Spirited Away

I watched Spirited Away (2001) the year it came out, and as an eleven year old I was awestruck by this other world on screen. Ever since then I have been a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki's films, but Spirited Away will always stand out as my favourite.
Seeing a different country's culture and mythology presented in this fairytale was so fascinating to me and I was caught up in the young girl Chichiro's journey to find her parents amidst the chaos of this other world. I felt scared for her, but also felt her curiosity as she explores the bathhouse holding monsters and creatures taken from Japanese mythology.
When I travelled to Tokyo I made a point of going to visit a shrine so that I could explore, like Chichirro, this other world and culture that seemed so foreign and fascinating.

Work's Cited:

Spirited Away. 2001. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli.