Spirited away [videorecording] / Tokuma Shoten, Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film and Mitsubishi present a Studio Ghibli production ; written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki ; producer, Toshio Suzuki ; director (U.S. production), Kirk Wise ; producer (U.S. production), Donald W. Ernst ; executive producer (U.S. production), John Lasseter ; English language adaptation by Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt ; chief executive producer, Yasuyoshi Tokuma ; executive producers, Takeyoshi Matsushita, Seiichiro Ujiie, Yutaka Narita, Koji Hoshino, Banjiro Uemura, Hironori Aihara.

Miyazaki's spirited away (other title)

Aihara, Hironori, (film producer.). Andō, Masashi, 1969- (animator.). Chase, Daveigh, (voice actor.). Chiklis, Michael, 1963- (voice actor.). Egan, Susan, 1970- (voice actor.). Ernst, Donald W., (film producer.). Hewitt, Cindy Davis, (adapter.). Hewitt, Donald H., (adapter.). Hisaishi, Jō, 1950- (composer (expression)). Hoaglund, Linda, (translator.). Holly, Lauren, (voice actor.). Hoshino, Koji, (film producer.). Hubbert, Jim, (translator.). Kōsaka, Kitarō, 1962- (animator.). Kagawa, Megumi, (animator.). Kaku, Wakako, (lyricist.). Kimura, Youmi, (singer.). Lasseter, John, (film producer.). Lynn, Sherry, 1952- (voice actor.). Marsden, Jason, 1975- (voice actor.). Marshall, Mona, 1947- (voice actor.). Matsushita, Takeyoshi, (film producer.). Milo, Candi, 1966- (voice actor.). Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941- (screenwriter,, film director.). Narita, Yutaka, 1929-2011 (film producer.). O'Shaughnessey, Colleen, 1971- (voice actor.). Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008 (voice actor.). Proctor, Philip, (voice actor.). Ratzenberger, John, (voice actor.). Seyama, Takeshi, (editor of moving image work.). Stiers, David Ogden, (voice actor.). Strong, Tara, 1973- (voice actor.). Suzuki, Toshio, 1948- (film producer.). Takeshige, Yōji, 1964- (art director.). Tokuma, Yasuyoshi, (film producer.). Uemura, Banjiro, (film producer.). Ujiie, Seiichirō, 1926-2011 (film producer.). Ward, Jim, 1959- (voice actor.). Wise, Kirk, (film director.). Yoshida, Norobu, (production designer.). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), (production company,, film distributor.). Dentsū, (production company.). Mitsubishi Shōji Kabushiki Kaisha, (production company.). Nihon Terebi, (production company.). Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha, (production company.). Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, (production company.). Tokuma Shoten, (production company.). Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary:

When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents. Chihiro and her parents accidentally wander into another world ruled by witches and monsters. When her parents are captured by the ruler of the world, she tricks the witch into hiring her so she can figure out how to free them.

Record details

ISBN: 078884461X
ISBN: 9780788844614
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 125 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen
Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2003]
Distributor: Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Bonus features: Disc 1: Introduction by John Lasseter, The art of Spirited Away -- Disc 2: Behind the microphone (voice talent featurette), Select storyboard-to-scene comparison, Nippon Television special, Original Japanese trailers. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Formatted Contents Note:	[Disc 1]. Feature film, special features -- Disc 2. Special features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Joe Hisaishi ; theme song lyrics, Wakako Kaku ; original music/vocal performance, Youmi Kimura ; supervising animators, Masashi Ando, Kitaro Kosaka, Megumi Kagawa ; art director, Yoji Takeshige ; editing, Takeshi Seyama ; translated from the original Japanese by Linda Hoaglund, Jim Hubbert ; [production designer, Norobu Yoshida].
Participant or Performer Note:	English language voices: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Jason Marsden, Susan Egan, David Ogden Stiers, Lauren Holly, Michael Chiklis, John Ratzenberger, Tara Strong, Sherry Lynn, Mona Marshall, Candi Milo, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Phil Proctor, Jim Ward.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG; for some scary moments ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.
System Details Note:	DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, NTSC, Region 1, wide screen (2.0:1).
Language Note:	English, French, Japanese or Spanish dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, USA, 2003: Oscar - Best Animated Feature Film of the Year (Hayao Miyazaki)