Kiki's Delivery Service

Based On the book by Eiko Kadono

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on Eiko Kadono's 1985 novel Kiki's Delivery Service. Animated by Studio Ghibli, the film stars Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, and Keiko Toda. The story follows Kiki (Takayama), a young witch who moves to the port city of Koriko with her cat Jiji (Sakuma) and starts a flying courier service. In 1987, Group Fudosha asked Kadono's publishers for the rights to the novel to be made into a film by either Miyazaki or Isao Takahata.

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Release date:

July 29, 1989

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Genre:

Fantasy, Children's

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

1989 in adaptations