09-08-2002, 07:51 PM
Here's a brief overview of Spirited Away. I'll try avoiding spoilers but don't make any promises.
A young girl is moving to a new town with her parents. She's not happy about it at all. Dad decides to try taking a short cut down a barely marked road. The whole family thinks they've walked into an abandoned theme park which is actually a land of ghosts, spirits, and gods.
Mom and Dad get turned into pigs.
Daughter gets a job in a bath house in the hopes of getting her parents turned back into people and getting back to the real world.
The animation is stunning in this and Miyazaki manages some of his most subtle character development ever. If you don't own the Studio Ghibli boxed set yet then you should make it your number one priority for your next purchase. There isn't another set of anime that even comes close to being on par with the richness of animation and diversity of story telling that you will find in that box.
I'll slap down any arguments from any comers because I am so right on this point. Don't argue... BUY!!!
A young girl is moving to a new town with her parents. She's not happy about it at all. Dad decides to try taking a short cut down a barely marked road. The whole family thinks they've walked into an abandoned theme park which is actually a land of ghosts, spirits, and gods.
Mom and Dad get turned into pigs.
Daughter gets a job in a bath house in the hopes of getting her parents turned back into people and getting back to the real world.
The animation is stunning in this and Miyazaki manages some of his most subtle character development ever. If you don't own the Studio Ghibli boxed set yet then you should make it your number one priority for your next purchase. There isn't another set of anime that even comes close to being on par with the richness of animation and diversity of story telling that you will find in that box.
I'll slap down any arguments from any comers because I am so right on this point. Don't argue... BUY!!!
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.