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No 339 - Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi ) Director - Hayao Miyazaki I love Studio Ghibli . I love Miyazaki . He, and his studio, have rekindled a love and excitement about cartoons. It is almost the same thrill I got as a child watching Disney. Like most Westerners of my generation (though by no means all), I came to discover Ghibli through the release of Spirited Away. It is by no means my favourite, but they're in the list so I can talk about them later. It is, however, my first Ghibli film and so it should be the first one I watch. I've watched this film several times before in both English and Japanese. For while I have really strong views on dubbing, they don't cross over to animation and I frequently watch the dubbed cartoon (after all lip synch is less of an obvious issue). I have decided to watch the dubbed version this time for 2 reasons: When I first saw it at the cinema it was the American dub, therefore this is the version that I believe would...