SPIRITED AWAY

One of the most celebrated movies of the 21st Century, Spirited Away best animated feature in the second year of the category’s existence — and, to this day, it is the only (majority) hand-drawn feature to win the honor, and overtaking Titanic to become Japan’s highest-grossing film for 19 years.

It tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a moody 10-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighbourhood, enters the world of Kami (spirits) of Japanese Shinto folklore.

After her parents are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba’s bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world.