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	Spirited Away :: Chihiro Haku
		CHIHIRO The main character of the movie, in begining, she was spoiled and stubborn, but in end she became brave, she had to stay in the bath house to survive.
		HAKU A mysterious boy who helped the frightened Chihiro when she found her parents changed into pigs.
		LIN a girl who worked with Chihiro whe she was in the bath house, in the begining, she was a bit rude but end she helped Chihiro a lot.
	www.freewebs.com /spiritedawayhakuchihiro/characters.htm (225 words)

	Absolute Anime / Spirited Away / Kohaku
		Lin tells Sen that Haku is one of Yubaba's henchmen that carries out some of her wicked orders (which is somewhat true to the viewer's knowledge).
		Secretly, the young spirit is in love with Chihiro, but he's too shy to tell her.
		Haku takes the form of a white dragon (the style is VERY similar to Moro's in Mononoke Hime) that can transport Chihiro.
	www.absoluteanime.com /spirited_away/haku.htm (383 words)

	CULTJAPAN : Spirited Away
		Spirited Away is a 2001 animated movie by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by famed animator Hayao Miyazaki.
		When Haku prompts her by telling her that something she values is missing, her first reaction is to scrutinize the gold.
		Yubaba seems to care about Haku only as a magical errand boy: when he is dying in her quarters because of the seal she ordered him to steal, she is mostly concerned about getting rid of the body before he bleeds on more of the carpet.
	cultjapan.com /c007.php (1283 words)

	"Spirited Away" - Salon
		"Spirited Away" is a trip, in the literal, metaphorical and indeed lysergic senses of that word.
		To stay in the spirit world and thus have a chance of rescuing her parents, Chihiro must ask Yubaba for a job in the bathhouse, a request the fearsome witch cannot refuse.
		But when Haku (Jason Marsden), the half-boy, half-dragon with whom she's fallen in love -- and whom she may dimly remember from the human world -- is badly injured and needs her help, Sen bravely ventures out on the last phase of her journey; even her porcine parents will have to wait.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/review/2002/09/25/spirited/index.html (1066 words)

	Review: Spirited Away
		To call Spirited Away similar to regular Disney fair isn’t quite the insult that I may have insinuated, as most Disney fair is quite tolerable and agreeable.
		Spirited Away is a visual treat, a feast for the eyes, and easily rivals if not beats anything put out by the Disney empire.
		The plot of Spirited Away and the characters incorporated are so imaginative, that I must emphasive the importance of possessing the three prerequisites before viewing.
	www.angelfire.com /film/teenreview/spiritedaway.html (915 words)

	SparkNotes: Spirited Away: Analysis of Major Characters
		Haku first appears as a boy of about sixteen, but he is actually a lost river spirit that also can take the form of a white dragon.
		Haku’s treatment of Chihiro is sometimes kind and sometimes gruff, and Chihiro later learns that Yubaba controls him through a slug she planted inside him.
		Haku may seem powerful at times, but he is also weak—he cannot remember his name, which means he can never leave the spirit world, and he is under Yubaba’s control.
	www.sparknotes.com /film/spiritedaway/canalysis.html (914 words)

	Spirited Away (2002)
		Spirited Away is a truly remarkable film and is considered by many to be one of the most significant animated features to have ever hit the big screen.
		Seeing that Spirited Away won a slew of International film awards and was the highest-grossing Japanese film in history, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli had many opportunities over the years to sell North American distribution rights to their films to various and sundry companies and for one reason or the other, held off.
		Spirited Away was an utter visual feast and it contained an absolutely stunning color palette that was expertly reproduced for the DVD and there were absolutely zero instances of bleeding or over-saturation noted.
	www.dvdmg.com /spiritedaway.shtml (2702 words)

	Spirited Away - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spirited Away was named Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards, the first anime film to win an Oscar.
		When Haku prompts her by telling her that something she values is missing, her first reaction is to scrutinize the gold.Her name is similar to that of another legendary witch, Baba Yaga.
		Obake and Yokai - the spirits of the Shinto religion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spirited_Away (3543 words)

	Science Fiction Movie and TV Reviews
		The boy, Haku (Marsden), calms her, comforts her and keeps her from disappearing entirely, but Chihiro is trapped in the spirit world, and in a great deal of danger from its hostile inhabitants.
		Miyazaki makes it clear that Chihiro, her parents and her friend Haku are all in mortal danger, and his film doesn't shy away from depicting bloody wounds and the pain they cause.
		Spirited Away is not as terrifying and passionate as Princess Mononoke, nor as blithe and charming as My Neighbor Totoro.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue282/screen8.html (798 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Spirited Away
		A young girl is trapped in a strange new world of spirits who must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents.
		Spirited Away for me has the honor of being the first Miyazaki film that I simply have not cared for at all after seeing it.
		Visually and technically, Spirited Away is a stunningly gorgeous film that has a lot to offer, but only a few areas really ended up interesting me in the end.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/2046.php (2165 words)

	Spirited Away
		Spirited Away is the latest masterpiece by revered animator Hayao Miyazaki to be adapted and marketed to mainstream America.
		Spirited Away is sort of a cross between Alice in Wonderland and Shinto mythology.
		Spirited Away easily blows away anything Disney has put out in the last 15 years (although, to their credit, Disney did adapt Spirited for the US market).
	www.scifidimensions.com /Oct02/spiritedaway.htm (387 words)

	Absolute Anime / Spirited Away
		Spirited away is about a headstrong 10-year-old-girl named Chihiro who finds herself chucked into a world where good and evil live together.
		As the sun sets, a boy named Haku warns her to run away before she is seen.
		Haku finds her and tells her in order to get her out of the world she is in and save her parents, she must work there.
	www.absoluteanime.com /spirited_away (388 words)

	Spirited Away - film reviews
		Spirited Away really represents the great filmmaker at the peak of his powers.
		Spirited Away became Japan’s most successful movie ever, topping $200 million at the box office before acquiring endless awards and honors around the world.
		Sprited Away is a truly great fantasy, and one of the finest films of recent years.
	www.danielthomas.org /pop/film_reviews/spirited.htm (1061 words)

	Spirited Away - buy.gold-software.com
		She is the typical kid nearing adolescence, and therefore, is unhappy with the world, her parents in particular, and shows no interest in anything.
		Chihiro is separated from her parents and left alone to discover that the world in which she now finds herself trapped is the spirit world.
		Along the way, she meets a panapoly of fantastical creatures, must work as a slave in a bath house and battle the unknown evils of the spirit world - all the while struggling to retain the memory of her former life, her parents and her name, which she needs if she is ever to escape.
	buy.gold-software.com /page_us_B00005JLEU_0_0.html (1563 words)

	Spirited Away (2001)
		Haku tells her Chihiro that she is now in the realm of the spirits and that her parents have eaten spirit food.
		There she faces a stink spirit who is threatening to pollute the bathhouse and inadvertently lets in a lonely monster that starts trying to devour everybody and everything.
		It is set in a spirit world but rather than an ethereal afterlife this is like an almost-familiar reflection of the present that combines traditional Japanese rural architecture and oddly incongruous modern touches - this is an afterlife where there is electric lighting and telephones and trains run through the water-logged landscape.
	www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/spiritedaway.htm (931 words)

	Spirited Away review
		In the new Japanese animated feature Spirited Away, Chihiro is a ten year old girl whose parents have decided to move to a new town, causing Chihiro to feel sad and a little frightened about leaving her friends, her school, all that is familiar and known.
		In order to survive, Haku advises Chihiru to get a job working for the spider-like boss of the bathhouse, but he cautions her to remember her own name though they give her a new one.
		Spirited Away is a spectacular film, the latest and possibly final (the director announced his retirement) work of anime from director Hayao Miyazake.
	www.plume-noire.com /movies/reviews/spiritedaway.html (955 words)

	Spirited Away,Hayao Miyazaki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		เมื่อผมดู Spirited Away จบ ความคิดแรกเลยคือนำมันไปเปรียบกับ Alice in wonderland เหตุที่โครงเรื่องเป็นเรื่องของเด็กสาวที่พลัดหลงเข้าไปในแดนประหลาดเหมือนๆ กัน Chihiro เด็กสาวธรรมดาๆ นิสัยดื้อรั้น นั่งมาในรถกับพ่อแม่ที่กำลังย้ายบ้านใหม่ เด็กน้อยไม่พอใจนักกับการเปลี่ยนแปลงในชีวิตครั้งนี้ จนเมื่อพ่อและแม่ของเธอหยุดพักกลางทาง แล้วตัดสินใจเข้าไปสำรวจในอุโมงค์ข้างทาง ซึ่งทำให้คนทั้งคู่เปลี่ยนสภาพไปและ Chihiro ต้องติดอยู่ในโลกประหลาดที่ดูเหมือนจะมีแต่สิ่งมีชีวิตแปลกๆ เต็มไปหมด แต่ก่อนที่เธอจะหัวใจวายตายไปกับเหตุการณ์ก็มีชายหนุ่มลึกลับที่บอกตัวเองว่าเขาชื่อ Haku มาช่วยเอาไว้ และแนะนำเธอถึงหนทางที่จะมีชีวิตรอดในเมืองนี้รวมไปถึงหนทางกลับสู่โลกของเธอ โดยระหว่างนั้นเธอจะต้องทำงานในโรงอาบน้ำในโลกวิญญาณนี้ ซึ่งทำให้แนวความคิดและพฤติกรรมของเธอเปลี่ยนแปลงไปในทางที่ดีขึ้น
		Spirited Away ไม่ใช่หนังการ์ตูนที่ดูได้ง่ายนัก เพราะเนื้อเรื่องเกี่ยวพันโยงใยไปถึงความเชื่อเรื่องเทพเจ้า การตีความในเรื่องของจิตวิญญาณตามแบบของคนญี่ปุ่น และคงไม่ใช่เรื่องยากที่จะจับสังเกตได้ว่า Miyazaki ไม่ได้ตั้งใจจะทำ Spirited Away ออกมาให้เป็นหนังการ์ตูนที่ "ดูสนุก" เพียงอย่างเดียว เพราะจากเนื้อเรื่องหลักและเนื้อเรื่องรองล้วนแต่มุ่งเน้นไปยังหลักความคิดทางปรัชญาในการดำรงอยู่และในการก้าวต่อไปในชีวิตของคนสักคนหนึ่ง หากจะวัดกันตามผลงานที่ผ่านๆ มาแล้วนั้น Spirited Away นับว่าเป็นก้าวที่ลงตัวมากยิ่งขึ้นในเรื่องของการผนวกเอาความน่ารักและข้อความที่ต้องการสื่อออกมาอย่างชัดเจน อย่างใน Totoro เนื้อเรื่องจะเน้นไปในแนวทางน่ารักซะมากกว่า ขณะที่ Princess Mononoke ดูจะเน้นไปที่ "ข้อความ" ที่ต้องหารสื่อจนลดทอนความน่ารักและเสน่ห์ของความเป็นการ์ตูนลงไปมากพอดู แต่ใน Spirited Away นั้น Miyazaki เล่าเรื่องที่หนัก และไม่รีรอที่จะสื่อข้อความยากๆ แต่ก็ไม่ลืมที่จะหยอดเอาความน่ารัก ขบขันลงไปด้วยอย่างลงตัวมากที่สุด
		Spirited Away เป็นหนังที่ไม่มีไคลแมกซ์ เพราะฉากทุกฉากที่อยู่ในหนังสนุกเท่าๆ กันไปหมด แต่คงมีอยู่เพียงฉากเดียวที่อารมณ์ถูกดึงขึ้นไปสูงกว่าช่วงอื่นๆ อยู่สักหน่อย นั่นคือฉากในช่วงท้ายที่ Haku ค้นพบชื่อที่แท้จริงของตัวเอง ด้วยเหตุที่ตัวหนังปูเรื่องให้ Haku เป็นตัวละครที่เหมือนจะกุมความลับบางอย่างในโลกวิญญาณเอาไว้ แต่หนังกลับบอกข้อมูลของ Haku ให้ผู้ชมรู้น้อยมาก (ด้วยเพราะตัว Haku เองก็ไม่ได้รู้อะไรมากไปกว่าที่หนังบอก) ดังนั้น เมื่อเกิดสถานการณ์ที่ทำให้ทั้งผู้ชมและ Haku รู้ถึงความเป็นมาและเป็นไปของตัวเขาเอง และความลับที่เปิดเผยออกมานี้ยังสามารถ "คลายปม" บางอย่างที่หนังวางเอาไว้ (และผู้ชมใคร่รู้มาตลอด) ได้อย่างหมดจรดไร้ข้อกังขา
	www.popcornfor2.com /movies/017_dec_spiritedaway.html (370 words)

	Animetric.com >> Anime Reviews >> Spirited Away / Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
		While Spirited Away begins in modern day Japan, about 90% of the film takes place in the strange world that Chihiro and her parents unwittingly stumble upon.
		Right after Chihiro's parents become pigs, a fine-looking boy named Haku comes to her aid and tells her that the only way to survive in that town is to get a job.
		As is the case with Hayao Miyazaki's other works ("Princess Mononoke", "Kiki's Delivery Service", etc.), Spirited Away boasts of crisp, magnificent, and painstakingly detailed visuals which capture everything -- from the hustle and bustle of the city to the serene beauty of the Japanese countryside.
	www.animetric.com /qrs2/spirited.html (515 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Spirited Away at Epinions.com
		Spirited Away is an absolute work of art...
		Her companion Haku has been voiced by Jason Marsden from Disney's Tarzan, and he brings a weary, calm and experienced tone to the character who will guide Chihiro on her journey through the spirit world.
		Her guardian Haku on the other hand is being controlled by Yubaba, so that on a number of occasions he will turn into a fearsome dragon with his humanity repressed beyond recognition.
	www.epinions.com /content_114578329220 (1699 words)

	Spirited Away (2002): Reviews
		Does full honor to Miyazaki’s teeming and often unsettling landscape, and to the conflicted complexity of his characters: Not a single frame was cut, and the voice casting and performances are uniformly excellent.
		Artful but not arty, Spirited Away is a handcrafted cartoon, as personal as an Utamaro painting, yet its breadth and heart give it an appeal that should touch American viewers of all ages.
		A very nutty fruitcake, Spirited Away is characterized by wonderfully detailed animation, packed with incident and populated by all manner of comic creatures.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/spiritedaway (1611 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Spirited Away (2002)
		Haku instructs her to run to the bowels of the biggest building in the village and find someone named Kamajii, then ask him for a job.
		Mononoke presented us with the physical embodiment of a forest and its overt destruction at the hands of humanity, but Spirited Away allows the gods of nature to relate directly to people – even to the extent of feeling affection for a young human girl.
		(Apparently, humans smell bad to those who live in the spirit world.) Chihiro's entire journey is a discovery of who she is and how that person relates to the larger world.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/s/spirited-away.html (1423 words)

	Anime News Network - Spirited Away: English Language Analysis
		One, when Chihiro watches Haku fly away as a dragon for the first time, before being followed by Noh Face, she says “Haku is a dragon?!” instead of just walking away.
		Also, at the very end of the film, while the car is driving away, there’s an added bit of dialogue between Chihiro and her father that wraps things up.
		All in all, the English language version of Spirited Away is very, very well done and the utmost of care has been taken in keeping this as close to the original Japanese as possible.
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /feature.php?id=20 (980 words)

	Anime Academy Review - Spirited Away (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Spirits of all kinds start to appear as the sky darkens, and a boy named Haku tells Chihiro that she is in danger.
		Spirited away is wonderful and makes a good children's movie, the Japanese form of "Alice In Wonderland." The reason why I chose to rent this movie is because of all the hype that surrounded it, and I couldn't believe an anime movie had time on the big screen.
		Their personalities are poorly described, and Haku's personality is somewhat confusing, changing from time to time, in the two-hour span.
	home.comcast.net /~849101/reviews/spiritedaway.html (825 words)

	theLogBook.com Movie Reviews - Spirited Away
		However, Haku finds her, encourages her to eat a piece of food that's enough to keep her in that world, but won't turn her into a pig.
		However, it was popular enough that when Disney announced that it was releasing the film on DVD without the original Japanese audio track, a huge protest caused Disney to rethink the plans and include the Japanese audio track with both literal English subtitles as well as the words to the Neil Gaiman-adapted script.
		Spirited Away, however, is more of a family film, and was the inspired by a group of ten-year-old girls who visited Studio Ghibli, and Miyazaki realizing that the studio never did a film targeted for them.
	www.thelogbook.com /movies/2002/a.htm (1301 words)

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