SPIRITED HOMECOMING. Japanese architecture from Spirited Away.

This paper aims to recognize the implicit value of everyday life in the architectural discipline, specifically in the field of Japanese society, through the analysis and development of five concepts that largely characterize Japanese culture.

The object of analysis belongs to the anime genre, specifically to the Studio Ghibli company, based on the hypothesis that cinema and architecture are disciplines that are closely related, nurture each other, and are governed by similar principles. The creative process followed by the studio is also based on many of the foundations of the Japanese cultural tradition. That is why one of his most representative films has been selected: Spirited Away.

The analysis of the film is carried out through the filter derived from the research carried out on the concepts initially proposed, thus understanding the specific Japanese creative process. In this way, a broader vision is acquired from which the everyday is understood from multiple complementary perspectives.

Once the relevant aspects for defining the plot, scenes and characters of the film have been determined, an attempt will be made to relate them to concepts and case studies related to architecture and other disciplines. A compilation document is generated in which habitual scenes, belonging to the realm of the tangible but also to the intangible, build a cloud of concepts. Always present in architecture, they will be able to understand the creative process of the film under study as something capable of transcending the media in which it was conceived, appearing to the viewer as an allegation of Japanese culture, whose implicit symbolism conveyed a character universal.