107 Spirited Away Facts You Should Know | Channel Frederator

If your parents happen to get turned into pigs and you end up working in a bathhouse for spirits, you better have watched the Studio Ghibli masterpiece, "Spirited Away"! The Academy Award-winning anime film is renowned for it's unique creature designs and heart-warming story but there's a great about the film's production that you probably never knew before! Fortunately, ToonedUp has everything you need to further educate yourself with 107 facts about "Spirited Away"!

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Graphics and Edited by: Matt Colby & Kristen Valdez
Narrated by: Liz Chun

Music used:
Infinite White by Taiwan Guy(AudioMicro)
Ghibli’s Waltzby Ross Bugden
Upbeat Piano by TuneLight (AudioMicro)
Asian Music Box by Oriental Japanese
Chinese Traditional by BlindMusic

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[queenhelen]

Man I wish spirited away was 3 hours long i would watch every second of it..wished he didnt cut it

[orpheus]

No-face's 'voice' (his little 'ah, ah, ' thing that he does) is honestly adorable in the japanese version

[no-epse]

"Chihiro doesn't remember what happened in the spirit world." I'm just gonna pretend I didn't hear that

[katanamini]

I started crying at the end of the movie, I was so sad that Chihiro had to leave Haku because they were so adorable together... This is one of my all time favorite movies, it has such a great and original story and it has a really beautiful style.

[thetruthhurts]

It frustrates me that chihiro didnt say goodbye to no-face when he stayed with the old lady.

[braedyndyerTV]

I do not care what anyone says, Spirited Away is one of the greatest movies of ALL TIME!

[ventiscoffee]

“It’s something you wouldn’t understand, it’s called love” -boiler man to lyn

[adriananery]

110% devastated that Chihiro didn't remember what happened in the spirit world.

Edit: Guys, I'm just referencing what was said in the video. I also want to believe that she remembered everything but the initial comment was about one of the facts in this video.

[thevenetianharper]

Chihiro doesn't remember what happened? :'( aw man.

[Oceansta]

It was NOT a dream as you hypothesised in #86 and #87. Zeniba gives Chihiro a band to tie up her hair before she leaves. In the last scene of the film when Chihiro comes out of the tunnel the purple hair band is still there and sparkles as it catches the sunlight.

[rhiannn]

Another thing is the story behind Spirited Away.
If you look carefully at the character design and the design of the buildings, everything from the brand of car and certain words...
The parents are dressed very Western-like and come off as "ignorant". The father says something along the lines "Don't worry, I've got a four wheel drive!" and "Don't worry, I've got credits cards and cash, ".

Yubaba is also dressed like a Victorian queen, and the place where she resides is also very victorian styled. THe rest of the bath house is traditional Japanese architecture. The very fact that they chose something very Japanese--a bathhouse, is futher evidence for this. It is representing Westernisation and the loss of Japanese culture. It is also representative of capitalist greed. Eg. the scene where Haku tells Yubaba that she has "lost something precious" and Yubaba immediately thinks of her gold, rather than her child.

There are also many other hidden meanings. For example, Chihiro's story is one of her moving into adulthood. Chihiro has to "get a job" and loses her name. This is symbolic of the fact that everyone growing up has an obsession with finding a job, and they lose their identity in the process. For example, on the train, all the other adults are greyed out and have "lost their identities" except for Chihiro. You can also easily see her development as she becomes more and more brave throughout the movie.


No face is also a reflection of what happens around him. When Chihiro helps out No Face, he returns the favour and helps her back. But in the scene after the stink spirit when everyone one is rushing to pick up gold, there is a short scene of No Face appearing and pearing at the gold, seemingly "thinking". He then becomes a reflection of the greed within the bathhouse until Chihiro helps him and lures him back out.


There are obviously also representations of pollution and deteriorating environment, which I'm sure you can figure out for yourself.

So many of Hayao Miyazaki's films have many meanings embedded within them. For example Howl's Moving Castle represents the story of self-love. Sophie's curse can only be broken with true love, but that love includes loving herself as well. After all, "true love first begins with yourself" right? Howl's Moving Castle also covers topics like how bad and useless war is, and the Howl stepping out from his immaturity. The Witch of the Waste also goes through a change for the better.

Hayao is such a genius for managing to weave so many topics within one film.

[mellowyellow]

Soooo happy they didnt sell it to disney. How sad it would have been when a film that has as a theme how capitalisn consumerism takes over spiritualusm

[Thorinox]

The part where she ends up breaking a step and runs at full speed down them and slamming into the wall is my absolute FAVORITE funny scene. It cracks me up every single time. I dont know if its because she is running at full speed with her hands up in the air or the fact she had to take a breath to continue to scream.

[ImInLoveWithBulla]

"What could be more interesting than a film about a chimney painter", she said in a sarcastic tone. Bitch, it's Miyazaki. You know that would have been a masterpiece.

[MissPurpleKush]

No one makes anime like him, Ive never watched something he worked on that I didnt like, major respect for the guy <3 I heard he left the studio though.. dark times we live in my friends

[fuka]

I was sad at the end of the movie, because, she forgot everything when she went back to the real world. It was so bullshit for me. I know it's for her best and so she can go back to her normal life with her family, but, I think she should've stayed with the spirits instead. She still has that hairband, so, she might still remember them. That fact comforts me a little... But...will they meet again..?

[smorphous]

This movie is so beautiful I hope no one ever changes it or makes a sequel

[andreguia]

Not a dream. The hairband. It even sparkles indicating magic. Also, Haku saved chihiro many years ago from drowning.

[UnlicensedOkie]

Intended audience is 10 year old girls
Me: 29 year old American man. “I love this movie”

[Goldenbane]

Man, the Japanese friggin' love their syllables. "His name is Which, when translated to English, means 'Jim.'"