The Shocking Hidden Message in "Spirited Away"
It's been some time since I wanted to write a post on this topic. We all know Studio Ghibli's Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi or the English title Spirited Away. I was a kid when I firstly watched it and I watched it in German. Yes, in German and its title was Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland . An Academy Award winning animated movie by the king of anime Hayao Miyazaki about a little girl that gets lost in a strange world and her only wish is to find her parents. But cute, little childhood story has a much more deeper meaning than you all thought. The story behind the story. The truth about Spirited Away. It is a really heavy topic so I'd kindly ask kids under 15 to skip this post. THE BATH HOUSE I guess that barely anyone noticed the sign above the bath house door that Chihiro worked in for a while. The sign ゆ is a hiragana symbol that, when translated to English, means 'hot water'. You think "Ah, makes sense" since it is a bath house...Right? Tha...