Spirited Away ????????Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushiliterally, Sen and Chihiros Spiriting Away is a 2001 (2001 in film) Japanese animated (anime) film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows a sullen ten-year-old girl who is in the process of moving to a new town (presumably in the countryside) with her family, and chronicles her adventures in a world of spirits and monsters.

The film received many awards, including the second Oscar (Academy Awards) ever awarded for Best Animated Feature (Academy Award for Best Animated Feature), the first anime film to win an Academy Award, and the first (and so far only) non-English speaking animation to win. The film also won the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival (tied with Bloody Sunday (Bloody Sunday (TV film))) and is among the top ten in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.

Spirited Away overtook Titanic (Titanic (1997 film)) (At the time the top grossing film worldwide) in the Japanese box office to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history.