Spirited Away (2001)
Written and directed
by Hayao Miyazaki the English version of this film has voice acting
from Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden and Suzanne Pleshette. A girl
travelling with her parents to live in a new town finds herself
transported to a world of spirits.
The basic plot of this
film is a coming of age tale where our heroine goes from scared to
courageous and has more than an echo of Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland about it. Drawing heavily on Japanese culture and folklore
some of the elements of the film are pretty strange to me as a
western viewer but always entertaining. Of course the animation is of
a high standard and fits in with the usual style you expect from
Anime.
4/5
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