The classic Ghibli film Spirited Away ("The Hidden Girl"), which has reached its 20th anniversary, was recently re-aired on Japanese television on January 7, and has attracted many viewers. Ghibli officials also invited netizens to ask questions about this work a while ago, so that the official puzzle, many Japanese netizens asked a lot of doubts about "Spirited Away" for many years, may wish to take a look at what questions Japanese netizens raised!
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Due to the large number of questions, Xiaobian lists several questions that are confused or curious for everyone to read. (Officials responded to more than dozens of questions at the time)
The same question that many of these netizens asked was
Q: Is it true that "Spirited Away" had a ghost story after the ending, which was only released in some theaters? Or is it just an urban legend?
A: The official statement is that this is indeed an urban legend, and there is no such thing happening. In addition, director Miyazaki originally considered making the protagonist Chihiro's home the starting point of the film, from home to the world of monsters (similar to the fantasy novel "The Legend of Narnia"), and bathing in the bathhouse with his mother, but this setting was later abolished.
Q : About the origin of the name of the protagonist- Chihiro.
A : Officially, it was originally based on a friend of director Hayao Miyazaki's 10-year-old friend, and later decided on the name by Miyazaki.
Q : Is the image of Rei (リン), a staff member who works at the oil house, a human being? Or is it some other creature?
A : The official explanation is that the staff of the soup house are all frog men, while the women are slugs. Rei Sumi (リン) looks like a human being compared to Chihiro's predecessors.
Q : What is the age of Yuya's world setting?
A : Inspired by the "Western-style"-like architecture that was popular from the end of the shogunate to the beginning of the Meiji era. But it actually originated from Studio Ghibli itself, where the staff had to go to the top and say to producer Toshio Suzuki, "Give me a job!" [Laughs].
Q : Is the Faceless Man a God? Why wasn't he allowed to enter the soup house to bathe?
A : Officially, the faceless man is not a god, but director Hayao Miyazaki once said: "Everyone has a faceless man in their hearts."
▼ Initial setting of the faceless man
Q : Why is the Faceless Man called that name?
A : Officially, at the meeting when painting, director Hayao Miyazaki said that there were three characters: Chihiro, Mother Tang and Faceless Man as "Sides of an individual", people have a good or bad side, and the birth of a faceless man is a character that cannot be defined as either good or bad. (Officially a little tired of giving too serious answers www)
Q : Why is Fang Bao (銭山坊) (ぼう) so big?
A : Officially, Fang Bao is a symbol of a child who has grown up but remains a baby, and That Grandma Tang has no way to stop thinking about spending money on Fang Bao (can be imagined as the result of a pampering habit).
Q : In one of the bridge sections of the play, Grandma Tang used a Dragon Ball-like move when driving away guests, why did he have the ability to do this?
A : The official answer is that the original storyboard did say "Dragon Ball style", although there is no way to determine why she can make such an attack, but director Miyazaki did say that "Mother Tang is an old woman who can fly in the air", maybe this is not surprising (laughs)
Q : Why did Chihiro find out in the pig herd that there were no parents in it?
A : Officially, they don't know why, but suggest that you can watch The Ghost Mill (German: Krabat), a literary work that has a deep influence on director Hayao Miyazaki, and maybe get some inspiration.
Q : In all these fantasy stories, how many days did Chihiro finally return to the original world?
A : Producer Toshio Suzuki said it was a "three-day talk" work. It is based on the dust that accumulates in the car after the last three people return to the car, but in fact the world should have a different time flow speed from the real world.
Q : Will Chihiro and Hakuryu meet again?
A : Hakuryu is the river god of the river where Chihiro originally lived, and if Chihiro visits that river, maybe...
The official response to the netizens' questions is very large, because the length can not be listed one by one, interested netizens can go to Ghibli's official Twitter to browse the relevant questions and answers.
It can be found that even after 20 years of release, many Japanese netizens are still full of questions and curiosity about this work, and are still interested in the fantasy setting and plot of this work. I don't know if the netizens have read these answers to let you know more about "Spirited Away"?
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