Orlando Sentinel 's critic Jay Boyar also praised Miyazaki's direction and said the film is "the perfect choice for a child who has moved into a new home. In Tokyo, an intelligent yet disaffected high-school student named Light Yagami finds the "Death Note", a mysterious black notebook which can kill anyone as long as the user knows both the target's name and face. He flies outside the hive for the first time and talks to a human, breaking a cardinal rule of his species. There were people that "turned into pigs" during Japan's bubble economy ( consumer society) of the 1980s, and these people still haven't realized they've become pigs. The then-renamed StudioCanal UK released the movie on Blu-ray on 24 November 2014, A British 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition, similar to other Studio Ghibli anniversary editions released in the UK, was released on 25 October 2021.

Many of the employees are rude to Chihiro because she is human, and corruption is ever-present; [39] it is a place of excess and greed, as depicted in the initial appearance of No-Face.

Inspector Gadget is a world-famous cyborg police inspector who works for a secret police organization that combats crime across the globe.

It is home to the Bathhouse owned by Yubaba and the cottage owned by Zeniba, two of the film's core locations.

Arrogant young Emperor Kuzco is transformed into a llama by his power-hungry advisor, the devious diva Yzma.