Spirited Away
| Anime movie | |
|---|---|
| title | Spirited Away |
| Original title | 千 と 千尋 の 神 隠 し |
| transcription | Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi |
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| Country of production |
 Japan
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| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| Studio | Studio Ghibli |
| length | 125 minutes |
| Age rating | JMK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
| script | Hayao Miyazaki |
| production | Toshio Suzuki |
| music | Joe Hisaishi |
Spirited Away in Magic Land ( Japanese 千 と 千尋 の 神 隠 し Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi , Eng . Sen and Spirited Away ) is a cartoon by the well-known Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli . For a long time it was the world's most successful anime film based on grossing results and was only made by Your Name. - Yesterday, today and forever (Kimi no Na wa) ousted from the top spot. He is also the world's most awarded animation (u a.. Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film ; Golden Bear ofInternational Film Festival Berlin ).
plot
Chihiro Ogino moves to a new city with her parents. On arrival they get lost and discover a kind of deserted, mysterious amusement park. Against Spirited Away, they begin to explore it. While her parents pounce on the food in a restaurant without permission and eat like pigs, Chihiro roams around and meets the boy Haku. This warns them to flee from here in good time before dark. But when she comes back to her parents, they have already turned into pigs - and as dusk falls, the place becomes more and more eerie.
To protect Chihiro, Haku takes her to the bathhouse of the witch Yubaba, which was built for the gods and spirits of Shinto . The spinnenarmige old Kamaji operates with the help of tiny, spidery creature from soot , called Rußmännchen , the heating of the house. He asks the young woman Lin, who brings him the food, to bring Chihiro to Yubaba and ask for work for her.
The witch Yubaba, however, controls her workers by robbing them of their names, and those who do not know his name can never go back to their world. Haku therefore recommends the girl that the most important thing is never to forget her real name, because 'Haku' is not her full name either. However, he can no longer remember this and has thus lost his identity.
Chihiro has to work hard and endure a lot of adventures before she can transform her parents back and leave the magical realm. At the end of the film, thanks to Chihiro's help, Haku also remembers his real name again.
The secret of the name
When Chihiro asks the witch Yubaba for work, she gives her another name: Sen (千). However, Sen is not a completely new name, just part of their real name. Chihiro is written with two kanji in Japanese . Yubaba removes the family name (荻 野, Ogino) and the Kanji尋from her first name from Spirited Away . The remaining character千can be read both “chi” and “sen”.
Characters
Chihiro
Chihiro (Japanese荻 野 千尋, Ogino Chihiro ; or Sen (千), after the witch has taken part of her name) is the main character and heroine of the film. At the beginning of her journey she is still very clumsy and shy, but in the course of the plot she develops into a self-confident and courageous girl. Her only goal is to free her parents and return home. For this she does everything that is possible. She doesn't care about other things, so she doesn't let herself be impressed by gold or other valuables. She encounters the demons and ghosts in the bathhouse completely openly and does not distinguish between good and bad. This selfless manner lets them master all dangers and in the end not only saves their parents.
Haku
Haku (Japanese.ハ ク), fully Nigihayami Kohakunushi (Japanese.饒 速 水 琥珀d, Eng . "Amber crowned water ruler ") is the right hand and sorcerer's apprentice of the witch Yubaba and thus plays an important, leading role in the bathhouse. He is not particularly popular with the staff at the bathhouse. Nevertheless, he helps Chihiro to find her way in her new environment and protects her from mistakes, such as B. forgetting the name. He is a river spirit, appears in the form of a white dragon and carries out tasks of the witch, which ultimately put him in great danger. But Haku has a big heart and helps Chihiro as best he can. His full name will only be announced at the end of the film. Haku saved Chihiro from drowning as a young child, which is why he looks familiar to her.
Yubaba and Zeniba
The witch Yubaba (Japanese湯 婆婆, Yubāba , dt. "Old bath woman") runs the bath house for gods. She has great magical powers, including the ability to steal their names from others. Yubaba's severity and power are known and feared by all bathhouse staff. However, she is also concerned, especially about her oversized baby that she is looking after like the apple of her own eye.
Zeniba (Japanese銭 婆, Zenība ) is the twin sister of Yubaba. In contrast to her sister, she is caring and kind, but she is also a witch and no less powerful than Yubaba.
No face
The no-face (Japaneseカ オ ナ シ, Kaonashi ) is a peculiar being that initially appears as a ghost, later as a monster. With Chihiro's invitation it gains access to the bathhouse - against the will of Yubaba, who wants to get rid of the unwanted intruder as quickly as possible. The reticent spirit distributes gold and is transformed into a voracious monster by the immoderate greed of the servants of the bathhouse. Only when Chihiro refuses his gifts and feeds it with a magical ball of herbs does his power break; it regains its original shape and follows it as a faithful companion.
The enigmatic figure of the no-face is symbolic of almost all characters in the fairy tale. There is no dualistic division into good and bad, but according to the Shintoist worldview, every being (whether deity, spirit, human being, goblin or animal) follows its more or less complex, often ambivalent nature.
Lin
Lin (Japaneseリ ン, Rin ) is an employee of the bathhouse. She helps Chihiro find Yubaba and then introduces her to life in the bathhouse. Lin can be very snappy and disparaging, but as the story progresses, she and Chihiro become very good friends.
Kamaji
The six-armed Kamaji (Japanese釜 爺, Kamajii , Eng . "Kesselopa") is the heater of the bathhouse, who lives in the deepest cellars of the building and can extend his arms as desired. He has an army of assistants: furry black creatures the size of table tennis balls - referred to by himself as " soot men " - with two eyes and long legs that are strongly reminiscent of the " Susuwatari " from My Neighbor Totoro . Although Kamaji is a bit sullen and solitary at first, he soon becomes one of Spiro's most important allies.
synchronization
FFS Film- und Fernseh-Synchron GmbH in Munich was responsible for the German-language dubbing . Axel Malzacher wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue .
| Role name | Japanese speaker | German voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Chihiro / Sen | Rumi Hiiragi | Sidonie von Krosigk |
| Haku | Miyu Irino | Tim Sander |
| Yubaba / Zeniba | Mari Natsuki | Nina Hagen |
| Lin | Yumi Tamai | Cosma Shiva Hagen |
| Kamaji | Bunta Sugawara | Fred Maire |
| Spirited Away | Yasuko Sawaguchi | Elisabeth Günther |
| Chihiro's father | Takashi Naitō | Michael Brennicke |
| Ao / tree frog | Tatsuya Gashūin | Benedikt Weber |
| Overseer | Yō Ōizumi | Michael Rüth |
| Frogman | Tatsuya Gashūin | Gudo Hoegel |
| No face | Akio Nakamura | Florian Halm |
| Baby boh | Ryûnosuke Kamiki | Maximilian Belle |
| Aniyaku | Takehiko Ono | Dirk Galuba |
background
As with many films of Miyazaki is also what Spirited Away among other things, environmental protection and the subject of how people and the environment can coexist in harmony.
During her stay in the magic realm, Chihiro works in the bathing establishment of the witch Yubaba. There people tend to be the suppressed exception. The guests are predominantly nature gods, demons and spirits from a strange world.
A central scene shows the appearance of a muddy, foul-smelling monster, which is mistakenly mistaken for a "lazy god". Since nobody wants to get too close to him, the people Chihiro and Lin are assigned to this being. You can rid it of all kinds of human debris and a bubbly, rejuvenated and clear river spirit will be left behind.
Creation and publication
Actually, Hayao Miyazaki had announced his retirement from the film business after the success of his film Princess Mononoke in 1997 (at that time the most successful Japanese film). He wanted to make room for younger artists and not displace them through his success.
Miyazaki withdrew to his mountain hut, where he received a visit from an employee of Studio Ghibli and his 10-year-old daughter. The experiences during the visit inspired him to the adventures of Chihiro. The children of his friends, who "like many Japanese children [...] were good at heart, but also weak" , gave him the incentive to make another film. He wanted to encourage these children to master life, even if it cannot always be explained in the eyes of children.
The center of the city of Jiufen in Taiwan is said to have served as a model for the location. However, according to Miyazaki himself, this is wrong.
Spirited Away was premiered in Japan on July 20, 2001 and shown in a total of 714 cinemas. After the Oscar success on June 19, 2003, the film was shown in a dubbed version in German cinemas nationwide. Two years earlier, the predecessor Princess Mononoke had to be content with 35 film copies. The film was released on DVD on November 3, 2003 by Universum Anime .
reception
Spirited Away was not only as the biggest box office hit in Japan - the international revenue amounted to the equivalent of 229.6 million US dollars - but also has won numerous international awards. In Japan alone, the film grossed the equivalent of 10 million dollars. For a long time, Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland was the world's most successful anime film in terms of box-office results, until it was released by Your Name in January 2017 . - Yesterday, today and forever .
Awards
2002
- Golden Bear of the Berlinale 2002 (shared with the Irish feature film Bloody Sunday )
- Japanese Academy Awards - Best Picture
- 21st Hong Kong Film Awards - Best Asian Film of the Year
2003
- Academy Award (Oscar) for best animated film
Anime historian Jonathan Clements attributes the Oscar win - the only one of an anime at all, whereby similarly successful ones are often not even nominated - not only to the quality of the film, but also to the fact that Disney acquired the foreign licenses from Studio Ghibli a few years earlier and had invested in Chihiro . This American participation could have influenced the jury's vote.
Reviews
The film was acclaimed by international critics and is considered one of the best animated films ever. For example, it is ranked in the top 10 in a survey by the British Film Institute of the most recommended films for children under 14 years of age.
Film critics almost always received the film euphorically. On the Rotten Tomatoes website , which collects US reviews, the film got around 97 percent positive ratings. Roger Ebert spoke of one of the “best films of the year” and of a “wonderful film”. He said: “Besides the plot and the dialogue, it is a pleasure to just watch Spirited Away .” At the end of August 2016, the British BBC published a list of the best films of the 21st century to date . Spirited Away was voted 4th by film critics.
In a review for the Berliner Zeitung, Jens Balzer missed the “stringent story; the wonderful sensitivity for small everyday details ”, which had distinguished Miyazaki's earlier films and which was here replaced by“ great artistic desire ”. Spirited Away is not Miyazaki's best film, but "the most splendid, multicolored and ambiguous [...]".
"A fantasy cartoon film that is impressive in its epic breadth, appeals to emotions and a thirst for knowledge in equal measure, which not only uses the multi-layered elements of the fairy tale for entertainment, but also encourages independence and the willingness to solve problems."
“As adorable as Spirited Away is, it seems like a final point, almost like an epitaph . The classic patterns cannot be used more beautifully or more perfectly. However, there is still one hope: that Hayao Miyazaki will set further final points. "
It has received the rating of particularly valuable from the German Film and Media Assessment .
Web links
- Spirited Away in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Spirited Away atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Detailed information about the film on Nausicaa.net (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Age rating for Spirited Away . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Your Name beats Spirited Away to become highest-grossing anime ever , accessed January 18, 2017
- ↑ Spirited Away. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on February 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Mami Sunada: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness . Universum Film, 2014 (documentary).
- ↑ Wieland Wagner: Disney lies to children . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 2003, p. 192 ( online interview with Hayao Miyazaki).
- ↑ 【FOCUS 新聞】 TVBS 專訪 宮崎駿 72 歲 不 老 頑童（3 分 頃 か ら）。
- ↑ 台湾 の 九份 は 「千 と 千尋 の 神 隠 し」 の モ デ ル 地 で は な い
- ↑ Spirited Away on nausicaa.net, accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ a b c Jonathan Clements : Anime - A History . Palgrave Macmillan 2013. pp. 183, 189. ISBN 978-1-84457-390-5 .
- ↑ Spirited Away. (No longer available online.) Universum Film GmbH, archived from the original on October 3, 2014 ; accessed on January 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Spirited Away (2002) - International Box Office Results Box Office Mojo
- ↑ Your Name Nominated for Academy Award in Japan - MMOExaminer. In: mmoexaminer.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Roger Ebert: Spirited Away . In: Chicago Sun-Times . September 20, 2002 (accessed February 15, 2008)
- ↑ The 21st Century's 100 greatest films website of the BBC . Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ↑ Jens Balzer: When people were still hoping for change . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 18, 2003, p. 9.
- ↑ Spirited Away. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Martin Zeyn: Gods, spirits and demons . In: taz , June 19, 2003
- ↑ http://www.fbw-filmbeval.com/film/chihiros_reise_ins_zauberland