |
| Hideki Hamasu | Key Animation |
| Hisaki Furukawa | Key Animation |
| Shinji Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Tamami Yamada | Key Animation |
| Yoshikazu Fukutome | Background Designer |
| Ryoko Ina | Background Designer |
| Keiko Itogawa | Background Designer |
| Kazuo Nagai | Background Designer |
| Masahiro Kubota | Background Designer |
| Hisashi Mori | Key Animation |
| Masako Shinohara | Key Animation |
| Noboru Takano | Key Animation |
| Kuniyuki Ishii | Key Animation |
| Sayaka Hirahara | Background Designer |
| Naoya Tanaka | Background Designer |
| Naomi Kasugai | Background Designer |
| Masako Nagata | Background Designer |
| Tomoe Ishihara | Background Designer |
| Kikuyo Yano | Background Designer |
| Hisae Saito | Background Designer |
| Masanori Kikuchi | Background Designer |
| Kyoko Naganawa | Background Designer |
| Hiroaki Sasaki | Background Designer |
| Junji Yabuta | Compositing Artist |
| Wataru Takahashi | Compositing Artist |
| Dave Bossert | Thanks |
| Hayao Miyazaki | Director, Writer |
| Masaru Ohshiro | Key Animation |
| Shojuro Yamauchi | Key Animation |
| Goro Miyazaki | Writers' Assistant |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Yasuyoshi Tokuma | Executive Producer |
| Koji Hoshino | Co-Executive Producer |
| Toshio Suzuki | Producer |
| Banjiro Uemura | Co-Executive Producer |
| Seiichiro Ujiie | Co-Executive Producer |
| Hironori Aihara | Co-Executive Producer |
| Yutaka Narita | Co-Executive Producer |
| Takeyoshi Matsushita | Co-Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
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| BAFTA Awards | Best Animated Feature | N/A | Won |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 131 | 260 | 97 |
| 2024 | 5 | 114 | 148 | 84 |
| 2024 | 6 | 112 | 140 | 92 |
| 2024 | 7 | 139 | 214 | 103 |
| 2024 | 8 | 115 | 168 | 91 |
| 2024 | 9 | 105 | 169 | 86 |
| 2024 | 10 | 114 | 148 | 83 |
| 2024 | 11 | 116 | 143 | 90 |
| 2024 | 12 | 103 | 121 | 87 |
| 2025 | 1 | 105 | 118 | 88 |
| 2025 | 2 | 89 | 142 | 20 |
| 2025 | 3 | 32 | 102 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 30 | 48 | 19 |
| 2025 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 18 |
| 2025 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 17 |
| 2025 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 14 |
| 2025 | 8 | 22 | 64 | 16 |
| 2025 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 16 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 54 | 179 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 73 | 151 |
One of the great "masters" of the anime art. Somehow, if I would personally associate "Akira" to "self-destruction", then this anime would be the opposite :) ...
I quite liked the look of the new house that "Chihiro" and her parents were to move to, but she isn't so keen, and being ten had the weight of the world on her shoulders. En route to meet the removal men, her dad takes a wrong turning and soon, together with her mum, end up at the end of a tunnel. W ... hat would you do? Go in of course! Luckily it's quite a short walk before they find themselves in a small village that's full of shops all laid out for a banquet. Mum and dad tuck in but the young girl just wants to get going. Ignored, she explores a little as they gorge themselves and that's when she encounters the young "Haku" who suggests that she might like to leave. Snag is - her parents have quite literally now gone a bit porcine and she's going to have to rely on her new friend if she is to rescue them from an impending visit to the abattoir. A job is her first task, and for that she needs a contract with the wart-nosed witch "Yubaba" - and so off we go on a series of marvellously creative escapades discovering some coal spirits; that her friend has a secret identity; her boss an huge great baby and the entire place serves as a sort of bathhouse for the enigmatic "No Face" whose agenda isn't clear to anyone, though we do know he has a rapacious appetite and can make his own gold! The detail of the animation is astonishing and coupled with the mysticism of ancient Japanese folk lore works really well at creating a characterful and engaging story. I just love the lithe dragons of Oriental mythology as opposed to the scaly, stodgy, European ones. The concept of identity underpins much of the narrative here, with not just "Chihiro" but pretty much everyone else coming to terms with flaws and strengths in their personalities requiring a degree of human spirit, trust and forgiveness if ever anyone is to thrive and if ever she and her folks are to get to that new house on the hill. It's two hours really goes fly by and I thoroughly enjoyed it.