Spirited Away (movie)

The flexible light thing that jumps around and leads to the house is a reference to Pixar's mascot. Miyazaki is a big fan of Pixar and wanted to show his admiration.

Yasuko Sawaguchi, the voice actress for Chihiro's mother, actually spoke while chewing chicken for her scene where she had to talk while eating. Dub actress Lauren Holly did the same thing but used an apple instead.

Winner for "Best Animation Film Award" at the 6th Animation Kobe (2001)

The first anime film to briefly achieve a 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Referenced in the Aaron McGruder-created strip, The Boondocks.

Chihiro was created based on a ten-year old girl, a Miyazaki friend's daughter. This girl also made Miyazaki continue working after promising retiring from filmmaking after Mononoke Hime (1997).

In the scene during which Chihiro squashes the small wormlike thing that inhabited Haku with her foot that, Kamaji tells Chihiro to "Cut the line!". "Cutting the line" is a Japanese good-luck charm performed by making a chopping gesture through another person's connected index fingers. This is done whenever someone is affected by some impurity. During footage of the dubbing process in the Spirited Away Nippon-TV Special, the young Japanese seiyū playing Chihiro was not aware of this concept and had it explained to her by Miyazaki. One of the sound engineers commented saying "The young don't know it these days".

Jonathan Clements scripted a commentary for the UK Special Edition that was never recorded due to rights issues.

Ranked #7 on its November 2017 theatrical re-issue in Mexico.