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Spirited Away 20th Anniversary Edition Released on October 11
posted on by Andrew Osmond
Amazon UK is listing Studio Canal's twentieth anniversary edition of Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 film Spirited Away for October 11, as an Amazon exclusive. It will include the film on both Blu-ray and DVD.
This new edition will be packed in an oversized box (pictured). The boxset includes a hardback The Art of Spirited Away book: the original Japanese poster; oversized art cards; a bath token bookmark, a bathhouse pouch bag and a card holder wallet.
On-disc extras include "Meet Hayao Miyazaki," "The Making of Spirited Away," an introduction by John Lasseter, "Behind the Microphone - Voice Talent Featurette," and Alternative Angle Storyboards.
In the story, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are welcome. Chihiro must fend for herself and rescue her parents, as they have been turned to pigs as punishment for eating the food meant for the gods.
The film won the Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2003 and was joint winner of the Golden Bear award at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival. It was Japan's highest-grossing film until being replaced by Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train in 2020.
