Spirited AwaySpirited Away, the new film from Hayao Miyazaki, director of KiKi's Delivery Service and princess Mononoke, is the story of Chihiro, a 10-year old girl in the midst of a move to the suburbs, who wanders into mysterious town and finds an "other world" of gods and monsters, ruled over by a witch. There, humans are changed into animals and disappear. To survivie in this new world, poor chihiro has to go to work in a huge bathhouse patronized by bizarre beings. Miyazaki's Spirited Away is now released by Disney! In this volume, Haki takes Sen to visit her parents, who have turned into plgs. Sen promises to rescue them and get them out of their predicament one day. Back at work, Sen is forced to do the most disgusting jobs, like cleaning out the giant tub, Then the dreaded stink God pays a visit to the bathhouse and sen is sent to serve him. Through pluck and determination, though, sen perseveres and wins a valuable prize as a result. Meanwhile, the mysterious No-Face monster is lurking about. What does he want? |
