Monday, March 30, 2020

Spirited Away: Chihiro Ogino (Megapost)

Today, I present to you a megapost of the main heroine of the legendary Studio Ghibli film, Spirited Away. There were posts for her previously, but those contributors removed themselves from the blog, and the images disappeared along with them. For those who don't know about her, Chihiro is a 10-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters the world of Kami (spirits) of Japanese Shinto folklore. After her parents are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba, 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. In the beginning of the movie, Chihiro is shown to be a childish, easily-scared, and whiny girl. However, after her experiences at the Bathhouse and the Spirit World, she matures into a capable young adult. Chihiro's growth into a capable individual is a core factor to the movement of Spirited Away's plot. During her adventure in the Spirit World, she matures from an easily-scared girl with a child-like personality to match her age to a hard-working, responsible, and brave young girl who has learned to put her fears aside for those she cares for. To protect her friends and rescue her parents from a spell that has turned them into livestock, Chihiro sheds her former personality and adapts to her environment to become a courageous, quick-witted and reliable girl. These images focus solely on Chihiro in her regular T-shirt and shorts outfit rather than her bathhouse oufit as I prefer the former over the latter. Also, her bathhouse uniform is too closely associated with her being known as Sen. Yubaba had a lot of nerve stripping her of a beautiful name like Chihiro, and reducing it to the uninspired Sen. She is Chihiro. Always has been, and always will be in my eyes. I hope you all love her as much as I do.












































































































































































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25 comments:

  1. Custom 958March 30, 2020 at 9:15 AM

    What a nice megapost, Dan. At least, her feet are pretty and I would want to smell her sneakers and socks.

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    1. Dan BMarch 30, 2020 at 9:46 AM

      Yes, they're very well detailed. And the film itself is a true masterpiece.

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    2. Custom 958March 30, 2020 at 12:55 PM

      @Kojoflo: Why are you saying Pedophile alert?

      @Dan: Do you love this movie along with Your name?

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    3. Dan BMarch 30, 2020 at 2:16 PM

      Your Name is a little too sad for my tastes. This movie is magical and amazing beyond belief. Her parents should have really listened to her and not explored that tunnel, and eaten that food. This could have all been avoided, but on the other hand, we wouldn't have had this amazing adventure if it was avoided.

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    4. Custom 958March 30, 2020 at 2:34 PM

      So what you're saying is that you want to be a part of the adventure she was in?

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    5. Dan BMarch 30, 2020 at 3:08 PM

      I'm not sure whether or not I'd want to be a part of it. I'm talking about the experience of watching it. There be no movie if they avoided the exploring.

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    6. Custom 958March 30, 2020 at 5:42 PM

      Did you still enjoy the experience of this movie?

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    7. Dan BMarch 30, 2020 at 6:05 PM

      Immensely. It was totally worth it.

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    8. Custom 958March 30, 2020 at 7:07 PM

      I need to get back to these Ghibli movies.

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  2. marco cruzMarch 30, 2020 at 11:32 AM

    I've been waiting for months for wendy marvel's post and the guy who was doing it is retired? Great :-/

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    1. Dan BMarch 30, 2020 at 11:59 AM

      No Marco. That's Dean Lawrence. He's still here. The names of the contributors who still have access to post to the blog are listed on the left side of the page. He told me he's getting close to her with his Fairy Tail posts.

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  3. Shadow The HedgehogMarch 30, 2020 at 3:46 PM

    I dont see the part when she was stuck in the mud with her feet moving around struggling to get out :/

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    1. Dan BMarch 30, 2020 at 5:24 PM

      She was probably wearing her bathhouse uniform in that scene. This collection just focused on her in her regular outfit. Sorry bout that Shadow.

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    2. Shadow The HedgehogApril 1, 2020 at 4:31 AM

      It's ok 😁

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  4. Match25March 31, 2020 at 1:24 AM

    I think this is my favorite movie from this studio. Not only do we get to see a cute barefooter for most of it but the story structure is much more solid that the others

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  5. LayneMarch 31, 2020 at 6:16 AM

    Nice collection from an adorable girl! Will she get a separate post for her bathhouse outfit?

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    1. Dan BMarch 31, 2020 at 6:47 AM

      I'm considering it. It would take a little longer to compile.

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    2. LayneMarch 31, 2020 at 3:31 PM

      That's fine. Good things come to those who wait, after all.

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  6. UnknownJuly 23, 2020 at 10:05 AM

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  7. kira6September 7, 2020 at 9:01 PM

    Definitely best feet wise in terms of ghibi girls

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  8. Sonic RangerJanuary 14, 2022 at 4:41 AM

    Can you do an update?

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  9. Josiah PurteeDecember 20, 2022 at 4:04 PM

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  10. Josiah PurteeDecember 20, 2022 at 4:04 PM

    There's also Sam Greenfield from the 2022 movie, Lucky.

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