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Kiki's Delivery Service

Japanese theatrical poster illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki.
Film information
NameKiki's Delivery Service
魔女の宅急便
Directed byHayao Miyazaki
Sunao Katabuchi (original position)
Produced byHayao Miyazaki
Toru Hara
Written byNobuyuki Isshiki (original script)
Hayao Miyazaki
Based on the book by Eiko Kadono
StarringMinami Takayama
Rei Sakuma
Kappei Yamaguchi
Music byJoe Hisaishi
CinematographyShigeo Sugimura
Editing byTakeshi Seyama
StudioStudio Ghibli
Distributed byToei Company (Japan)
Buena Vista Home Video (North America)
Release dateJuly 29, 1989
Running time102 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥800,000,000 (estimated)
$6,927,244.46

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|} is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was the fourth theatrically released Studio Ghibli film.

The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1989. Kiki's Delivery Service is loosely based on Eiko Kadono's novel of the same name, which is the first in a series published by Fukuinkan Shoten in 1985.

According to Miyazaki the movie touches on the gulf that exists between independence and reliance in Japanese teenage girls. Going far beyond coming of age themes, the work deals with the nature of creativity and talent, and the central difficulty every person faces in becoming themselves, whether through luck, hard work or confidence: the inner film explores the same questions as the later Whisper of the Heart.

It was the first Studio Ghibli movie released under the Disney/Studio Ghibli partnership; Disney recorded an English dub in 1997, which premiered theatrically in the United States at the Seattle International Film Festival May 23, 1998. It was released on home video in the U.S. on September 1, 1998.

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Character Japanese English (Streamline) English (Disney)
Kiki Minami Takayama Lisa Michelson Kirsten Dunst
Jiji Rei Sakuma Kerrigan Mahan Phil Hartman
Osono Keiko Toda Alexandra Kenworthy Tress MacNeille
Ursula Minami Takayama Edie Mirman Janeane Garofalo
Tombo Kappei Yamaguchi Eddie Frierson Matthew Lawrence
The Baker Kōichi Yamadera Greg Snegoff
Kokiri (Kiki's mother) Mieko Nobusawa Barbara Goodson Kath Soucie
Okino (Kiki's father) Kōichi Miura John Dantona Jeff Bennett
Madame Haruko Katō Melanie McQueen Debbie Reynolds
Bertha Hiroko Seki Edie Mirman Edie McClurg
Senior Witch Yūko Kobayashi Wendee Lee Debi Derryberry

Anime Grand Prix winners

1979 �1989Mobile Suit Gundam (1979 �19801st) * Space Runaway Ideon (19802nd) * Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981) * Six God Combination Godmars (1982) * Crusher Joe (1983) * Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) * Dirty Pair (1985) * Castle in the Sky (1986) * Saint Seiya (1987) * My Neighbor Totoro (1988) * Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
1990 �1999Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990) * Future GPX Cyber Formula (1991) * Sailor Moon (1992) * YuYu Hakusho (1993 �1994) * Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995 �1996) * The End of Evangelion (1997) * Nadesico: Prince of Darkness (1998) * Cardcaptor Sakura (1999)
2000 �2009Saiyuki (2000) * Fruits Basket (2001) * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002) * Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004 �2005) * Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006 �2007) * Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008) * Eden of the East (2009)

Hayao Miyazaki films

Director, screenplay & storyboardThe Castle of Cagliostro * Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind * Castle in the Sky * My Neighbor Totoro * Kiki's Delivery Service * Porco Rosso * Princess Mononoke * Spirited Away * Howl's Moving Castle * Ponyo
Screenplay & storyboardPanda! Go, Panda! * Whisper of the Heart
Screenplay & planningThe Borrower Arrietty
Chief animator & concept artistGulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon * Hols: Prince of the Sun * Puss in Boots * Flying Phantom Ship * Animal Treasure Island
Director, screenplay & storyboardLupin III * Future Boy Conan * Sherlock Hound
Scene design & layoutHeidi, Girl of the Alps * 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother * Anne of Green Gables

Studio Ghibli films

Pre-Ghibli filmsHols: Prince of the Sun * Panda! Go, Panda! * Future Boy Conan * The Castle of Cagliostro * Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Theatrical
feature films		Castle in the Sky * My Neighbor Totoro * Grave of the Fireflies * Kiki's Delivery Service * Only Yesterday * Porco Rosso * Pom Poko * Whisper of the Heart * Princess Mononoke * My Neighbors the Yamadas * Spirited Away * The Cat Returns * Howl's Moving Castle * Tales from Earthsea * Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea * The Borrower Arrietty
TV feature specialOcean Waves
Co-productionsGhost in the Shell 2: Innocence
ShortsNandarō * On Your Mark * Ghiblies * Ghiblies Episode 2 * Imaginary Flying Machines * Mei and the Kittenbus * The Whale Hunt * Looking for a Home * The Day I Harvested a Planet * The Night of Taneyamagahara * Water Spider Monmon * Iblard Jikan
Studio Kajino feature filmShiki-Jitsu
Studio Kajino co-productionSatorare (Tribute to a Sad Genius)
Ghibli Museum Library filmsLe Roi et l'oiseau * Kirikou et la sorcière * Princes et princesses * Les Triplettes de Belleville * Moya lyubov * Azur et Asmar * Snezhnaya koroleva * Panda Kopanda * Cheburashka * Animal Farm * Lupin Sansei * A Matter of Loaf and Death * Mr. Bug Goes to Town * Konk-Gorbunok * Akage no Anne
Video game co-productionNi no Kuni
Related articlesHayao Miyazaki * Toshio Suzuki * Isao Takahata * Joe Hisaishi * Ghibli Museum * Ghibli Museum Library * Studio Kajino * Nausicaa.net



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