With the narrative drive of a live-action feature and the imaginative leaps of East Asian manga, Japanimation B.O. phenom "Spirited Away" is an out-and-out charmer. On home turf, where it opened last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stills from the film, Spirited Away. The story follows an ordinary 10-year-old girl, Chihiro, as she arrives at a deserted theme ...

Fans have been wondering what's up with Chihiro's parents turning into pigs for decades. Now, thanks to Studio Ghibli, we have the answer.

For many fans, Spirited Away was the film that put Miyazaki on the map. But insiders were well aware of his genius years beforehand. Critics hailed Princess Mononoke (1997 with a U.S. release in 1999) ...

Spirited Away intricately weaves Japanese folklore, Shinto beliefs, and universal themes into a visually stunning masterpiece. The film follows Chihiro's journey through a mystical realm, exploring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been exactly 20 years since Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning "Spirited Away" hit theaters. For 19 years, it was the ...

Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. Hayao Miyazaki is a filmmaker whose entire career is made up of many movies one might call his masterpiece. Whether you are partial to the ...

The life of a little girl amounts to a hill of beans in the crazy world of "Spirited Away," a spectacularly inventive animated film by Japan's Hayao Miyazaki ("Princess Mononoke," "Kiki's Delivery ...