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Originally Posted by Warm Mist
Take Spirited Away, for example, it comes in handy with all the Oscars talk. The premise is the simplest thing ever: little girl gets sucked into a magical world out of nowhere.
The real meat of the film lies in the world constructed by Miyazaki, its liveliness, its quirky characters, and the astonishing visual representation of it feat. Studio Ghibli. Such an amazing film couldn't be done without a plethora of incredibly talented artists working their fullest to develop this initially "tired" premise into an Award winner.
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How is that a tired premise? I honestly can't think of many anime shows or movies that are about a little girl (
just one little girl, nobody else) getting sucked into a magical world out of nowhere.
Sure, western fiction has Alice in Wonderland and Dorothy in Oz, but I can't think of many
anime that have the same basic premise as Spirited Away does.
But just look at that, two of the most popular and timeless narratives of all-time (Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz) share the same basic premise with the critically acclaimed Spirited Away. Maybe that speaks to the strength of the "little girl gets sucked into a magical world out of nowhere" premise.
In fact, that premise, like Star Trek's, is open to a literal world of possibilities. It may be a simple premise, but it's potential scope is massive.