Novel 'Majo no Takkyuubin' (Kiki's Delivery Service) to Get Live Action Movie Adaptation [Update 1/16]
 Children's novel "Majo no Takkyuubin" (Kiki's Delivery Service) will have a live action movie adaptation. The novel has six volumes altogether and was adapted into the anime movie "Majo no Takkyuubin" by Miyazaki Hayao and Studio Ghibli in 1989; however, they are not involved in this adaptation. The director is Shimizu Takashi, best known for directing the Ju-on series of horror movies. Koshiba Fuuka, 16, has been picked to play the role of Kiki, the 13-year-old protagonist. The movie will be released in theaters next spring. Source: Sponichi, Yomiuri Update January 16, 2014 Minako Kotobuki will be voicing Jiji in this live action movie. Source: Anime! Anime! |
Sakana-sanSep 22, 2017 4:42 PM
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| what? What? WOT?!?!?!?!? i have no idea whether to be fearful of this or to be excited about this. O.o |
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| Not sure what I think about this... |
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| I don't know how to react 'bout this either.. |
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| It should be interesting to see how it turns out. |
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| I loved the anime movie of this, so I'll definitely give it a shot. Can't wait for it to come out. :) |
| Hmm I think they can pull it of quite nicely, I will at least give it a go when it comes out. I think it will be adequate regardless |
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| You know, for all the anime I watch I don't think I've ever seen a live action movie from Japan. Maybe I'll check this out some day. |
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| Lol im curious how it will turn out. |
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| Ahah, I'm curious too! xD I loved the anime, I really want to see how it will turn out, though I'm not that optimistic.. xD |
| NOOO. I thought this was an April fools joke. I want to flip a table right now. |
| Ghibli is not involved with this. |
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| Sacrebleu ! What a curious bid o_o |
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| Not sure... could be worth it |
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| I have a slight bad feeling about this....... |
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| I don't recall anybody asking for this... I'm not going to watch it ._. |
morshuwarrior said: Funny, how would you know if someone asked for it or not?I don't recall anybody asking for this... |
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| The next Dragonball Evolution. |
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| I read somewhere that the live action will contain volume 1 and volume 2, which were not included in the anime. |
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| Stopped reading at "Children's Novel" Joking aside, too bad Studio Ghibli isn't involved. Probably won't watch this. |
symbv said: morshuwarrior said: Funny, how would you know if someone asked for it or not?I don't recall anybody asking for this... Just joking (lame joke ._.) Seriously though, Kiki in live action... that just sounds bad to me. |
| I don't know about anyone else, but I'd really like to read the novels. The anime movie is definitely one of my favorite Miyazaki films. Maybe I'll watch this someday, who knows~ |
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| A live action? I feel uneasy about this. I rather have another movie or a anime tv series. |
| THe books have six volumes? Wow! How much of the story was in the anime, or was the anime a Miyazaki story using the setting of the books? |
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zensunni said: The anime in fact adapted only a small part of volume 1, mainly chapter 4 about Kiki delivering a bird cage. Kadono Eiko wrote the other five volumes only after the anime was made, from 1993 to 2002 so they did not exist when Miyazaki worked on the anime. THe books have six volumes? Wow! How much of the story was in the anime, or was the anime a Miyazaki story using the setting of the books? In fact, Miyazaki and his staff changed the story so much that at one point Kadono even wanted to cancel the project. The following is from the wiki page of the anime: Miyazaki began significantly modifying the story, creating new ideas and changing existing ones. Majo no Takkyūbin, the original children's book by Eiko Kadono that the movie was based on, is very different from Miyazaki's finished film. Kadono's novel is more episodic, consisting of small stories about various people and incidents Kiki encounters while making deliveries. Many of the more dramatic elements, such as Kiki losing her powers or the airship incident at the film's climax, were not present in the original story. Miyazaki made these changes to give the film more of a story, and make the film about the hardships that Kiki faces while growing up; he remarked, "As movies always create a more realistic feeling, Kiki will suffer stronger setbacks and loneliness than in the original". As a result, Kadono was unhappy with the changes that were made between the book and film, to the point that the project was in danger of being shelved at the screenplay stage. Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki, the producer of Ghibli, went to the author's home and invited her to the film's studio. After her visit to the studio, Kadono decided to let the project continue |
symbvApr 24, 2013 7:26 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| ^ nice tibits about Kiki :) I will keep this on my radar. It's hard to forget the anime, but I always welcome new and expanded plot for Live Action. Now, we can see how this story ends as imagined by the author. |
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| Well, this could be interesting. Can this Koshiba Fuuka portray the MC well though? She seems a bit too old to be able to play the role of a 13 year old. |
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| Wow.. Kiki's Delivery Service now that is an old anime I watched it like 15 years ago.. why are they making one now of all times?.. kinda odd considering it finished a long time ago. |
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Sewnshut said: Well, many "finished" novels written decades or even centuries ago got adapted into movies. Besides, more than 90% of the novels did not make it into the anime (granted, most of them were not written when the anime was made) so it is not unthinkable that someone would be interested to make a movie out of it if he sees the potential.Wow.. Kiki's Delivery Service now that is an old anime I watched it like 15 years ago.. why are they making one now of all times?.. kinda odd considering it finished a long time ago. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| SHIMIZU?! THAT MAN IS A GENIUS THIS MOVIE WILL BE AMAZING. |
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insan3soldiern said: You know, for all the anime I watch I don't think I've ever seen a live action movie from Japan. Maybe I'll check this out some day. The live action Detective Conan series/movie was good to me. But that's me. Mirai Nikki on the other hand was awful. |
Raven-san said: The next Dragonball Evolution. It's NOT an American adaptation so there's hope. |
Kinda creepy that the director of Ju-on is gonna direct this, but I'll give this one a shot. |
vannanabananaMay 19, 2013 1:28 PM
| I WONDER WHY IS IT THAT ALL THE CLASSIC HAS TO HAVE A live action movie adaptation. CAN'T THEY JUST LEAVE THEM THE WAY THEY ARE. |
| Why? :/ |
| The audition for the role of Kiki has finished. Out of more than 500 people, Koshiba Fuka, 16, was chosen to be Kiki in the live movie of "Majo no Takkyuubin". Koshiba debuted last year in a TV drama named "Iki mo dekinai Natsu". You can find her profile and her blog here: http://beamie.jp/t/fuka_koshiba.html The movie will premiere next spring. Source: http://eiga.com/news/20130531/2/  |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| The Live action adaption of Samurai X wasn't up to the expectations, so I got doubts about this. Now if Kiki was purely slice of life type story like HachiKuro, then we might see something good. Although someone who saw Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (2010) sequel, they would say otherwise. |
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Poster for the movie |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: Now you're really making me want an SoL series of it. It sounds like it would be similar to Aria.zensunni said: The anime in fact adapted only a small part of volume 1, mainly chapter 4 about Kiki delivering a bird cage. Kadono Eiko wrote the other five volumes only after the anime was made, from 1993 to 2002 so they did not exist when Miyazaki worked on the anime. THe books have six volumes? Wow! How much of the story was in the anime, or was the anime a Miyazaki story using the setting of the books? In fact, Miyazaki and his staff changed the story so much that at one point Kadono even wanted to cancel the project. The following is from the wiki page of the anime: Miyazaki began significantly modifying the story, creating new ideas and changing existing ones. Majo no Takkyūbin, the original children's book by Eiko Kadono that the movie was based on, is very different from Miyazaki's finished film. Kadono's novel is more episodic, consisting of small stories about various people and incidents Kiki encounters while making deliveries. Many of the more dramatic elements, such as Kiki losing her powers or the airship incident at the film's climax, were not present in the original story. Miyazaki made these changes to give the film more of a story, and make the film about the hardships that Kiki faces while growing up; he remarked, "As movies always create a more realistic feeling, Kiki will suffer stronger setbacks and loneliness than in the original". As a result, Kadono was unhappy with the changes that were made between the book and film, to the point that the project was in danger of being shelved at the screenplay stage. Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki, the producer of Ghibli, went to the author's home and invited her to the film's studio. After her visit to the studio, Kadono decided to let the project continue |
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| teaser for the live action movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsIHx6oE4eI |
| ^ Really little information there.... |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| yeah, no actual footage, just a teaser, though anyway, new poster looks cute http://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/q71/1004662_10153397585355075_1099776001_n.jpg |
pikeman1 said: Fans in Japan mostly comment that the girl does not look loli enough though lolanyway, new poster looks cute http://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/q71/1004662_10153397585355075_1099776001_n.jpg |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| The new video has a bit more footage at the end, but still looks unimpressive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1QONeQq_0A |
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