# List of accolades received by Spirited Away

Spirited Away (Japanese: 千と千尋の神隠し, Hepburn: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, transl. Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli, and distributed by Toho. The film stars Rumi Hiiragi, alongside Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Takehiko Ono, and Bunta Sugawara. In Spirited Away, Chihiro "Sen" Ogino moves to a new neighborhood and inadvertently enters the world of kami (spirits of Japanese Shinto folklore). After her parents are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world.
Released in Japan on 20 July 2001, Spirited Away was widely acclaimed and commercially successful, grossing US$396 million at the worldwide box office, and becoming the highest-grossing film in Japanese history until 2020. Spirited Away was a co-recipient of the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival and became the first hand-drawn, Japanese anime and non-English-language animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards.

## Accolades

Accolades received by Spirited Away :
| Award | Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 6th Animation Kobe | 2001 | Theatrical Film Award | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 44th Blue Ribbon Awards | 2001 | Best Film | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 5th Japan Media Arts Festival | 2001 | Grand Prize | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 56th Mainichi Film Awards | 2001 | Best Film | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 56th Mainichi Film Awards | 2001 | Best Animated Film | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 56th Mainichi Film Awards | 2001 | Best Director | Hayao Miyazaki | Won | |
| 25th Japan Academy Award | 2002 | Best Film | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 25th Japan Academy Award | 2002 | Best Song | Youmi Kimura | Won | |
| 52nd Berlin International Film Festival | 2002 | Golden Bear | Spirited Away | Won | |
| Cinekid Festival | 2002 | Cinekid Film Award | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 21st Hong Kong Film Awards | 2002 | Best Asian Film | Spirited Away | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Animation of the Year | Spirited Away | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Best Art Direction | Yôji Takeshige [ja] | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Best Character Design | Hayao Miyazaki | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Best Director | Hayao Miyazaki | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Best Music | Joe Hisaishi | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Best Screenplay | Hayao Miyazaki | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Best Voice Actor | Rumi Hiiragi as Chihiro | Won | |
| Tokyo Anime Award | 2002 | Notable Entry | Hayao Miyazaki | Won | |
| National Board of Review | 2002 | Best Animated Film | Spirited Away | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online | 2002 | Best Animated Feature | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 75th Academy Awards | 2003 | Best Animated Feature | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 30th Annie Awards | 2003 | Best Animated Feature | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 30th Annie Awards | 2003 | Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Hayao Miyazaki | Won | |
| 30th Annie Awards | 2003 | Writing in a Feature Production | Hayao Miyazaki | Won | |
| 30th Annie Awards | 2003 | Music in a Feature Production | Joe Hisaishi | Won | |
| 28th César Awards | 2003 | Best Foreign Film | Spirited Away | Nominated | |
| 8th Critics' Choice Awards | 2003 | Best Animated Feature | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 68th New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 2003 | Best Animated Feature | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 29th Saturn Awards | 2003 | Best Animated Film | Spirited Away | Won | [21] [22] |
| 29th Saturn Awards | 2003 | Best Writing | Hayao Miyazaki Cindy Davis Hewitt (English adaptation) Donald H. Hewitt (English adaptation) | Nominated | [21] [22] |
| 29th Saturn Awards | 2003 | Best Music | Joe Hisaishi | Nominated | [21] [22] |
| Hugo Awards | 2003 | Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) | Spirited Away | Nominated | |
| 7th Golden Satellite Awards | 2003 | Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 19th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | 2003 | Silver Scream Award | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 54th Christopher Awards | 2003 | Feature Film | Spirited Away | Won | |
| 57th British Academy Film Awards | 2004 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Spirited Away | Nominated | [27] [28] |