Kiki's Delivery Service
Kiki's Delivery Service, Eksprespoŝto per Sorĉistino, Kiki la petite sorcière, 魔女宅急便, Служба доставки Кики
Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便 Majo no Takkyūbin, trans. "Witch's Delivery Service") is the fifth Studio Ghibli anime film, produced, written, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki in 1989. It was the fourth theatrically released film from the studio, and was also the second feature film that Miyazaki directed but did not originally write himself. The movie won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1989. The movie is based on Eiko Kadono's novel of the same name, which is the first in a series originally published by Fukuinkan Shoten in 1985. The film adaptation includes only some of the episodes in the book; it ends at the end of summer while the book covers an entire calendar year. The movie depicts the gulf that exists between independence and self-reliance in the hopes and spirit of ordinary Japanese teenage girls.
(Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, s.v. "Kiki's Delivery Service")
