A magnificent story of growth and being yourself

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2012)

Actually, I am not a big fan of animation. But I like this film very much.
This film tells a great story about a 10-year-old girl facing up to various challenges to rescue her parents who are turned to pigs by a witch in a non-human world.
The little girl named Chihiro and her parents are on their way moving to the suburbs and her father decides to take a shortcut and bumps into a desolate yet beautiful a theme park-like county full with ghosts at night. Her parents, due to greed, are turned into pigs by witches. Little Chihiro is determined to save out her parents.
The world of the ghosts and witches is nothing unlike the human world. WIth her friend's help, she got herself a job in the bathhouse. In the course of her working there, she learns hard-working in cleaning the big tub and the filthy spirit and she shows courage in making efforts to save her friend Haku. Meanwhile, she retains her natural traits such as friendliness and politeness when she is with the 'no face'and the 'big baby'. She refuses to take the gold offered by 'no-face' while those around her becomes more and more greedy. Unique and pure is she among the the others.
At last, she succeeds in rescuing her parents. Chihiro has not changed. She always remembers who she is. She is still that Chihiro, but maturer and stronger.