Ooo...comments like those really get me riled.
Maybe you should point out to your professors 
that Spirited Away won the Golden Bear for Best 
Picture at the 52nd Berlin Film Festival.
For Best Picture mind you...Not Best Animated 
Picture or Best Cartoon.
And there have been plenty of other awards and 
accolades for it.

Anyway, I really really hope it wins. I'll be 
extremely dissapointed if it doesn't. Oh yeah, I 
highly recommend seeing it on the big screen if 
you get another chance to. I've seen both the 
subbed and dubbed versions and enjoyed them both.
Regards,
x