Majo no takkyûbin (1989)
At her mother's behest, 13-year-old witch Kiki sets out on a year-long apprenticeship with her black cat in tow. She soon finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
22 June 1955, Santa Monica, California, USA
24 November 1922, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
24 December 1950, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA
5 December 1968, Tokyo, Japan
16 August 1949, Brooklyn, New York, USA
14 December 1935, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 February 1980, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
22 October 1946, Tokyo, Japan
21 November 1929
23 May 1965, Fukuoka, Japan
6 January 1959, New York City, New York, USA
February 20, 2014
[Miyazaki] revitalizes conventional tropes, using elegant imagery to say something substantial about growing up, and he even subverts gender stereotypes along the way.November 26, 2012
A terrific alternative to the diabetic's nightmare that is most of Disney's output, Kiki's Delivery Service takes pride of place in Miyazaki's exceptional body of work.August 10, 2009
Top-drawer kiddie fare for both fans of the exotic and mainstream family auds.March 25, 2010
The magic of Kiki is the girl's sense of wonder in her new world, whether it's her soaring flight among the migrating geese or a bicycle ride... to see the dirigible.December 04, 2015
The film's status as a top-tier animated endeavor is baffling, to say the least, and it's ultimately difficult not to wonder what its ardent followers have embraced so passionately over the years.November 26, 2012
The characters are gently and warmly rendered, and a climactic action sequence involving an unmoored dirigible hints at the stately grandiosity of Miyazaki's masterpiece Howl's Moving Castle.June 28, 2014
...a visual swoon over the delights of flight.May 26, 2016
The film becomes a benign guided tour of femininity ... gently broaching universal coming-of-age issues such as independence, insecurity, and even - more boldly than any Western children's movie would contemplate - sexuality.November 27, 2013
An endearing fantasy adventure from Japanese master-animator Hayao Miyazaki is given a quality Disney makeover in its English-language version.March 20, 2010
A fine, sincere piece of bittersweet delight.May 24, 2016
Miyazaki's giddy, glorious seaside story about a budding young witch and her sarcastic cat.March 29, 2010
A wonderful and enchanting animated film about a 13-year-old girl's initiation into adulthood through her adventures in a strange city.