Buena Vista Home Entertainment spared no expense or extra in the double-disc DVD creation of the animated, Oscar-winning Spirited Away. The remarkable aspect of these special features is how educational they are, providing much insight into this award-winning Japanese film. To begin, Spirited Away is presented in flawless 2.0:1 widescreen, enabling the richness of the animation to explode onscreen. The sound, presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 English and Japanese Surround, is flawless. A French Dolby Digital 2.0 track is also included. The featurette, "The Art of Spirited Away," is a must-see. It offers insight into the interpretation of the quite-symbolic film as well as stories about the trials and tribulations encountered during the translation process. Other extras include a feature on the dubbing process, a lengthy and star-packed Nippon Television documentary special on the film and how its key players worked to create the final product, a storyboard-to-scene comparison and 30 minutes of Japanese trailers for the movie.
Customer Rating
5
Great movie for all ages
on May 12, 2010
Posted by: Gladioli
from Rochester, mn
I love this movie! I bought when it came out on VHS some odd years back. Beautiful story line, but that's to be expected from Hayao Miyazaki. All his films are very creative and beautiful. I'm almost 22 and i love this film as much as my friend's three year-old daughter and two-year-old son do. We watch this and Howl's moving castle repetitively. We've watched it in both the English and Japanese, and i would recommend everyone to do the same. The Japanese version with English subtitles, though same story, has minor differences in what is being said and things that didn't really make too much sense in the English version made a lot of sense in the Japanese version.
What's great about it: A great family film for all ages, unique plot.
What's not so great: The english version compared to the Japanese XD Actually, none!