 Spirited Away

", Shinto Perspectives in Miyazaki's Anime Film, "Spirited Away", Volume 8, James W. Boyd, Tetsuya Nishimura, Issue 3 October 2004 After her parents are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba (Natsuki), Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world.Miyazaki wrote the script after he decided the film would be based on the 10-year-old daughter of his friend Seiji Okuda, the movie's associate producer, who came to visit his house each summer.