Cast: Voices by Rumi Hîragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô
Movie Description
Chihiro is a nervous, apprehensive young girl who moves with her family to a new city. When they detour into a mysterious new town, Chihiro is immediately alarmed. It isn't long before her worst nightmares come true as evil monsters and ghosts start turning everyone into animals.
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Awards
2003 Oscar at Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature
2003 Saturn Award at Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Animated Film
2003 Silver Scream Award at Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
2003 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature
2003 Annie Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production
2003 Annie Award for Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production
2003 Annie Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production
2002 Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Film
2002 Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Song
2002 Golden Berlin Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival
2002 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film
2002 Special Commendation Award at Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for artistic contribution to the field of animation.
2003 BFCA Award at Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Animated Feature
2003 Audience Award at Cambridge Film Festival for Best Film
2002 Cinekid Film Award
2003 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film
2002 Best Film Award at Durban International Film Festival
2003 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Foreign-Language Film
2003 Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animation
2003 Golden Trailer Award for Best Animation/Family
2002 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Asian Film
2002 Readers' Choice Award at Kinema Junpa Awards for Best Film
2002 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animation
2002 Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Animated Film
2002 Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Director
2002 Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Film
2002 Mainichi Film Concours Award for Best Music Score
2002 Reader's Choice Award for Mainichi Film Concours for Best Film
2002 National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Feature
2002 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film
2001 Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Film
2003 Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature
2002 Audience Award at San Francisco Int'l Film Festival for Best Narrative Feature
2003 Golden Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
2002 Special Mention Award at Sitges-Catalonian Int'l Film Festival
