Spirited Away
2001 film by Hayao Miyazaki
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| 2025 | Rotten Tomatoes ranked Spirited Away 28th on their '300 Best Movies of All Time' list. |
| April 2024 | Announced European premiere of the Spirited Away stage adaptation at the London Coliseum. |
| August 2023 | Announcement made for the European premiere of the Spirited Away stage adaptation at the London Coliseum, scheduled for April 2024, with most of the original cast set to reprise their roles. |
| 2022 | Sight & Sound ranked Spirited Away number 75 on their greatest films list, one of only two animated films to make the selection. |
| December 18 2022 | Conclusion of the limited time re-release of the Spirited Away play, ending its rental period on Japanese streaming platforms. |
| November 11 2022 | Limited time re-release of the stage play's Imperial Theater performance through multiple streaming services in Japan. |
| February 28 2022 | World premiere of the Spirited Away stage adaptation took place in Tokyo, written and directed by John Caird and produced by Toho, with Studio Ghibli's blessing. |
| 2021 | The Writers Guild of America ranked the Spirited Away screenplay as the 67th greatest of the 21st century. |
| October 25 2021 | British 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition released in the United Kingdom. |
| February 2021 | A stage adaptation of Spirited Away was announced, with plans for a world premiere in Tokyo. |
| 2020 | Spirited Away's record as the highest-grossing film in Japanese history was finally surpassed by Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train after holding the record for 19 years. |
| 2019 | Rotten Tomatoes ranked Spirited Away at the top of their list of 140 essential animated films. |
| December 17 2019 | First digital market release in the United States for Spirited Away and other Studio Ghibli films. |
| November 12 2019 | GKIDS and Shout! Factory issued a North America-exclusive collector's edition including Blu-ray, soundtrack CD, and a 40-page book. |
| October 17 2019 | GKIDS and Shout! Factory re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD in North America. |
| June 21 2019 | First theatrical release in China, topping the box office and beating Toy Story 4. |
| 2017 | The New York Times ranked Spirited Away as the second-best film of the 21st Century so far. |
| October 17 2017 | Re-issued on Blu-ray and DVD in North America by GKIDS and Shout! Factory after Disney's distribution deal expired. |
| 2016 | The BBC voted Spirited Away the fourth-best film of the 21st century, based on a poll of 177 film critics worldwide, making it the highest-ranking animated film on the list. |
| June 16 2015 | Released on Blu-ray in North America by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. |
| November 24 2014 | Released on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom by StudioCanal UK. |
| July 14 2014 | Released on Blu-ray by Walt Disney Studios Japan, with DVD reissued on the same day with a new HD master. |
| 2011 | Spirited Away was aired again on BBC2 in the United Kingdom, drawing 300,000 viewers and once more becoming the year's most-watched foreign-language film on the channel. |
| 2010 | Empire magazine ranked the film tenth in their 'The 100 Best Films of World Cinema', further cementing its international critical acclaim. |
| 2010 | Spirited Away was broadcast on BBC2 in the United Kingdom, attracting 670,000 viewers and becoming the year's most-watched foreign-language film on BBC and the second highest foreign film on UK television. |
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