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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
May 24, 2016
Miyazaki's giddy, glorious seaside story about a budding young witch and her sarcastic cat.
August 10, 2009
Top-drawer kiddie fare for both fans of the exotic and mainstream family auds.
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.
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.
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.
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.
