[Anime Review] Spirited Away

Spirited Away

"A fantasy adventure to be remembered, and reminds me of Alice in Wonderland" -bezoe

On their way to their new home, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are welcome. Chihiro must fend for herself and rescue her parents, as they have been turned to pigs as punishment for eating the food meant for the gods.

It is probably one of the greatest Ghibli adventure animation of all time. I really love the story of Spirited Away. The main character (Chihiro) really needs to figure it out the way to save their family with all way possible, even including working with the person who turned her family to pig. It started at the point where Chihiro have no idea what to do to save them, but thankfully she found a good person (Haku) to help her. As the story progress Chihiro will learn more about Haku, and why it seems she remember him from the past. The story end as predicted but it is very well made, reminds me of Alice in Wonderland.

Animation wise without a doubt was very good and high quality. I like the animation of the movement of No-face character, and also Haku in the dragon form. Chihiro have some clumsy personality that made her really interesting to animate with.

Graphic quality was awesome, the Bath house was superb, the water was superb, and the color palette also very pleasing to our eyes.

The best character in this animation I will say No Face, it got the iconic feeling to it. Chihiro also one of the great character in this movie, the personality really light up for the whole movie.

Music, Joe Hisaishi did it again. He made a very memorable music for the entire movie, plus I love the ED ost of this animation. Another masterpiece by Joe Hisaishi.

Bottom line : This is one of the greatest Ghibli animation of all time. All of you need to watch is at least once in your lifetime.

Overall Rating: A