Spirited Away Is About Xenophobia

It isn’t so hard to pick out.

A. Khaled
6 min readJul 18, 2018

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Normally when I pick out my entertainment, I look for themes. Themes that interest me and strike a chord within me on a visceral level — and perhaps my least anticipated reaction after watching Spirited Away is to have a stronger connection with what was happening represented, instead of what took place materially within the world.

Let me preface this by saying I don’t think I understood much of the movie, or what was happening and whatever reasons made such events happen. I stopped watching anime…

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A. Khaled

Internet culture scribe with an interest in the digital economy, content creators, media and politics.