TOKYO • Steven Spielberg has said that Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 animated movie Spirited Away "might be bigger than any Disney film I've ever seen".
The American director will be happy to know that the fantasy world of the Oscar-winning animator will come to life as a theme park, set to open in central Japan in 2022, the regional government said last week.
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