Kiki accepts a party invitation from Tombo, but is delayed by her work and, exhausted, falls ill. She finds the toy in the cabin home of a young painter, Ursula, who mends and returns it to Kiki so she can complete the delivery and rescue Jiji. While she searches for it, Jiji pretends to be the toy at the recipient's house. Her first delivery goes badly she is caught in a gust of wind and drops the black cat toy she is supposed to deliver. She opens a "Witch Delivery Business", delivering goods by broomstick. In exchange for accommodation, Kiki helps Osono, a kindly and heavily pregnant bakery owner. While searching for somewhere to live, she is pursued by Tombo, a geeky boy obsessed with aviation who admires her flying ability. She flies on her broomstick to the port city of Koriko. Īs is traditional for trainee witches, thirteen-year-old Kiki leaves home with her black cat, Jiji, with whom she talks. It was released on home video in the U.S. Walt Disney Pictures produced an English dub in 1997, which premiered in United States theaters at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 23, 1998.
It was the first film released under a 15-year distribution partnership between The Walt Disney Company and Studio Ghibli. Kiki's Delivery Service was released in Japan on July 29, 1989, and won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize.
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According to Miyazaki, the movie portrays the gulf between independence and reliance in teenage Japanese girls. It tells the story of Kiki, a young witch who moves to a new town and uses her flying ability to earn a living. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transport and the Nippon Television Network and distributed by the Toei Company. 'Witch's Express Home Delivery') is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. Kiki's Delivery Service ( Japanese: 魔女の宅急便, Hepburn: Majo no Takkyūbin, lit.
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