Short answers, pulled from the story.
The main characters include Chihiro Ogino, her parents Akio and Yūko, Haku, Kamaji, Lin, Yubaba, No-Face, and Zeniba. The story follows ten-year-old Chihiro as she navigates a spirit world after her parents transform into pigs.
Spirited Away was released theatrically in Japan on the 20th of July 2001 by distributor Toho. It grossed ¥30.4 billion to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history according to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan.
Hayao Miyazaki conceived the idea while spending summers at a mountain cabin with his family and five girls who were friends of the family. He read shōjo manga magazines like Nakayoshi and Ribon left at the cabin but felt they focused too much on romance rather than what these young friends held dear.
The concept of kamikakushi literally means hidden by gods within the Japanese title. It reinforces a liminal passage where social death occurs and coming back means social resurrection.
Spirited Away became the first hand-drawn non-English-language animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards. The film also set the all-time attendance record in Japan surpassing the 16.8 million tickets sold by Titanic.