Analysis Of The Anime Film Spirited Away

Spirited Away, the anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, depicts a fantasy story of a young girl Chihiro accidentally enters a town ruled by witches and gods. Chihiro need to find a job in order to survive and save her parents who are turned into pigs. During her stay, Chihiro works hard and finally finds a way to save her parents and go back to the real world. In this essay, I want to discuss how does Spirited Away reflected issues of Japanese society in 1990s. Japan experienced strong economic growth in the second half of the 20th century. However, from 1990 to 2000, the Japanese economy experienced a recession because of the Japanese asset price bubble’s collapse (wikipedia). Miyazaki addressed issues that related to the economic downturn in the Japanese society. First of all, Miyazaki implies that adult like Chihiro’s parents who grown up during the Japanese economic form a habit of enjoying lazy life style. Moreover, Miyazaki mentions the problem of pollution brought by the economic development. First of all, Chihiro’s parents represent the generation that grown up during the time of economic boom in Japan. At the very first …show more content…
At that time, Japan were experiencing economic downturn and lots of social problems were revealed. Miyazaki addressed some of the social phenomenon in the film. First of all, Hayao implies Japanese economic boom cultivated bad habits in contemporary Japanese adults such as Chihiro’s parents. Moreover, Miyazaki mentions the issue of pollution brought the economic development by building the character of the river spirit. Miyazaki hope this film could inspire the young generation to think about the popular issues in the society and give efforts to protect environment and build a harmonious society. I believe Miyazaki achieved his goals as Spirited Away achieved huge success in the world film industry. Until now, many people around the world are inspired by the