Hayao Miyazaki’s “ Spirited Away ” is returning to the big screen.

As part of GKIDS and Fathom Entertainment’s Studio Ghibli Fest , the film will be re-released in theaters across the country from Oct. 18-Oct. 22. As previously announced, “Howl’s Moving Castle” will also be re-released as part of the fest from Sept. 20-24.

“Spirited Away” made Oscars history when it won the Academy Award for best animated feature in 2003. It was the first hand-drawn feature to win in that category.

The film follows a 10-year-old girl, Chihiro, whose family is moving to a new house. Along the way, they stop to explore an abandoned village, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. Put to work in a magi

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