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Spirited Away Picture Book Free Ebook FREESPIRITED AWAY PICTURE BOOK EBOOK Hayao Miyazaki | 170 pages | 01 Sep 2008 | Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc | 9781569317969 | English | San Francisco, United States VIZ | See Spirited Away Picture Book Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. This illustrated book tells the story of the animated feature film Spirited Away. Driving to their new home, Mom, Dad, and their daughter Chihiro take a wrong turn. In a strange abandoned amusement park, while Chihiro wanders away, her parents Spirited Away Picture Book into pigs. She must then find her way in a world inhabited by ghosts, demons, and strange gods. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Spirited Away Spirited Away Picture Book Bookplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Spirited Away Picture Book. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. Sort order. Start your review of Spirited Away Picture Book. I bought this picture book a long time ago. I was looking for some in depth books or manga on my favorite movie of all time, Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki. I will be adding several gifs of the movie toward the end but they are in no kind of order. I wanted to put the whole movie on here, but you know. I remember years ago, me and my boyfriend at the time, were getting ready to go to bed. It was pretty late and I happened to turn it on cartoon network and saw this amazing movie. We ended up wat I bought this picture book a long time ago. We ended up watching it and another Miyazaki movie after. There was some kind Spirited Away Picture Book marathon that weekend and we were glued to the tv. I ended up buying all of the movies available Spirited Away Picture Book dvd, which I have now converted most to blu-ray. Anyhooooooooooooo, Spirited Away is my favorite of his movies and my favorite movie of all time as I said. At the beginning of this book there is a cast of characters. I thought that was cool because they have names for a couple of the creatures and things that I never knew. Chihiro and her family are moving to their new home. Chihiro's father takes a wrong turn and they end up at a dead end. There is some kind of old broken down station house and they go through. Then they see more old buildings and smell food. Chihiro keeps trying to call them away but they enter this town and start eating this food. Chihiro ends Spirited Away Picture Book walking around and she sees a bath house. Then there is a boy named Haku and he is yelling at her to run and get back across before it's night and the river is there. Of course, this sounds all kinds of crazy but Chihiro runs back to get her parents and they have turned into pigs. They have been cursed by the Spirited Away Picture Book, Yubaba for eating the spirits food. Chihiro is stuck in this world of spirits now Spirited Away Picture Book Haku helps her get a job at the bathhouse. She has to try to find a way to help her parents and herself. Chihiro ends up making some wonderful friends at the house and there are some really funny moments and some moments that really got into my heart. I cried and well, I just can't explain it. Lastly, I would like to say I think everyone should watch this movie. I think there are things in it for everyone. View Spirited Away Picture Book 14 comments. Apr 11, Ali rated it liked it Shelves: fantasypicture-book. Spirited away! Spirited away May 25, Inn Auni rated it really liked it Shelves: adaptationfantasy-supernaturalgraphicshort-story-or-novellaSpirited Away Picture Book. After her mother and father are turned into giant pigs, Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku, who explains that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must Spirited Away Picture Book there to free herself and her parents. Honestly, my review is Spirited Away Picture Book by the movie rather than the book. This was one of the movie that I watched and thought "Wow, that will year-old Chihiro and her parents stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park. This was one of the movie that I watched and thought "Wow, that will be cool. Hopefully, I'll be able to buy it one day. They unknowingly enter a magical world that Chihiro's father insists on exploring. While Chihiro's parents eat like pigs at an empty restaurant stall, Chihiro finds an exquisite bathhouse and meets a young boy named Haku who warns her to return across the river before sunset. However, Chihiro discovers too late that her parents have turned into pigs and she is unable to cross the flooded river, becoming trapped in the spirit world. While visiting her parents' pigpen, Sen finds a goodbye card addressed to Chihiro and realizes that she has already forgotten her name. Haku warns her that Yubaba controls people by Spirited Away Picture Book their names and that if she forgets hers like he has forgotten his, she will not be able to leave the spirit world. While working, Sen invites a silent masked creature named No-Face inside, believing him to be a customer. A 'stink Spirited Away Picture Book arrives as Sen's first customer. She discovers he is the spirit of a polluted river. In gratitude for cleaning him, he gives Sen a magic emetic dumpling. Meanwhile, No-Face tempts a worker with gold, then swallows him. He demands food and begins tipping extensively. As Spirited Away Picture Book workers swarm him hoping to be tipped, he swallows two other greedy workers. Sen discovers paper shikigami attacking a dragon and recognizes the dragon as Haku transformed. When a grievously-injured Haku crashes into Yubaba's penthouse, Sen follows him upstairs. When she reaches Haku, a shikigami that stowed away on her back transforms into Zeniba, Yubaba's twin sister. She transforms Yubaba's baby son Boh into a mouse, creates a decoy baby and turns Yubaba's bird creature into a tiny bird. Zeniba tells Sen that Haku has stolen a magic golden seal from her, and warns Sen that Spirited Away Picture Book carries a Spirited Away Picture Book curse. After Haku dives to the boiler room with Sen and Boh on his back, she feeds him part of the dumpling, causing him to vomit both the seal and a black slug, which Sen crushes with her foot. With Haku unconscious, Sen resolves to return the seal and apologize for Haku. Before she leaves the bathhouse, Sen confronts No-Face, who is now massive, and feeds him the rest of the dumpling. No-Face chases Sen out of the bathhouse, steadily vomiting out those he has eaten. Sen, No-Face and Boh travel to see Zeniba. Yubaba orders that Sen's parents be slaughtered, but Haku negotiates freedom for Sen and her parents after revealing that Boh is missing and offering to retrieve him. But if Sen fails Yubaba's final test, the deal will be broken. Sen, No-Face and Boh meet with the now benevolent Zeniba, who reveals that Sen's love for Haku broke her curse and that Yubaba used the black slug to control Haku. Haku appears in his dragon form and flies Sen and Boh to the bathhouse. No-Face becomes Zeniba's spinner. In midflight, Sen recalls falling in her youth into the Kohaku River and being washed safely ashore, Spirited Away Picture Book revealing Haku's real identity as the Kohaku River. When Spirited Away Picture Book arrive at the bathhouse, Yubaba forces Sen to identify her parents from among a group of pigs in order to break their curse. After Sen answers that none of the pigs Spirited Away Picture Book her parents, her contract combusts and she is given back her real name. Spirited Away Picture Book : Hayao Miyazaki : Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated feature, Spirited Away tells the story of year-old Chihiro, a girl in the midst of a move to the suburbs who wanders into a strange town and finds a world of spirits ruled over by the mysterious Yubaba. Don't have an account? Sign up. Enter the e-mail address associated with your account and we'll email you a link to reset your password. Studio Ghibli Library Family Fantasy. Story and Art by Hayao Miyazaki. 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