The winner of the Best Animated Feature award at the 2003 Oscars, (the first and only hand-drawn and non-English-language animated film to win the prize), Spirited Away along with the rest of the Studio Ghibli back catalogue was largely unavailable on streaming services or to download digitally.Īll that has now changed however.

It also topped Titanic to take the record for the highest earning film of all time at the Japanese box office. First released in 2001, Spirited Away grossed over $347 million worldwide, making it the most successful movie in Japanese history. Chihiro is forced to work at the resort as she tries to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world. There they meet the witch Yubaba who turns Chihiro's mother and father into giant pigs. While exploring her new surroundings with her parents they stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park. The film follows the story of 10-year-old Chihiro, a girl who is left longing for her old life and friends after moving to a new neighbourhood.

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