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Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
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Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu
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A Whisker Away and Spirited Away are two movies that proudly feature Japanese culture within the more magical elements of their stories, as seen in the spirit world in Spirited Away and the use of masks in A Whisker Away. Both movies also feature a female protagonist who ends up in a parallel world and a special kind of heartwarming feel that can make you smile.
When people are young, they tend to want to run away from the reality they don't want to face, such is true for stories A Whisker Away and Spirited Away. Both follow an MC who changes their lifestyle for the sole purpose of going forward with what they deem would better their life. However good these characters thought such an idea would better them, both of them experience a mix of different feelings such as subtle regret of the actions they have committed.
In Spirited Away, Chihiro exempts herself of her current situation with her parents. In Whisker Away, Muge wishes to become a cat to
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- Both films have a female protagonist who becomes connected to another world.
- The oversears of both worlds are not as friendly as they first seem.
- Both protagonists make friends in the other world who help them escape from it.
- Both protagonists have people they're fighting for. In Spirited Away, it's Sen's parents. In A Whisker Away, it's Miyo's crush Hinode.
- Both films have a similar kind of vibe and feature a fantasy world crossing with the real world.
A Whisker Away is the closest movie I have seen to a Ghibli movie. Spirited Away is a very loved Ghibli movie featuring a girl trying to fix her parents back to normal. A Whisker Away is about a girl who wants her crush to like her back so, she uses an absurd method to get her way. Both girls venture to a faraway land to fix the issues they made. I believe A Whisker Away is a lot more "mushy" and focused on the female + male relation. Chihiro and Haku in Spirited Away I believe is just a friendly relation, whereas
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- Both involved a strong female character who becomes connected to another unseen world
- Both makes friends in this other world and they help her to escape it
- Both have the same kind of atmosphere
- Both protagonist got problems in their life and want to avoid them, but at the end, they face it and try to be better
- Both have the same kind of animation, with nice facial expressions (especially Chihiro and Miyo)
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