Spirited away [videorecording] / Tokuma Shoten, Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film and Mitsubishi present ; 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)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi / Sutajio Jiburi sakuhin ; teikei, Tokuma Shoten ... [et al.] ; purodūsā, Suzuki Toshio (other title)

宮崎駿, 1941- screenwriter, film director.鈴木敏夫, 1948 August 19- film producer.徳間康快, film producer.成田豊, 1929- film producer.星野幸詩, film producer.久石譲, composer (expression)安藤雅司, 1969- animator.高坂希太郎, 1962- animator.賀川愛, animator.武重洋二, 1964- art director.瀬山武司, film editor.徳間書店, production company.スタジオジブリ, production company.日本テレビ, production company.日本電報通信社, production company.三菱商事株式会社, production company. Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941- (screenwriter,, film director.). Suzuki, Toshio, 1948- (film producer.). Tokuma, Yasuyoshi, (film producer.). Narita, Yutaka, 1929-2011 (film producer.). Hoshino, Koji, (film producer.). Hisaishi, Joe, (composer (expression)). Andō, Masashi, 1969- (animator.). Kōsaka, Kitarō, 1962- (animator.). Kagawa, Megumi, (animator.). Takeshige, Yōji, 1964- (art director.). Seyama, Takeshi, (film editor.). Ōizumi, Yō, 1973- (voice actor.). Chase, Daveigh, (actor.). Chiklis, Michael, 1963- (actor.). Egan, Susan, 1970- (actor.). Ernst, Donald W., (film producer.). Gashūin, Tatsuya, 1950- (voice actor.). Hayashi, Koba, 1935-2016 (voice actor.). Hewitt, Cindy Davis, (adapter.). Hewitt, Donald H., (adapter.). Hiragi, Rumi, 1987- (voice actor.). Hoaglund, Linda, (translator.). Holly, Lauren, (actor.). Hubbert, Jim, (translator.). Irino, Miyu, 1988- (voice actor.). Kaku, Wakako, (lyricist.). Kamijo, Tsunehiko, 1940- (voice actor.). Kamiki, Ryūnosuke, 1993- (voice actor.). Kimura, Youmi, (vocalist.). Lasseter, John, (film producer.). Lynn, Sherry, 1952- (actor.). Marsden, Jason, 1975- (actor.). Marshall, Mona, 1947- (actor.). Matsushita, Takeyoshi, (film producer.). Milo, Candi, 1966- (actor.). Naitō, Takashi, 1955- (voice actor.). Natsuki, Mari, 1952- (voice actor.). O'Shaughnessey, Colleen, 1971- (actor.). Ono, Takehiko, 1942- (voice actor.). Pleshette, Suzanne, 1937-2008 (actor.). Proctor, Philip, (actor.). Ratzenberger, John, (actor.). Sawaguchi, Yasuko, 1965- (voice actor.). Stiers, David Ogden, (actor.). Strong, Tara, 1973- (actor.). Sugawara, Bunta, 1933-2014 (voice actor.). Tamai, Yumi, 1977- (voice actor.). Ujiie, Seiichirō, 1926-2011 (film producer.). Ward, Jim, 1959- (actor.). Wise, Kirk, (film director.). Yoshida, Norobu, (production designer.). Tokuma Shoten, (production company.). Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha, (production company.). Nihon Terebi, (production company.). Dentsū, (production company.). Mitsubishi Shōji Kabushiki Kaisha, (production company.). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), (production company,, film distributor.). Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, (production company.). Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm), (production company,, film distributor.). 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'Shaughnessy, Phil Proctor, Jim Ward. (Cast). Japanese language voices: Rumi Hiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yumi Tamai, Yo Oizumi, Koba Hayashi, Tsunehiko Kamiko, Takehiko Ono, Bunta Sugawara. (Cast).

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: 6318382836
ISBN: 9786318382830
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 125 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2015]
Distributor: Burbank, CA : Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

General Note:	Bonus features: Introduction by John Lasseter; The art of Spirited Away ; Behind the microphone (voice talent featurette); original Japanese storyboards; Nippon Television special; Original Japanese trailers and TV spots. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Joe (Jō) Hisaishi = Hisaishi Jô ; theme song lyrics, Wakako Kaku ; original music/vocal performance, Youmi Kimura ; supervising animators, Masashi Ando, Kitaro Kosaka, Megumi Kagawa = Kagawa Megumi ; art director, Yoji Takeshige ; editing, Takeshi Seyama = Seyama Takeshi ; translated from the original Japanese by Linda Hoaglund, Jim Hubbert ; [production designer, Norobu Yoshida = Yoshida Norobu]. Music, Joe (Jō) Hisaishi = 久石譲 ; theme song lyrics, Wakako Kaku ; original music/vocal performance, Youmi Kimura ; supervising animators, Masashi Ando, Kitaro Kosaka, Megumi Kagawa = 賀川愛 ; art director, Yoji Takeshige ; editing, Takeshi Seyama = 瀬山武司 ; translated from the original Japanese by Linda Hoaglund, Jim Hubbert ; [production designer, Norobu Yoshida = 吉田昇].
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'Shaughnessy, Phil Proctor, Jim Ward. Japanese language voices: Rumi Hiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yumi Tamai, Yo Oizumi, Koba Hayashi, Tsunehiko Kamiko, Takehiko Ono, Bunta Sugawara.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG; for some scary moments ; Canadian Home Video rating: PG.
System Details Note:	Blu-ray, 1080p high defintion widescreen (1.85:1), 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.
Language Note:	Japanese, English, or French audio; subtitled in English, English ESL, English SDH, and French.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, USA, 2003: Oscar - Best Animated Feature Film of the Year (Hayao Miyazaki)