Spirited Away Reflection

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In Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki introduces a young girl named Chihiro. She’s brought into the Spirit World through the curiosity and greediness of her parents. Miyazaki makes her life problematic because of the simple nature of humans. He realizes that the different negative characteristics that humans have within them lead them to trouble, even children. He claims that “I 'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".” (Hayao Miyazaki Quotes) With this in mind, Miyazaki attempts to show children that they’re capable of overcoming problems even at the young age that they’re at. Within the spirit world, the apparitions have negative plans for humans, specifically for the future of Chihiro. As if it wasn’t enough for him to put the young girl in a setting with Spirits/Ghosts, he makes it so that these apparitions have negative plans in mind for the humans that they come in contact with. Miyazaki does this in order to put Chihiro in a situation that the audience would see as extremely difficult. He then adds …show more content…

Invariably his hero or heroine is cast in the role of peacemaker, or piggy in the middle, while his supporting players are an unruly bunch.” (Brooks) He sees to it that the audience can’t get a clear picture of what his characters are in the movie; particularly No-Face. This ghostly figure is first seen on a bridge and shows signs that he’s not like the rest of his ghoulish companions entering the spa. Haku forced Chihiro to hold her breath on the bridge, but No-Face showed signs that her presence was obvious to him. This scene allowed Miyazaki to build up the layers within his character; the audience sees No-Face as more than an extra in the movie, but his significance isn’t explicitly

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