# Spirited Away wins! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669 "2003-03-24T01:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/1 "2003-03-24T01:50:03Z")
This was the Oscar race I was most interested in and I was surprised it was the first one to be announced. It’s a pity Miyazaki didn’t turn up but this will be great publicity for the film. I hope Disney considers a re-release and markets the film properly. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/2 "2003-03-24T01:57:58Z")
Thanks for the update; I’m at work not following the show. (or the war). I said in one of your earlier threads that I was torn about whether I wanted _Lilo & Stitch_ or _Spirited Away_ because they both could use some “validation” from the industry. The former to acknowledge to Disney that you don’t have to make all the animated features so formulaic and predictable and still manage to sell toys AND win awards. The latter to acknowledge to Disney that they should be releasing all the Ghibli movies they’re sitting on because they could be making money & “art-house cred” off of them. Anybody feel like telling me what the presentation was like? Did they do the animated characters’ waiting in the audience to hear the vote, like they did with last year’s category? ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/3 "2003-03-24T02:02:43Z")
Not much presentation really. Cameron Diaz announced the nominees and there were brief clips. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/4 "2003-03-24T02:07:29Z")
THERE IS A GOD!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/5 "2003-03-24T04:06:28Z")
I was also thrilled. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/6 "2003-03-24T04:18:03Z")
I was very thrillified as well. If you haven’t seen _Spirited Away_, go see it right now. Actually, that also goes for y’all who _have_ seen it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/7 "2003-03-24T04:19:08Z")
Damn, I forgot to check what time the awards were going to start and missed it. Would’ve loved to see that. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/8 "2003-03-24T04:53:57Z")
This was the only category I felt very stongly about. Anything else winning would have be a complete joke. The American version of the DVD is out in a couple weeks, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/9 "2003-03-24T04:55:00Z")
have be = have been. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/10 "2003-03-24T05:11:41Z")
For one shining moment this evening, life was fair. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/11 "2003-03-24T06:32:08Z")
I felt much the same way as **SolGrundy** , though my reason for **Lilo and Stitch** was a twisted brand of civic pride, me originally being from Hawaii. 🙂 Still, having an anime title win was damn good too! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/12 "2003-03-24T06:54:16Z")
I am stunned and delighted. Now make with the DVDs! \ ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/13 "2003-03-24T07:03:57Z")
Woohoo! Is Spirited Away going to be in theatres again? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/14 "2003-03-24T07:23:52Z")
I doubt they’d rerelease _Spirited Away_, but they might give the other releases that they’re sitting on better publicity if/when they decide to release them. Just out of curiousity, when was Spirited Away released in Japan? I thought it was released in 2001–and, if so, how would that affect its eligibility? Not that I’m not glad it won…wonderful, wonderful movie :). ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/15 "2003-03-24T07:49:19Z")
This is good news. More slow progress on the “Disney deciding to ease its boot off of Studio Ghibli’s region 1 neck” dream. ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/16 "2003-03-24T19:38:35Z")
About tbe possibility of a re-release this is an interesting column by Jack Mathews the NY Daily film critic who is a big fan of the film: > **[Breaking News, World News, US and Local News - NY Daily News - New York Daily...](https://www.nydailynews.com/)** > > Find breaking US news, local New York news coverage, sports, entertainment news, celebrity gossip, autos, videos and photos at nydailynews.com. He interviews the Disney Studios chairman Richard Cook who said that money for a 1000 theatre release had been budgeted and the studio was waiting for a “good reason” for a wide release. He specifically mentioned Oscar nominations and critics’ top ten lists as possible reasons. Now that SA has actually won the Oscar and made a huge number of top ten lists there should at least be a possibility of a re-release. Let’s see. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/17 "2003-03-24T20:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angel of the Lord \* > \*\*I doubt they’d rerelease _Spirited Away_, but they might give the other releases that they’re sitting on better publicity if/when they decide to release them. > > Just out of curiousity, when was Spirited Away released in Japan? I thought it was released in 2001–and, if so, how would that affect its eligibility? > > Not that I’m not glad it won…wonderful, wonderful movie :). \*\* Eligibility for a rerelease? 'Cause award eligibility goes by the year of the U.S. release, as you saw. I’m sure this is in the SA DVD thread, but the DVD will have a Japanese audio track, yes? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/18 "2003-03-24T20:48:07Z")
In a related vein, does anyone know of someplace on the Internet where I can see Mickey presenting the award and the countdown to the win? I wanted to see the nominees in the audience, similar to what the Oscars did last year… (I was rooting for _Lilo and Stitch,_ myself, but I’m definitely glad anime is making inroads in mainstream cinema) ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/19 "2003-03-27T19:34:13Z")
SA will be released again this Friday. I saw two ads on ABC yesterday night so there appears to be a major promotiion as well. Let’s hope the movie does well and also helps the DVD sales in April. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669/20 "2003-03-27T19:53:53Z")
> [@](#): > > In a related vein, does anyone know of someplace on the Internet where I can see Mickey presenting the award and the countdown to the win? I wanted to see the nominees in the audience, similar to what the Oscars did last year… They didn’t do the Nominees in the audience this year (and anyway, Mickey was terrible) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-away-wins/163669.md?page=2)