Environmental themes throughout the film

Many people in the film industry have been disregarding Japanese animation, but Spirited Away's success was a wake-up call. Throughout the film, environmental themes are shown. Nature is magical, while humans seem graceless, destructive, and disastrous.

Creator Hayao Miyazaki loves not only a sustainable environment but also the right of children to be children. Spirited Away shows the pressures and distractions of modernity and a little girl's parents who succumb to temptation and greed.