Big Worlds On Small Screens Features Miyazaki — & Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Spirited Away”

~ by Rebecca Fisher

Introduction:

I feel like this entire column has been slowly building up to the introduction of this particular movie. Spirited Away is considered Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece: the highest grossing film in Japanese history, the first Studio Ghibli film to became a global hit, and the winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Film.

It also happens to be the first Miyazaki film I ever saw, and I really wish I could go back in time in order to experience it all over aga...