{"product_id":"spirited-away-film-comic-vol-04","title":"Spirited Away Film Comic, Vol. 04","description":"                                            Winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated feature, Spirited Away tells the story of 10-year-old Chihiro, a girl in the midst of a move to the suburbs who wanders into a strange town and finds a world of spirits ruled over by the mysterious Yubaba.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n \u003cbr\u003e\r\n After Chihiro's parents are turned into pigs in an \"abandoned\" town full of spirits, a mysterious boy, Haku, helps her survive by getting her a job in the palatial Abura-ya bath house from its boss, the witch Yubaba. Clumsy at first, Chihiro, renamed Sen, manages in the baths to free a stinking river spirit of the human garbage trapped within it. The spirit flies away, leaving her a magical medicine. Now No Face, whom Sen let in to the bath house, is turning the place upside down, flinging gold to the staff, downing dish after dish...and demanding to see Sen!\u003cbr\u003eHayao 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 \u003ci\u003eSpirited Away\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2002 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as \u003ci\u003eCastle in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Neighbor Totoro\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKiki's Delivery Service\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrincess Mononoke\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHowl's Moving Castle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePonyo\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which have received great acclaim in the U.S. Miyazaki’s other achievements include the highly regarded manga series \u003ci\u003eNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStarting Point: 1979-1996,\u003c\/i\u003e a collection 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.\r\n                                        ","brand":"VIZ Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41963328766143,"sku":"9781569317945","price":16.19,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/L2SDpFYGnjBnCf9KelyFPGdWRf_du16mORDRUp3Z7v9Ymg_60_60.jpg?v=1664070683","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/spirited-away-film-comic-vol-04","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}