Story: The story I guess you can say is pretty basic. If I explain what it is, I'm afraid it loses the complexity and makes the movie sound childish, so I'll just skip out on that one ~. If you're really set on knowing, read the synopsis, but I'm not going to go into further detail here.
Art: The art may seem like anything mediocore, but trust me, if you pay attention you'll notice how spectacular it really is. Hayao Miyazaki gave so much thoughts into his characters every movements. Having the DVD: Special Edition, I see that. Every little thing that Chihiro does is so carefully thought out. From putting on her shoes, to running down stairs. Simply amazing. The scenery and bg's are breathtaking as well. Man, oh, man is this film a masterpiece.
Sound: The sound is relatively amazing. The piano themes that play throughout the movie and the movies score fit so well with the overall product it's ridiculous! I've never in my life seen a movie so structured from Story to art to sound and more! The main theme in Spirited Away literally makes me want to go pick up a piano and learn how to play just so I could know that one song.
Characters: The characters are so fulfilling. They don't shy away from awesomeness. Every character is so well thought out that you can most often probably compare them to someone you know in real life. Each one has a personality of their own and none of them are copies. It's so refreshing to see a movie so pure.
Enjoyment: Needless to say, this movies enjoyment was over the top. I'm guessing you can see that with the amount I praised the movie :$... It's fabulous.
Overall: 9. Why, if I didn't really complain about things? The only reason is because it took me a little harder to figure certain things out, and to me, nothing deserves a 'perfect scoring'. I'm stingy, lol. Anyway, HIGHLY recommend it if you haven't seen the beauty that is, Spirited Away already.
And all you guys who voted it sub par are clearly wacko's. Just saying that with all the respect in my body.
