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Spirited Away’s stage director says Hayao Miyazaki is a sweetheart — and a songwriter
When Toho Stage released the first photos of the puppets and performers from its live theater adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved anime movie Spirited Away, it created a perfect recipe for FOMO. The images were rich, startling, and even funny. Miyazaki’s story about a young girl named Chihiro, trapped in the spirit world and forced to work at a bathhouse for the gods, never seemed like a project that could work outside of animation, but the photos were compelling. At the same time, it was clear that most of the worldwide fandom surrounding Miyazaki and Japanese production house Studio Ghibli would never have a chance to see the stage play themselves.