Majo no Takkyuubin


Kiki's Delivery Service

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Witch's Express Delivery
Japanese: 魔女の宅急便
English: Kiki's Delivery Service
German: Kikis kleiner Lieferservice
Spanish: Nicky, la Aprendiz de Bruja
French: Kiki's Delivery Service
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Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 29, 1989
Producers: Streamline Pictures
Studios: Studio Ghibli
Source: Novel
Genres: AdventureAdventure, Award WinningAward Winning, ComedyComedy, DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy
Duration: 1 hr. 43 min.
Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 8.231 (scored by 394205394,205 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #3422
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #372
Members: 607,166
Favorites: 6,082

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Synopsis

Kiki, a 13-year-old witch-in-training, must spend a year living on her own in a distant town in order to become a full-fledged witch. Leaving her family and friends, Kiki undertakes this tradition when she flies out into the open world atop her broomstick with her black cat Jiji.

As she settles down in the coastal town of Koriko, Kiki struggles to adapt and ends up wandering the streets with no place to stay—until she encounters Osono, who offers Kiki boarding in exchange for making deliveries for her small bakery. Before long, Kiki decides to open her own courier service by broomstick, beginning her journey to independence. In attempting to find her place among the townsfolk, Kiki brings with her exciting new experiences and comes to understand the true meaning of responsibility.

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Background

The film won the 1989 Animage's Anime Grand Prix Award.

Characters & Voice Actors

Kiki

Main
Takayama, Minami
Japanese

Jiji

Supporting
Sakuma, Rei
Japanese

Ursula

Supporting
Takayama, Minami
Japanese

Kopoli, Tombo

Supporting
Yamaguchi, Kappei
Japanese

Osono's husband

Supporting
Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese

Osono

Supporting
Toda, Keiko
Japanese

Bertha

Supporting
Seki, Hiroko
Japanese

Roufujin

Supporting
Katou, Haruko
Japanese

Lilly

Supporting

Kokiri

Supporting
Nobusawa, Mieko
Japanese

Staff

Miyazaki, Hayao
Producer, Director, Script
Tanaka, Eiko
Producer
Takahata, Isao
Sound Director
Medel, Jennifer
Script


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Opening Theme

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"Rouge no Dengon (ルージュの伝言; Message of Rouge)" by Yumi Arai (Japanese version - "Witch Express Delivery")
"Soaring" by Sydney Forest (English/US Disney version - "Kiki's Delivery Service")
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Ending Theme

"I'm Gonna Fly" by Sydney Forest (English/US Disney version - "Kiki's Delivery Service)
"Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta nara (やさしさに包まれたなら)" by Yumi Arai (Japanese version - "Witch Express Delivery")




Reviews

Jun 18, 2024
Kiki's Delivery Service is one of the best GHIBLI anime movie I've ever watched.Everything in this movie like: Animation, Storyline, Musics are very well made.

**NO SPOILERS**

This movie depicts a girl story who is from a witch family, after she become 13 years old, she become Independent and gone away from home to find a town and work there. The real fun begins when she found a town and try to live there.

I know this is some kinda boring, but when you see it the musics, and the way of life mix in the movie, feels much pleasure.

This movie is about 1 hour and 43 minutes.
If ...
Aug 27, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Kiki's delivery service seems like a pretty good coming of age movie.

There isn't much of a story, instead the movie progresses by following Kiki and her experiences as she starts her own delivery service and attempts to become independent. Along the way she faces hardships, both big and small, that she has to overcome. This did mean that I personally did not like the movie because I find it painful watching things go wrong again and again.

Kiki is a pretty good character for this story but some of her decisions were a bit puzzling. The side characters were good and I liked how expressively ...
Jun 28, 2024
FunnyFunny
Kiki is a witch only because she hallucinates talking to her cat and flying 11,300 meters in altitude; in other words, she gets high. Her mother appears to be more of a self-taught pharmaceutical scientist who is probably also an anti-vaxxer as well as someone who believes in free-range parenting, rather than a witch.

We are told about so-called “training” that Kiki will undergo, but we get nothing of the sort. The first nice boy she meets in an unfamiliar city, she decides to hate for unknown reasons. Perhaps it was her insecurity stemming from the lack of interaction with boys, or otherwise (more likely) ...

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