Fantasy and adventure await in this book based on the winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature!

Chihiro's family is moving to a new house but when they stop on the way to explore an abandoned village her parents undergo a mysterious transformation and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. Put to work in a magical bath house for spirits and demons Chihiro must use all her wits to survive in this strange new place find a way to free her parents and return to the normal world.

Experience one of Hayao Miyazaki's most critically acclaimed animated films in a deluxe hardcover volume!

About the Author

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's most beloved animation directors. In 2005 he was awarded the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement and his Studio Ghibli received the festival's Osella Award for overall achievement in 2004. Miyazaki's films include Spirited Away winner of the 2002 Academy Award (R) for Best Animated Feature Film as well as Castle in the Sky My Neighbor Totoro Kiki's Delivery Service Princess Mononoke Howl's Moving Castle Ponyo and The Wind Rises all of which have received great acclaim in the U.S. Miyazaki's other achievements include the highly regarded manga series Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Starting Point: 1979-1996 and Turning Point: 1997-2008 collections of essays interviews and memoirs that chronicle his early career and the development of his theories of animation. Both are published in English by VIZ Media. In 2023 Miyazaki's long-awaited new film The Boy and the Heron released in theaters.