honmei: KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE

 

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