Title: KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE
Japanese: 魔女の宅急便
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
based on – Kiki's Delivery Service by
Eiko Kadono
production company: Studio Ghibli
release date: 1989 July 29
running time: 102 minutes
original language: Japanese
country: Japan
English release by Disney
CAST
KIKI
Japanese voice actress ~ Minami
Takayama
English voice actress ~ Kirsten Dunst
JIJI (cat)
Japanese voice actor ~ Rei Sakuma
English voice actor ~ Phil Hartman
OSONO (bakery owner)
Japanese voice actress – Keiko Toda
English voice actress – Tress
Macneille
TOMBO (Kiki's guy friend /bff)
Japanese voice
actor ~ Kappei Yamaguchi
English voice
actor ~ Matthew Lawrence
PLOT
Kiki is a
13-year-old young girl who leaves her home to train (as a witch) for
one year with her talking cat Jiji. She flies in her broom to the
port city Koriko. Here she met a young man named Tombo who instantly
fell in-love with the young witch. She also meets Osono (a pregnant
bakery owner) where she will accept a job to deliver bakery goods in
exchange of board and lodging. In this port city of Koriko, Kiki will
learn about love, friendships, hardships and how to overcome
struggles and the power of discovering oneself.
REVIEW
Definitely one of
Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece. Kiki's Delivery Service is my first anime movie (besides Astroboy as young girl) and I instantly
fell in love. I have watched this movie hundreds of
times and it never got old – you will be hooked every time.
credits ~ Google images and Wikipedia
