FIRST TIME WATCHING A STUDIO GHIBLI FILM | SPIRITED AWAY | LIVE REACTION 

Right when you looked away you missed the hairband twinkling just before the father and daughters last lines of the film. foreshadowing. ♥

One of my favourite movies, animated or otherwise! Eta: Fun fact, Chihiro is voiced (in English) by the same actress who voiced Lilo in Lilo & Stitch!

In Japan, dragons have been worshiped as water gods since ancient times. It is also the embodiment of water such as rain, rivers, and the sea. The monsters or spirits that appear here are all called “Kami”or “Youkai.” It's like a god, devil, or spirit. As a Japanese person, I am very interested in how this movie will be interpreted by people overseas who are not familiar with Japan's unique indigenous beliefs.🤓

Not gonna lie. I love the Eng dub versions so much when it comes to Studio Ghibli films. They always find the best voices to fit the characters.

My absolute favorite Ghibli film! Can't wait for you to get to Princess Mononoke.

I remember watching this movie with my classmate in school when I was 12, my music teacher insisted that we watch it for several weeks because she was going to teach us how to play the ending song Always With Me and I'm glad she played this for us, it was an unique experience as it's not very often for teachers to play movies in class, I remember being super excited to go to music class sessions for a while because my music teacher would play this movie in class. It was also super easy to fall for Haku, I did a rewatch recently and I was literally falling for Haku while my sister got way too scared by the spirits to finish watching this xD

It was so wonderful to see you enjoying this, Ghibli is really something else - I really hope to see you react to more of these films ❤

I named my old chinchilla, Chihiro after this main character. My cats name is Mei from one of the main characters in My Neighbor Totoro. I also have a tattoo of the forest spirits on my calf from Princess Mononoke. All of the movies are good. Enjoy Them.

I cannot believe you have that few suscribers and overall traffic. You have an incredible voice(which you have to be aware of ;)) and you create such a good vibe effortlessly. Just keep it up, be patient and the algorhytm will hopefully catch up. I really hope you make it, you have the potential to become a massive reaction channel !

In the name stealing scene, "Chihiro" means "girl who asks a thousand questions" (or thereabouts). Yubaba steals all the characters except "Sen" ("one thousand"), so she's basically just taking away her name and leaving her with a number, "deHumanizing" her. In Japanese mythology "Long" (Asian dragons) are associated with rivers and water, not fire. this is why Haku and the great river spirit (that was suffering from pollution) Are represented as Dragons

Loved the video! Can't wait for more Ghibli reactions!

An EXCELLENT choice for your first Ghibli film!

To the best of my knowledge, the only connection between two of Hayao Miyazaki's movies are the little, black, soot sprites, who were also in My Neighbor Totoro. The spiritual world of Japan is what connects these two films.

as with many Miyazaki movies, there are environmental messages throughout - that filthy blob that comes to the baths is actually a river, and you can see all the garbage that he was subjected to by human pollution. it`s not a preachy scene, but it is very powerful when you think about it. nice reaction, btw.

You should watch princess mononoke. It’s the Ghibli movie that inspired BOTW and TOTK.

This is one of the list of movies that i played almost every night when i was quite a bit younger. it has helped me through ALOT in my life and considering I was autistic my whole life; that and it has the perfect OST but also Itsumo Nando Demo, i also sing it often to this day. there are many nice covers of that song, even the melody on european harp and singing performance for a euro tv station. if i link those, would you react to them too someday soon?

thank you for your reaction 🫶🏻 can’t wait for the next videos ✨ and also recommend howls moving castle 👍🏻

the stink spirit is an old polluted river dragon just like haku. the religion of shintoism is big in japan. in shintoism, everything has a spirit -vegetable, rocks, rivers, trees, a bowl, animals, and many more. the bathhouse is a spirit stomping ground. chihiro and her family stumbled in by accident. the creator, mr. hayao miyasaki explored human greed and development in spirited away. chihiro's parents represented human greed. haku lost his home when his river was filled-in to be replaced by apartments. that's why haku doesn't have anywhere else to go but the bathhouse.

All the spirits here are well known Japanese Youkai. if you want i could describe them to you or give you a fun video to react to that explains it, that is even Spirited Away themed too if you like!

i just successfully got the link to stick. this is only one of the videos you can react to that dive into Spirited Away which the japanese name is Sen To Chihiro Kamikakushi.

The context for the food is that Chihiro's parents didn't get permission to eat the food which is why they turned into pigs, Haku gave her permission to eat what he fed her so she didn't turn into one. Fun fact Chihiro means "thousand questions" in Japanese & is a common girls' name, Sen(what her name became) means "a thousand", Chihiro's voice actress is not only Lilo from Lilo & Stitch but is also Samara(Sadako) from the English version of The Ring. You shound watch Totoro next, Disney has a dub but you should try the Fox dub, some bits in the Fox dub seem more energetic(especially the beginning song)/feel like they have more effect to them.

Two things, #1, watch all of Hayao Miyazaki's films, unless he trips up with the last one, which is being released very soon, he's batting a 1000 with his movies. Unlike a lot of directors' etcetera, he is not a one trick pony, he isn't tied to a particular kind of story or genre, no gimmicks or pompous signature scenes, unless you consider just pure unadulterated wonder a gimmick. At most you'll find some common themes and elements in several of his films, but each is unique and special all on its own. #2, all of his movies are worth rewatching at least once, though I dare people to contain themselves to a single rewatch, there is far too much to enjoy in his films; the artwork, directing, storytelling and oh my god, THE SOUNDTRACKS and SCORES!!! With Spirited Away, you might want to read up on it a bit, just to understand the cultural aspects that unless you're very familiar with Japan, isn't going to resonate.

The only Studio Ghibli movies that are connected (as far as I know) is "Whispers of the Heart" and "The Cat's Return" (or The Cat Returns depending on the translation you have).

First time here, and I have to say. Your voice is quite soothing. Read me a bedtime story when you can.

ji-blee - is the correct pronunciation for Studio Ghibli. The name comes from an arabic word for wind I think, but the founders mispronounced it (the arabic is pronounced with the hard g), and the phonetic spelling in Japanese stuck and is used in the logo.

Ghibli has some great movies.

Watch All studio Ghibli they are all cool and have there own uniqueness...You will definitely not regret it.. 😊✌️ One thing she still had the hairband when they left.. It would be Awesome if they did a 2nd one it really seems like they could.. And Especially cause she left with the hairband.. Yeah it's a pretty odd one you just need to let go and possibly watch it again and really pay attention..TYSM I Really enjoyed watching it with you... PS. One of my most favorite anime is called Mushishi it is a very relaxing chill cool anime you should definitely check out..

Howls Moving Castle next please ❤😊

If you can you should see the live action version of this, released as a movie/video

Remember spirit doesn’t mean human. That’s a very very modern western POV. We have radish spirits, river spirits, etc, in the spirit realm. So the spirits aren’t stuck in that world or place, that IS their world.

it's both "G" & "J"

There’s a say that Haku would be tear apart by Yubaba because in the original language, Yubaba said something like “what about u, even if I tear u apart?”, then the scene cuts. So the guess is, Haku have an protocol with Yubaba, she would give Chihiro a chance to let her go, but as a price, Haku would be tear apart. And the director himself didn’t denied it nor confirmed it Personally, I rather believe it is an Happy End though

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For me : The main topic of this film is capitalism. Chihiro's parents are transformed into pigs because of their greed, people having a contract with Yubaba lose their name and become entirely under his control (like People Who run after money and don't see that they lose the essentiels), Haku lost his because he made a contract with Yubaba to have powers so by temptation, the spirits of nature come to the baths to be purified from the pollution of the human world (overconsumption) etc... Chihiro could not be manipulated by Faceless (the black spirit with the mask) because she don't care about gold but her loved ones, I think that's why Faceless was frustrated at not being able to control her like the others (finally he was also a victim of his greed) (English is not my native language so sorry if i did a mistake)

Your voice is cool.haha

Its jee bli. At least that's how we Japanese pronounce it

I love your voice what state are you from i myself are from sweden scandinavia.

The way thu dub version is soo cold and just wrong....

This movie kinda makes me sad. The robotnik comment made me happy again everyone says that 😂. No face is a mimic I think 🤔