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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.
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]
Matsutoya had collaborated with Studio Ghibli on Kiki's Delivery Service, which features her songs Rouge no Dengon (ルージュの伝言) and Yasashisa ni Tsutsumaretanara (やさしさに包まれたなら). Producer Suzuki recommended "Hikō-ki Gumo" to Miyazaki in December 2012, feeling the lyrics resembled the story of The Wind Rises. [30] "
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
Kiki Strike, one of the main characters in the Kiki Strike book series by Kirsten Miller; Kiki, the protagonist of the Japanese animated film Kiki's Delivery Service; Kiki, a minor character in Saint Seiya, a Japanese manga series; Kiki, a character created by the Japanese company Sanrio; Kiki, a ferret in the Sluggy Freelance webcomic
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.
My Neighbors the Yamadas (Japanese: ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん, Hepburn: Hōhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun) is a 1999 Japanese animated comedy film written and directed by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo and Buena Vista Home Entertainment, and distributed by Shochiku. [4]