Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

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103 min - Animation | Adventure | Family - 29 July 1989 (Japan)

7.9

Ratings: 7.9/10 from 26,103 users
Reviews: 127 user | 72 critic

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writers:

Eiko Kadono (novel), Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay)

Stars:

Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama and Rei Sakuma

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Minami Takayama	...	Kiki / Ursula (voice)
	Rei Sakuma	...	Jiji (voice)
	Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Tombo (voice)
	Keiko Toda	...	Osono (voice)
	Mieko Nobusawa	...	Kokiri, Kiki no haha (Kiki's mummy) (voice)
	Kôichi Miura	...	Okino, Kiki no chichi (Kiki's daddy) (voice)
	Haruko Kato	...	Rô-fujin (Madame) (voice)
	Hiroko Seki	...	Barsa (Bertha) (voice)
	Yuriko Fuchizaki	...	Ketto (voice)
	Kôichi Yamadera	...	Bakery worker, policeman (voice)
	Kikuko Inoue	...	Beautiful designer girl (voice)
	Yûko Kobayashi	...	Young sempai witch (voice)
	Mika Doi	...	Ketto's mother (voice)
	Takaya Hashi	...	Ketto's father (voice)
	Chika Sakamoto	...	Baby (voice)

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Storyline

This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now thirteen years old. But she is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home. Written by Anthony Pereyra (hypersonic91@yahoo.com)

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

29 July 1989 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

El Delivery de Kiki See more »

Box Office

Budget:

¥800,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nibariki, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), Studio Ghibli See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

The name of Osono's bakery, "Guchokipanya" is a Japanese pun made from the words "guchokipa" (Rock Paper Scissors) and "pan'ya" (bakery). See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The Disney dub refers several times to the airship as a "dirigible", which is correct, but also as a "blimp", which it isn't; it is a zeppelin, a rigid airship with an internal skeleton that holds it in shape, not a blimp, which is basically a big helium-inflated balloon held in shape by the helium. See more »

Quotes

[Japanese version with English subtitles]
Jiji: [Jiji's paws are covered with flour] At this rate, I'll be a white cat by the morning.
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Crazy Credits

The denouement scenes of the film play out with the credits rolling
ending with Kiki's parents reading a letter from her after the credits
finish. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Whisper of the Heart (1995) See more »