One of Miyazaki's Greatest Work's

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2015)

Upon coming across this film by accident as a child while on a family holiday, the first time I watched this film I was amazed at how "cartoons" could be so brilliant, at the time I had no knowledge of Anime and Manga. Then a few months ago, I happened to remember a film I watched as a child, I couldn't remember the name of it at all, I asked family, friends, until one person knew the film I was describing and asked if I watched Howl's Moving Castle (They recommended me the film), I said yes (I really enjoyed the film as well), they then told me that the film I was looking for is Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away, They didn't know the name in English as their primary language is Norwegian) and was Produced by Hayao Miyazaki along with Studio Ghibli (Who made Howl's Moving Castle). I was impressed at his knowledge and then looked to research a bit into Miyazaki/Ghibli films. This is a review..not a life story..sorry. SO anyway back to the review, After reliving an amazing childhood memory by re-watching this masterpiece, I noticed "TheAnimeMan" on you-tube had uploaded a video about this very film and I learned about the "Lore" of the film and what it is about, being shocked and having my childhood ruined in the space of 5 minutes is quite an experience. Did you know that Spirited Away is about prostitution? I think not, I did not know and did some research about the film and Miyazaki. One of the scenes that was pointed out, was at the beginning when Chiro's parents "Pig out" on the feast and turn into, well, their meal, represents greed and when Chiro tries to escape and fails, that represents abduction or something similar. When she begins to work in the bath house, thats representing the prostitution (Selling services for money which only the old crow gets, I really don't like her) . Then a bit later in the film, "NoFace" tries to 'buy' Sen (Chiro) for a mountain of gold, but she refuses since she has to work to save her parents from there greed...anyway, I gave this Anime Film a 10/10 because it is just amazing (Which is an understatement), many people agree it should of won more awards than it should of...I'm one of them many people.