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When Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) premiered in Japan in 2001, it shattered box office records, surpassing Titanic to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history at the time. But for many Western audiences, the film didn’t truly exist until 2002, when Walt Disney Pictures released the English-language dub. Produced by the legendary Pixar co-founder John Lasseter and directed for the screen by Kirk Wise, this localization is widely regarded as the "gold standard" of anime dubbing.

The writers of the Spirited Away dub, Cindy and Donald Hewitt, notably resisted this urge. They understood that Miyazaki’s animation communicates the story. There are long stretches in the bathhouse where the sound design and Joe Hisaishi’s score do the heavy lifting. The English script adapts the Japanese dialogue naturally, preserving the cultural context of Shinto spirits and bathhouse etiquette without over-explaining it to the audience. Spirited Away English Dub 1080621

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The existence of a high-quality English dub is largely due to the persistence of John Lasseter. A long-time admirer and personal friend of Hayao Miyazaki, Lasseter was captivated by Spirited Away during a trip to Japan. He was so moved that he approached Miyazaki about distributing it in the US. The writers of the Spirited Away dub, Cindy