“Spirited Away” Analysis and Review: Through Chihiro’s Story, Hayao Miyazaki Criticizes the Gradual Shift of Japan from Traditional Shintoism to Western-Influenced Modern Capitalism in “Spirited Away”
Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, made at Studio Ghibli, is one of the most important and interesting animated films ever. In the film, one of the world’s greatest animators, Hayao Miyazaki, takes viewers to an enchanting, mystical, adventurous, and fantastical world where a very young girl named Chihiro experiences the world of Kami, or spirits, for …