One of the best animated films, ever made

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2016)

Being nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for best animated feature film and winning, Spirited Away stars a ten-year-old girl named Chihiro and her start of a new life and meeting mysterious creatures:Gods, witches, and spirits.
This movie was created by the legendary movie maker Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli on the 20th of July, 2001. Chihiro and her parents have just moved to a small town; after trying to take a short cut, they become lost. They decide to explore an "abandoned amusement park". Chihiro's parents discover food and decide to eat and then pay later. Chihiro leaves to go exploring and finds a bath house. A boy named Haku finds Chihiro and tells her it isn't safe there and her and her parents must leave. Chihiro goes to find her parents and discovers that they have been turned into pigs and runs away in fear. Haku finds her and decides to help her into finding her parents. To do this, Chihiro must take up a job at a bath house.Chihiro goes to meet with the boss of the bath house, Yubaba. Yubaba wants Chihiro to work there forever so she tells Chihiro she owns her name now and her new name is Sen. While working at the bath house, Chihiro meets some interesting people and spirits such as a a woman named Lin, a radish spirit, a river spirit, and a spirit called No-face. The rest of the story revolves around Chihiro trying to rescue her parents, making new friends, and growing up.
The music and animation are spot on in the movie. The animation team had to go far as getting a scene with a dragon and examining a dog's mouth in order to get every particular aspect right. Miyazaki had based Chihiro off of one of his friend's daughter and wanted girls to connect to Chihiro. The animation is beautiful and perfect. The music also adds to the movie by giving it a sense of whimsical and magical elements. The plot was amazing and would've been longer if Miyazaki hadn't decided that a movie over 2 hours wouldn't be that well.
The overall theme of the movie is the theme of growing up and maturing. We see this as Chihiro takes on every challenge coming her way and transform from her childish self from the beginning, to the end of the movie.
Spirited Away has such little details that seem unimportant at first, but only develop more to the story. Chihiro is a girl that girls around her age can easily relate because of her personality. The adventure revolves around growing up and trust. The characters all are very magical and both children and adults enjoy.
The rating I give this movie is 10/10!