Studio Ghibli cosplayer goes viral as Spirited Away\u2019s Chihiro Studio Ghibli \/ Instagram: @aru.rinh, @fhdsklA Studio Ghibli cosplayer went viral on Instagram after sharing an incredible true-to-life take on Spirited Away\u2019s protagonist, Chihiro Ogino. [jwplayer MDxzN19r] Spirited Away hit theaters in July 2001, and forever changed the landscape of anime films. The Hayao Miyazaki-directed project has been critically acclaimed worldwide and won Best Animated Feature at the 2003 Academy Awards. A cosplayer celebrated the groundbreaking movie by transforming into its lead protagonist, Chihiro. The artist\u2019s portrayal looks so much like the character, it\u2019s almost as if the heroine stumbled out of the screen and into real life. Spirited Away cosplayer becomes Chihiro The Studio Ghibli film follows 10-year-old girl Chihiro after she is forced to move to a new city with her parents. Reluctant about the change, the protagonist then stumbles into the world of the spirits, and is forced to work at a bathhouse to save her mother and father. Prolific cosplayer Zekia \u2018aru.rinh\u2019 went viral on social media after bringing the young heroine to life with her faithful costume. The artist pulls off the perfect recreation in an Instagram post that\u2019s gathered almost 100,000 likes at the time of writing. Photographer \u2018oyasuminabye\u2019 captured the creator posing in the character\u2019s iconic pink bathhouse work uniform. Zekia perfectly captured the 10-year-old\u2019s look, effortlessly mirroring her brown ponytail hair, and even including the parted bangs that frame each side of her face. View this post on Instagram Despite being released over 19 years ago, the Miyazaki film is still one of the most influential animes of all time. The story is so beloved, it\u2019s the highest grossing movie of all time in Japan \u2013 a record it\u2019s held since its release way back in 2001. In 2019, Ghibli signed a major deal to bring all of its films to streaming service HBO Max. Those interested in watching Spirited Away can catch it there now, and can also buy it on digital services such as Apple TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Studio Ghibli cosplayer goes viral as Spirited Away\u2019s Chihiro Studio Ghibli \/ Instagram: @aru.rinh, @fhdsklA Studio Ghibli cosplayer went viral on Instagram after sharing an incredible true-to-life take on Spirited Away\u2019s protagonist, Chihiro Ogino. [jwplayer MDxzN19r] Spirited Away hit theaters in July 2001, and forever changed the landscape of anime films. The Hayao Miyazaki-directed project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}