History Trivia / SpiritedAway

* DuelingDubs: There are two Latin American Spanish dubs, both made simultaneously. One produced by Disney made in UsefulNotes/MexicoCity-based Prime Dubb/SDI Media de México (broadcasted in HBO) and another one produced by Primer Plano made in Buenos Aires-based Videorecord for their theatrical distribution in Argentina.[[note]]Both dubs were made for cinemas, which are ''way'' more expensive than the average dub for TV, DVD/BD and streaming. This also makes the only case of a production recieving two neutral Latin American Spanish dub for cinemas.[[/note]] When Disney bought Primer Plano's Argentine theatrical rights of ''Spirited Away'', they decided to release it with the Argentine dub instead of their own dub. To this date, the Argentine dub it's the most distributed in the region, being the only one ever released on home video and broadcasted on air TV and Disney Latino has come to distribute it in streaming and TV broadcasts in Creator/DisneyChannel and {{Creator/Jetix}}; the Mexican dub, [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes however]]...

* * UsefulNotes/ListOfFilmsYouShouldSeeByTheAgeOf14: #7

* ActorAllusion: "I'll miss you, Chihiro. Your best friend, Rumi." (In the Japanese version, Chihiro was voiced by Rumi Hiiragi.)

* PosthumousCredit: Yasuyoshi Tokuma is given a credit as chief executive producer, having been involved in the early stages of production.

* DuelingDubs: There are two Latin American Spanish dubs, both made simultaneously. One produced by Disney made in Prime Dubb/SDI Media de México, UsefulNotes/MexicoCity (broadcasted in HBO) and another one produced by Primer Plano made in Videorecord, Buenos Aires for their theatrical distribution in Argentina.[[note]]Both dubs were made for cinemas, which are ''way'' more expensive than the average dub for TV, DVD/BD and streaming. This also makes the only case of a production recieving two neutral Latin American Spanish dub for cinemas.[[/note]] When Disney bought Primer Plano's Argentine theatrical rights of ''Spirited Away'', they decided to release it with the Argentine dub instead of their own dub. To this date, the Argentine dub it's the most distributed in the region, being the only one ever released on home video and broadcasted on air TV and Disney Latino has come to distribute it in streaming and TV broadcasts in Creator/DisneyChannel and {{Creator/Jetix}}; the Mexican dub, [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes however]]...
* ExecutiveMeddling: With a rare ''positive'' spin and happy ending. After the lackluster box office showing for ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', Disney executives were hesitant to move forward with more of the Studio Ghibli films they'd bought the rights for. ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' had been dubbed and shown up on the film festival circuit, but no proper release date was announced, and it seemed like the other Ghibli films would be lost in DevelopmentHell. The happy ending? John Lasseter, then the head of Creator/{{Pixar}}, stuck his neck out to push for ''Spirited Away's'' production and release in America. Lasseter's championing of the film, and its eventual Oscar win, was the impetus for the eventual release of the rest of the Ghibli catalog on DVD, as well as the distribution of future Ghibli films.
** On some editions of the DVD, John Lasseter appears before the movie begins to gush about how wonderful ''Spirited Away'' is. There's even footage of him with his arm around Hayao Miyazaki!

* PromotedFanboy: Takashi Naito, the voice of Chihiro's father, is a fan of Miyazaki's works.

** When Chihiro accidentally steps on the slug, the Boiler Man does a "cut the line" routine with her. In Miyazaki's time, this was a "cleansing" ritual that kids performed among each other when one of them accidentally stepped in poo. Much to Miyazaki's chagrin, he had to explain this to Chihiro's young voice-actress!

* ThrowItIn: While the rest of the English dub had to be a perfect syllable-for-syllable match-up, John Ratzenberger was allowed to improvise new lyrics to the assistant manager's little song. The line "Now ''that's'' an esophagus!" (said after No-Face spits him out) was also his idea.

* ThrowItIn: While the rest of the English dub had to be a perfect syllable-for-syllable match-up, John Ratzenberger was allowed to improvise new lyrics to the assistant manager's little song.

* PromotedFanboy: Takeshi Naito, the voice of Chihiro's father, is a fan of Miyazaki's works.

* ExecutiveMeddling: With a rare ''positive'' spin and happy ending. After the lackluster box office showing for ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', Disney executives were hesitant to move forward with more of the Studio Ghibli films they'd bought the rights for. ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' had been dubbed and shown up on the film festival circuit, but no proper release date was announced, and it seemed like the other Ghibli films would be lost in DevelopmentHell. The happy ending? John Lasseter, then the head of {{Pixar}}, stuck his neck out to push for ''Spirited Away's'' production and release in America. Lasseter's championing of the film, and its eventual Oscar win, was the impetus for the eventual release of the rest of the Ghibli catalog on DVD, as well as the distribution of future Ghibli films.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Yasuyoshi Tokuma, the chief executive producer of ''Spirited Away'' and president of Tokuma Shoten, died months before the film's release.
* DuelingDubs: There are two Latin American Spanish dubs, both made simultaneously. One produced by Disney made in Prime Dubb/SDI Media de México, UsefulNotes/MexicoCity (broadcasted in HBO) and another one produced by Primer Plano made in Videorecord, Buenos Aires for their theatrical distribution in Argentina.[[note]]Both dubs were made for cinemas, which are ''way'' more expensive than the average dub for TV, DVD/BD and streaming. This also makes the only case of a production recieving two neutral Latin American Spanish dub for cinemas.[[/note]] When Disney buyed Primer Plano's Argentine theatrical rights of ''Spirited Away'', they decided to release it with the Argentine dub instead of their own dub. To this date, the Argentine dub it's the most distributed in the region, being the only one ever released on home video and broadcasted on air TV and Disney Latino has come to distribute it in streaming and TV broadcasts in Creator/DisneyChannel and {{Creator/Jetix}}; the Mexican dub, [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes however]]...
* ExecutiveMeddling: With a rare ''positive'' spin and happy ending. After the lackluster box office showing for ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', Disney executives were hesitant to move forward with more of the Studio Ghibli films they'd bought the rights for. ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' had been dubbed and shown up on the film festival circuit, but no proper release date was announced, and it seemed like the other Ghibli films would be lost in DevelopmentHell. The happy ending? John Lasseter, then the head of {{Pixar}}, stuck his neck out to push for ''Spirited Away's'' production and release in America. Lasseter's championing of the film, and its eventual Oscar win, was the impetus for the eventual release of the rest of the Ghibli catalog on DVD, as well as distribution of future Ghibli films.

* DuelingDubs: There are two Latin American Spanish dubs, both made simultaneously. One produced by Disney made in Prime Dubb, UsefulNotes/MexicoCity (broadcasted in HBO) and another one produced by Primer Plano made in Videorecord, Buenos Aires for their theatrical distribution in Argentina.[[note]]Both dubs were made for cinemas, which are ''way'' more expensive than the average dub for TV, DVD/BD and streaming. This also makes the only case of a production recieving two neutral Latin American Spanish dub for cinemas.[[/note]] When Disney buyed Primer Plano's Argentine theatrical rights of ''Spirited Away'', they decided to release it with the Argentine dub instead of their own dub. To this date, the Argentine dub it's the most distributed in the region, being the only one ever released on home video and broadcasted on air TV and Disney Latino has come to distribute it in streaming and TV broadcasts in Creator/DisneyChannel and {{Creator/Jetix}}; the Mexican dub, [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes however]]...

* DuelingDubs: There are two Latin American Spanish dubs, both made simultaneously. One produced by Disney made in Prime Dubb, UsefulNotes/MexicoCity (broadcasted in HBO) and another one produced by Primer Plano made in Videorecord, Buenos Aires for their theatrical distribution in said country.[[note]]Both dubs were made for cinemas, which are ''way'' more expensive than the average dub for TV, DVD/BD and streaming.[[/note]] When Disney buyed Primer Plano's Argentine theatrical rights of ''Spirited Away'', they decided to release it with the Argentine dub instead of their own dub. To this date, the Argentine dub it's the most distributed in the region, being the only one ever released on home video and broadcasted on air TV and Disney Latino has come to distribute it in streaming and TV broadcasts in Creator/DisneyChannel and {{Creator/Jetix}}; the Mexican dub, [[Main/KeepCirculatingTheTapes however]]...

* ThrowItIn: John Ratzenberger's character's little song was entirely improvised for the dub.

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the English dub especially.
** Who knew Chihiro would later go on to [[Disney/LiloAndStitch save some aliens]]?
*** She also [[StringyHairedGhostGirl grew out her hair]] and [[Film/TheRing cursed a video tape]].
** Or that her father was once called [[Film/FantasticFour The Thing]]?
** Haku is [[Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride Kovu]].
*** And [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Chase Young,]] another enigmatic young man with magical powers who can shapeshift into a draconic creature.
*** He's also [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Rosh]].
*** In the Japanese version, he is [[KingdomHearts Sora]] and [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Vanitas]].
** Yubaba is [[Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride Zira]].
*** And in Japanese, she's [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 Big Mama]].
** The English version of Lin is also [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Megara]].
*** She is also [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]].
** Boh (the big baby) is [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
*** And [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]]. [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls And Bubbles]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans And Raven]]. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX And Rikku]].
** In the [[Creator/MiyuIrino original Japanese]], Haku is [[TsubasaReservoirChronicle Syaoran]].
** In the German dub, Yubaba was infamously voiced by [[http://www.jadicted.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hagen.jpg Singer]] [[http://www.thisisjanewayne.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nina-hagen-eyecatcher-pop24.jpg Nina]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nm0ZwIuHvO0/TEcRfG9qfBI/AAAAAAAADWA/FYRZ4jqfV7s/s400/nina_hagen.jpg Hagen]]while Lin was voiced by her daughter [[http://www.imdb.de/media/rm1290899968/nm0353376 Cosma Shiva Hagen]]
** The foreman of the bathhouse is [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]]
** The frog Aogaeru is [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Porky Pig]] aka [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers The Eager Young Space Cadet]].
*** In the Japanese version he's [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle Calcifer]].
** Kamaji the Boilerman is [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Cogsworth,]] [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} Governor Radcliffe]] and [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Jumba Jookiba]].
*** In the Japanese version he's [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Aku]].
** The assitant manager, Aniyaku, in the English dub is none other than [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Hamm]], [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc The Abominable Snowman]], and [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife PT Flea]].

** The foreman of the bathhouse is [[SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]]

--->'''Miyazaki:''' ''[Pause]'' ...hi.

*** And [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]]. [[ThePowerpuffGirls And Bubbles]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans And Raven]]. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX And Rikku]].

** The frog Aogaeru is [[LooneyTunes Porky Pig]] aka [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers The Eager Young Space Cadet]].

** When Chihiro accidentally steps on a Soot-Sprite, the Boiler Man does a "cut the line" routine with her. In Miyazaki's time, this was a "cleansing" ritual that kids performed among each other when one of them accidentally stepped in poo. Much to Miyazaki's chagrin, he had to explain this to Chihiro's young voice-actress!

*** And [[TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]]. [[ThePowerpuffGirls And Bubbles]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans And Raven]]. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX And Rikku]].

** Who knew Chihiro would later go on to [[LiloAndStitch save some aliens]]?

** And let's not forget that (in English) Lin is also [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Megara]].

*** And [[TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]]. [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans And Raven]]. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX And Rikku]].
*** Can't forget about [[ThePowerpuffGirls Bubbles]]!

** Let's not forget that the assitant manager, Aniyaku, in the English dub is none other than [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Hamm]], [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc The Abominable Snowman]], and [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife PT Flea]].

** And Lin is [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Megera]].