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Kiki's Delivery Service was released in Japan on July 29, 1989, by Toei. [2] It was the first Studio Ghibli film to be successful on initial release, grossing a total of ¥4.3 billion ($31 million). It received critical acclaim and multiple awards.
Kiki's Delivery Service: Hayao Miyazaki Joe Hisaishi Japan: July 29, 1989 103 minutes 98% [4] 1991 Only Yesterday: Isao Takahata Toshio Suzuki: Masaru Hoshi Japan: July 20, 1991 English dub premiere: January 1, 2016 119 minutes 100% [5] 1992 Porco Rosso: Hayao Miyazaki Joe Hisaishi Japan: July 18, 1992 93 minutes 96% [6] 1994 Pom Poko: Isao ...
Film Business Asia gave the film a four out of ten rating, referring to the film as "bland, charmless and undramatic". [1] The review stated that actress Fuka Koshiba was "way too mature for the 13-year-old, waifish Kiki and has a forced perkiness that drags the action down" and stated that "the visual and special effects are more run-of-the-mill 20th century than state-of-the-art 21st". [1]
Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin, lit. ' Witch's Express Home Delivery ' ) is a children's fantasy novel written by Eiko Kadono and illustrated by Akiko Hayashi. It was first published by Fukuinkan Shoten on January 25, 1985.
Kiki's Delivery Service may refer to: Kiki's Delivery Service, the original novel and its sequels Kiki's Delivery Service, musical adaptations of the book and the anime film; Kiki's Delivery Service, an anime film adaptation directed by Hayao Miyazaki; Kiki's Delivery Service, a live-action adaptation of the first two novels
In a summer that included strong competition, including Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service, which was ironically directed by one of the animators who left the production of this film, it grossed ¥0.9 billion (US$10 million) in its release and was considered a box-office flop, against a budget of around ¥3 billion (US$35 million).
He worked as an animation director on Anne of Green Gables, Sherlock Hound, Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday and Princess Mononoke. Kondō directed the animated film Whisper of the Heart, and was expected to become one of the top directors at Studio Ghibli, alongside Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and to become their eventual successor.
Kiki's Delivery Service Eiko Kadono ( 角野 栄子 , Kadono Eiko ) , real name Eiko Watanabe ( 渡辺英子 , Watanabe Eiko ) , born January 1, 1935, is a Japanese author of children's literature, picture books, non-fiction, and essays in Shōwa and Heisei period in Japan.