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For the love of God, go see the movie Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki.
Spirited Away is a cartoon. It is also the highest-grossing movie in Japanese history. It made more money than Titanic. It made more than Star Wars.
Most people in the U.S. have not seen the film. It was barely released by Disney last year. Although it recieved the best reviews of any movie in 2002, Disney barely advertised the release. Perhaps they realized how lackluster their own recent animated features would seem compared to this masterpiece.
At any rate, it was a crime. This movie should have been bigger than The Lion King. Instead, my wife and I, along with my niece, comprised about half the audience when we saw it on opening night here in Sacramento.
Disney has put the movie back in the theater after it won the Best Animated Feature Oscar, so you have a second chance to see it on the big screen. Get off your butt and go.
The movie is great. Like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or The Princess Bride, it is a rare film that is equally entertaining for children and adults alike. But Spirited Away has a sense of quiet magic about it that those other films do not possess–a Tolkein-esque feeling of legends and gods long forgotten.
The movie is also being released on DVD on April 15th. You should all buy a copy then. Preferably, you should buy one from Amazon by clicking here. If you do, I get a nickle or something. Amazon is offering 25% off for preorders, so it ain’t a half-bad deal.
But I don’t want to make it look like I’m just trying to sell you something here. The important thing is to see the movie. Right now, you’ve been offered a rare second chance to see a classic on the big screen.
Take it.
Tags: animation, anime, Hayao Miyazaki, spirited away
No sequel for this. Miyazaki has made other animated adventures, including the recent Howl’s Moving Castle.
Perhaps that’s what you are thinking of?
Hayou had better make a sequel to spirited away! Haku and Chihiro NEED to hook back up! Hayou wouldn’t just leave it hanging! …Would He?
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I loved this movie it was so entertaining im going to buy the movie. does anybody no if there is a sequel if so what is it?
Man i wish they would make a sequel. It’s too hard to imagine what would happen myself
oh my gosh i love this movie ive watched it ELEVEN times today! each and every time i watch it i ask myself.. ” I wonder what happens to chihiro what did “granny” mean by “this hair band should help you it was made by the thread woven by your friends.” and i wonder if chihiro will ever see kohaku again i know he said that they will see each other again but.. look this is a major cliffhanger Hayo Miyazaki please make a sequel please, for your BIGGEST fans we’re hanging by a cliff here!
they should absolutely make a sequel to this. ive owned this for a couple of years already and now that im 14 and i rewatch it, i get it, and im totally in love with it. these cliffhangers are driving me insane! but ive heard that Mayo Miyazaki doesn’t make sequels. gosh. MAKE ONE PLEASE AND MY LIFE’LL BE COMPLETE.