The movie also, in its progressive length, follows Chihiro with a keen eye, and yet allows the focal point to shift well in the many odd twists and turns she encounters, and you actually come to really care and connect with the characters despite the film's abbreviation. I wouldn't say this film is for the very young (as the odd looking creatures and events may be scary for young children, but those of maturity, even around the age that Chihiro is in the film, would be able to appreciate it. Like Miyazaki's other films, it reaches into a broadened sense of imagination, appealing to an audience both young as well as mature. One could say that this film focuses primarily upon very abstract presentation to entertain in its overall story, from the creatures to the environment of this seemingly unstable carnival-revealing places like a machinized factory, a bath house, a dojo, a farm house, among others. Chihiro follows Haku, a boy who orients her around this strange world, but with an identity that the movie comes to unfold in its overall progression I believed that Chihiro and Haku's chemistry made the movie quite sweet, even endearing. As a result, Chihiro must find a way to turn her parents back to normal and leave the captivity of the carnival.but not without meeting her share of witches, spirits, dragons and many other creatures to boot. When the three come across a strange tunnel, they pass into what seems like a carnival.and her parents end up becoming caught in the strange place with a curse. The movie introduces a young girl named Chihiro as a sullen 11-year old who comes into town with her parents for the first time, as they're moving into a new neighborhood. StorySpirited Away is truly a trip into the imagination with excellent animation, a whimsical execution, and a storyline that leaves one not only liking the characters and progression of events, but also with warm emotions with the overall atmosphere.