Spirited Away/Trivia


 * Executive Meddling: With a rare positive spin and happy ending. After the lackluster box office showing for Princess Mononoke, Disney executives were hesitant to move forward with more of the Studio Ghibli films they'd bought the rights for. Laputa: Castle in the Sky had been dubbed and shown up on the film festival circuit, but no proper release date was announced, and it seemed like the other Ghibli films would be lost in Development Hell. The happy ending? John Lasseter, then the head of Pixar, stuck his neck out to push for Spirited Away's production and release in America. Lasseter's championing of the film, and its eventual Oscar win, was the impetus for the eventual release of the rest of the Ghibli catalog on DVD, as well as distribution of future Ghibli films.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: In the English dub especially.
 * Who knew Chihiro would later go on to save some aliens?
 * Haku is Kovu.
 * And Chase Young, another enigmatic young man with magical powers who can shapeshift into a draconic creature.
 * Yubaba is Zira.
 * And let's not forget that (in English) Lin is also |Megara.
 * Boh (the big baby) is Twilight Sparkle.
 * In the original Japanese, Haku is Syaoran.
 * In the German dub Yubaba was infamously voiced by Singer Nina Hagenwhile Lin was voiced by her daughter Cosma Shiva Hagen