Spirited Away
Anime • 2001 • Fantasy
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A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Not intentionally. The protagonist’s parents get turned into pigs, and for much of the movie, she’s without their help
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Abuse
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Chihiro is no older than 13, and she is working for the bathhouse. This is child labor and could be considered child abuse.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Chihiro's parents show poor decision-making, but their actions seem to be influenced by the spirits.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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A witch makes her workers forget their identity by forcing them to go by a new name
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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Chihiro is followed briefly by a spirit called No Face who takes a bit of a liking to her.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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I am genuinly curious who all the yeses refer to? I do not remember any alcohol, except for the owner saying that the employees get a sake on the house, but that is only mentioned, too
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if you count someone smoking, then yes
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Is there addiction?
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A few instances of smoking.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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When Chihiro returns and finds her parents turned into pigs, a spirit repeatedly strikes the father's face with a horse whip...
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No deaths are directly depicted in the film.
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Are there spiders?
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There is a character with a human body and eight legs, working with a herd of fluffy eight-legged creatures. Both of them are not exactly spider-like figures.
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Are there bugs?
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A worm-like being is squashed under someone's foot. There are little creatures reminiscent of spiders.
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Are there snakes?
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No, but snake-like beings (dragon/spirit).
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Is there a dead animal?
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Haku in his dragon form was bleeding out from internal wounds. His condition stabilizes but he goes unconscious and is covered in blood. It is never assumed he’s dead.
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Does a dragon die?
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No ,but Haku gets hurt very badly.
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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Chihiro's parents are trapped and penned up as pigs. She herself is unable to leave the spirit world, but is otherwise able to move around freely.
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Is someone held under water?
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Sen is briefly held by a river spirit, but she isn’t hurt.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
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a dragon is very badly injured, and bleeds profusely and spatters blood on the walls
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Is someone tortured?
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no but it is said by Yubaba that she wants to work Chihiro to death
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Is there body horror?
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Towards the beginning of the movie, the parents turn into pigs. Also, Chihiro starts turning transparent before eating something from the spirit world
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Does a head get squashed?
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Was worried about this one as there are three magic bouncing heads - they get magically transformed at one point but suffer no physical harm.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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No but Haku is shown in his dragon form with bloody teeth
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Is someone burned alive?
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No, but one character briefly has fire coming out of or surrounding her mouth.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Spirits turn humans into pigs for livestock. Someone briefly talks about cooking the protagonist at 41:36. A humanoid spirit eats a few other humanoid spirits but vomits them up and they're fine by the end of the movie.
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Is there amputation?
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There is no amputation - there are three heads without bodies that just sort of ... bounce around. I don't think decapitation is implied - they're just three magical bouncing heads.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Chihiro briefly struggles to hold her breath to avoid detection.
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Does someone break a bone?
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No but a character says “if you don’t play with me, I’ll break your leg” and puts pressure on the leg that causes discomfort in threat
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Does someone fall to their death?
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No but two characters fall through a shaft, but safely avoid death
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Yes, haku is unconscious for a while after being severely injured
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Is someone crushed to death?
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When No-Face is chasing after Chihiro, he breaks down some doors and they fall onto some of the bathhouse employees, then he steps on top of the doors to get to Chihiro. We don’t see the employees again but they’re assumed to be fine.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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At one point Chihiro almost falls, and then runs safely to the bottom of the stairs. It is a little shocking but not too scary.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Chihiro is 10 and Haku is 12, both children are put in very dangerous situations but neither of them die.
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Is an infant abducted?
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The baby is turned into a mouse and gets sent away and the mother is panicking looking for the child
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Non-human characters seem to die but they end up being okay.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Sen risks sacrificing herself to get no face out of the bathhouse
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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I can’t speak for the Japanese version but the English dub has some common ableist language and insults: “dope,” “idiot,” etc.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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No parents die, but the child is separated from her parents for the majority of the movie, giving her that "I'm alone and my parents aren't here" sort of feeling that can be difficult for some children.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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I don't think so? It's been a while since I've seen Spirited Away but there was definitely toys in the baby's (Boh's) room, I'm assuming no toys were broken though from what I remember. Feel free to correct me if I'm incorrect though!
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Is someone kidnapped?
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No, but held against their will.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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When Chihiro is trying to sneak down the stairs, one suddenly breaks under her. She gets scared and runs down screaming the rest of the way
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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A doorknocker has eyes that roll all the way over, and there’s one painted eye I spotted, but that’s it
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Razor-like paper birds
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Is someone possessed?
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Not like 'possessed by a demon', but a character has put a spell on another one, and can control them to some extent
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Are there ghosts?
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Not exactly ghosts, but there are supernatural creatures who are mostly gods and deities from the pagan world.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Lakes
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Is there a shower scene?
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There are many scenes of spirits and unusual creatures bathing, but no explicit human nudity is present.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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A spirit creature eats some medicine that forces him to vomit.
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Is someone eaten?
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No Face eats a couple characters, but later vomits them out unharmed.
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Does someone spit?
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From what I can remember when chihiro eats something she doesn’t like she spits it out into a bun
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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No, but if this is a sensitive subject to you, you should be aware that there is a character who takes away other characters' names and calls them by names of her choosing. Chihiro is called Sen while working for her.
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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The very young protagonist is panicking and uses her fists to thump the sides of her head, mid-level of force, to “wake up” from the “dream” she thinks she’s experiencing. It reminds me of when I used to do it, and children watching or previous self-harmers might be upset or driven to mimic.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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While no one explicitly has an eating disorder, this movie has binging/purging content that can be triggering.
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Is there misophonia?
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TONS of it. Chewing, swallowing, squishing, sludge, gurgling, vomiting, dishes crashing, a train bell… if any of these might bother you, which they did not for me, you might need to proceed with caution.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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The most claustrophobic scene I can think of would be when Chihiro is in a pretty small elevator with a big spirit, so she's squished up against the wall with not a lot of room.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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I'm going to say no, but it is clear that the character does feel very anxious at some points, especially anxiety about being abandoned.
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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Yubaba's man-sized baby son may be capable of speech, but he still cries loud.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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one the size of an adult.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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The parents turn into pigs when they eat too much, if that counts
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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I can’t speak for the Japanese version but the English dub has some common ableist language and insults: “dope,” “idiot,” etc.
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There’s a stereotypical hook nosed witch
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Does the black guy die first?
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Nobody dies.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Are there demons or Hell?
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Japanese spirits, not necessarily demons. Even the evil spirits aren’t identified as “demons”
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Boh the baby’s bare butt is shown very briefly twice but that’s it.
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Is there sexual content?
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No, but some viewers may find the fact that minors are working as assistants in a bathing institute disturbing.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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No, but memory is a theme throughout. Being in the spirit bathhouse can cause some people to forget their identities if they aren’t careful
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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There's a spirit who doesn't have housing, but since he's non human he doesn't seem to be psychically affected by this. He finds a home by the end of the movie.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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A bit melancholy, I'd say.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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No but there is a scene where the father drives erratically
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Haku is hurt very badly and spills quite a bit of blood from his injuries.
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Does someone drown?
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No, but someone is uncomfortably submerged for a while.
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