In this list that was found online, Spirited Away is one of the movies that the Oscars made famous. Do you agree with them? Slumdog Millionaire is also another. Both are really popular movies. In fact, I probably watch Spirited Away at least once a month because I love it so much (and it’s also in my iPod). Winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2001 was apparently a shock. It is said that no one really expected it to win? Hmmm, maybe. I wasn’t really paying attention when I was younger. But I remember that I loved the movie as soon as I watched it. But thinking about it this way, Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese director. Americans probably watch American movies more than Japanese movies. And the Oscars really made everyone more aware of his amazing movies. So it is a good thing - the Oscars opened people’s eyes to Japanese film. There’s more in this list, you can read it here.

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