Welcome back to Sightgeist! In this episode, Jimmy is joined by Ashley to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark anime film Spirited Away. We discuss the film in both it's own aesthetic qualities, but also in how it shaped western interests in anime ever since.

Also, we're very proud to announce that Sightgeist now has a Discord! Feel free to join in on the movie talk, share movie news, and become part of the Sightgeist community. To celebrate the occasion, we're holding an Oscars predictions contest. Fill out this form with your Oscars predictions, and whoever predicts the most films correctly will get to choose a movie for Joe and me to discuss in a future episode.

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