I bought the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0117V8BX8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00"]bluray Miazaki collection[/URL] recently so I can't watch the ones I haven't seen, though this is still my favorite (of the ones I have seen).
The English dub adds an additional line of dialogue to the end of the movie after the final Japanese line that alters the entire meaning. Per the original script, Chihiro doesn't remember her time in the spirit world but she's wearing the hairband her friends made for her which proves that it really happened; in the English dub, her additional final line makes it clear that she's aware of what happened (but her parents don't as in the original). The point is that the film is a coming-of-age story for Chihiro, and she leaves the spirit world a much more mature and confident pre-adolecent than the innocent, timid little girl who walked into the tunnel at the beginning of the film, even if she doesn't carry the memories of that time.
The soundtrack is amazing, though.
[video=youtube;ArsV7AFZBHY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArsV7AFZBHY[/video]
Night suddenly falls and everything goes [B]traumatically[/B] wrong for Chihiro until she's saved from disappearing by a mysterious boy.
[video=youtube;uHOYeXezhQI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHOYeXezhQI[/video]
A solemn, beautiful, contemplative theme as Sen sets out on a journey she's never gone on before; she doesn't know where she's going to, she doesn't know what's going to happen when she gets there, and she doesn't know how she's going to do what she needs to do, but she isn't alone. This sequence also has amazing dreamscape scenery.
Spirited Away is one of my favourite animated movies of all time.
Too bad they didn't delve deep into it at all, pretty disappointed with this "Did you know"
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;49641048]I bought the [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0117V8BX8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00"]bluray Miazaki collection[/URL] recently so I can't watch the ones I haven't seen, though this is still my favorite (of the ones I have seen).[/QUOTE]
Parents are shipping it to me here in a day or so.
Haven't seen all of his movies so it should be fun.
The very movie that got me into anime back in ~2003
what a classic, i really love this film a lot
I actually went and watched Spirited Away in theatres during its original theatrical run in one of the [B]six[/B] theatres in ALL OF CANADA and the only one east of Thunder Bay. I had to spend the weekend in Vancouver for it.
One of the people in our group was a Serious Film Guy and takes not talking during the film/etc. very seriously. Another one was a comedian. The first time Yubaba appeared on screen, comedian guy shouts out, "LOOK! It's PHYLLIS DILLER!" SFGuy was not amused but a lot of laughs from the audience.
I kind of freaked out the group; the English dub didn't translate the ending song (which is kind of a shame, the lyrics, y'know, have meaning). As we were walking out of the theatre, I started singing it (as I'd learned the lyrics from the Japanese soundtrack), and Serious Film Guy was like, "look at this guy, he learned the words that fast!" :v:
Spirited Away straight up makes me cry sometimes. It's the combination of story telling, art, and Hisaishi's magical music that makes me break every time.
[QUOTE=Orkel;49641412]The very movie that got me into anime back in ~2003[/QUOTE]
I saw My Neighbor Totoro for the first time when I was 3 or 4, can't quite remember, but it definitely left a long lasting impression on me. I also saw Princess Mononoke as soon as it was available on VHS, becoming my favorite movie for years. I had friends want to sleep over with me so they could watch it :v:
I don't think I'll ever see another movie that moves me as much as any Miyazaki film.
I like how the last two minutes of the video turned into an advertisement for CR
[QUOTE=ghosevil;49641686]I like how the last two minutes of the video turned into an advertisement for CR[/QUOTE]
It's called native advertising and it sneaks under the radar of traditional adblocking. Get used to it.
favorite review about why Miyazaki (and specifically, Spirated Away) is boss:
[video=youtube_share;O94dW2gtfP0]http://youtu.be/O94dW2gtfP0[/video]
Spirited Away is definitely my favorite Miyazaki film, right in front of Princess Mononoke, and Totoro. Honestly Miyazaki is the reason I want to be a Concept Artist and have been pursuing my goals. Something about the way he breathed life into the world as a whole, rather than just the main characters is what really drew me into his work. I don't think anything will top Spirited away as my favorite movie of all time.
Holy shit this movie is so great. Just the sound track is enough to get me all teary-eyed.
Yea I liked all the wacky customers and other characters in Spirited Away
Shame many people think anime is trash because of other works and completely miss gems made by Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.
Yes, Spirited Away is one of the best i've seen. And it still is my number one.
I watch it time to time, it has something special. The feeling of how it looks like, the music, calming, soothing. It is something you go dig in for, thinking about it. And includes these weird fantasy and magic, and a bit of drama.
Truly amazing.
Second place for me goes to My Neighbor Totoro. Truly adorable and cute. And adventurous.
And the third one, Howl's moving castle, more likely for strange magic things and the fantasy. But with more twist of drama.
I also have seen other movies from ghibli like, Ponyo, Grave of fireflies, The Secret World of Arrietty, The wind Rises.
Haven't seen all of the ghibli studios movies though.
These movies are a must, and everyone should watch it for once. But that is my opinion of course.
[QUOTE=Antimuffin;49642676]Shame many people think anime is trash because of other works and completely miss gems made by Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.[/QUOTE]
It's just another medium really. There are trash games and trash movies as well, though the 'mainstream' and 'gems' of each medium differ
Seeing castle in the sky when I was really young was what got me into anime. I think CitS is number one for me probably for sentimental reasons, followed by Sprited Away and Princess Mononoke
[URL="http://www.clickhole.com/video/will-change-way-you-watch-spirited-away-3869"]Want even more Spirited Away trivia?
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[vid]http://v.theonion.com/onionstudios/video/3724/640.mp4[/vid]
still haven't seen spirited away, i've been meaning to see it for a while. I've seen a great deal of miyazaki movies however, and this video gives the reasons why i really love his movies.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52raDbtNpa4[/media]
and also why you don't need to like anime to like his movies
1. Howls Moving Castle
2. Spirited Away
3. Princess Mononoke
4. Kikis Delivery Service
5. The Wind Rises
[QUOTE=Antimuffin;49642676]Shame many people think anime is trash because of other works and completely miss gems made by Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.[/QUOTE]
People dismiss all of anime because they get offended by fan service and people dismiss all of animation in general because "its childish" and can't possibly tell stories for adults.
Good lesson in not dismissing all of one thing.
I watched it back in like, 2005-6 ish when it was ran on Cartoon Network for some reason. I don't remember too terribly much about it other than even at 10 I knew it was a fucking beautiful movie.
See, I couldn't get into Spirited Away, it was just too surreal for me.
I'm more of a Castle of Cagliostro guy.
Spirited Away's use of CG is really clever, because so much of it doesn't look like CG (except for the very obvious ones like the water effects during the river-spirit-in-the-tub sequence).
For example, see the big bowl in the top left? Here, it's part of the matte painting:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/2fhPWzQ.png[/t]
Now it's a 3D model with textures mapped onto it:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Aeqa3mP.png[/t]
The bowl was painted with as much detail as an entire background scene. The reason for this is because, if it had been done the usual way, it would have been obvious to the viewer that the bowl is separated from the background painting and is going to move, spoiling the dramatic tension of the total mess Chihiro's pig-father makes an instant later. It's clearly painted in more detail than the bowl on the right, but the viewer's attention should be on the center first, and then only when dad moves does it follow to the left as he goes for the bowl.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/V2rmngV.png[/t]
[IMG]http://www.vegalleries.com/dis-opc/930disney004.jpg[/IMG]
Spot the objects that are animated in this scene compared to the background under the cel. This is what Miyazaki was avoiding.
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