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Kiki's Delivery Service (movie)

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©1989 Eiko Kadono • Nibariki • Tokuma Shoten


Alternative title:
Kiki la petite sorcière (French)
Kiki — Consegne a domicilio (Italian)
Kiki's Vliegende Koeriersdienst (Dutch)
Kiki, A Aprendiz de Feiticeira
Kiki, Entregas a Domicilio (Spanish)
Kikis Expressbud (Swedish)
Kikis kleiner Lieferservice (German)
Majo no Takkyūbin (Japanese)
Majo no Takkyuubin (Japanese)
Nicky, La Aprendiz de Bruja (Spanish)
Podniebna poczta Kiki (Polish)
Witch's Express Delivery
Ведьмина служба доставки (Russian)
کیکی خزمه‌تکاری گواستنه‌وه‌ (Arabic)
魔女の宅急便 (Japanese)
魔女宅急便 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: witches
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
Plot Summary: When an apprentice witch turns thirteen, she must leave her home in order to hone her craft. Although Kiki's sole talent is broom-flying, she sets out for adventure with her cat Jiji. They settle in a charming seaside town, where Kiki establishes her own delivery service. As Kiki learns to balance independence with responsibility, her kind heart wins her many new friends in this coming-of-age tale.
User Ratings: 2515 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 458 votes (sub:229, dub:204, raw:11, Ger.dub:3, ?:2, edit.dub:2, Kor.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Pol.dub:1, Ita.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Excellent: 808 votes (sub:492, dub:279, raw:8, ?:7, edit.dub:5, Ita.dub:4, Por.sub:3, Spa.dub:3, Spa.sub:2, Rus.dub:2, Fre.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 637 votes (sub:340, dub:257, ?:9, edit.dub:7, raw:6, Spa.sub:4, Fre.sub:4, Ger.dub:4, Ita.dub:3, Rus.dub:1, Swe.dub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 377 votes (sub:207, dub:150, edit.dub:6, ?:6, raw:5, Ita.dub:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Decent: 122 votes (sub:66, dub:51, edit.dub:2, ?:1, Dut.dub:1, Pol.edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 70 votes (dub:35, sub:29, edit.dub:3, ?:2, Rus.dub:1)
 Not really good: 16 votes (sub:11, dub:5)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:7)
 Bad: 7 votes (dub:5, sub:1, raw:1)
 Awful: 4 votes (edit.dub:2, sub:2)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4391 users, rank: #82
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.269 (Very good+.26), std. dev.: 1.4235, rank: #238
Weighted mean: 8.210 (Very good+.21), rank: #212 (seen all: 8.23 / seen some: 6.75 / won't finish: 4.47)
Bayesian estimate: 8.207 (Very good+.20), rank: #140
Running time: 103 minutes
Production cost: ¥800,000,000 (initial plan)
Vintage: 1989-07-17
Premiere date:
1989-07-29 (Japan)
1990-01-20 (Hong Kong, Cantonese Dub)
1998-05-23 (USA, Seattle International Film Festival, English Dub)
2003-01-16 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2007-04-06 (Germany, Super RTL - TV Premiere)
2008-10-02 (Russia)
Releases: We have 26
Opening Theme:
"Soaring" by Sydney Forest
"ルージュの伝言 (Rouge no Dengon; Message of Rouge)" by Yumi Arai
Ending Theme:
"I'm Gonna Fly" by Sydney Forest
"やさしさに包まれたなら (Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta nara)" by Yumi Arai
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 7
Comment:
"Ship Flying Over the Rainbow", the Painting in the Film, was drawn by students of Hachinohe City Minato Junior High School Handicapped Children's Class
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    Kiki's Delivery Service - Film Comic (Artbook 1) 2006-04-01 (from $5.18)
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    Kiki's Delivery Service - Film Comic (Artbook 3) 2006-06-01 (from $5.62)
    Kiki's Delivery Service - Film Comic (Artbook 4) 2006-07-11 (from $5.01)
    Kiki's Delivery Service (DVD) 2003-04-17 (from $20.74)
    Kiki's Delivery Service (Dub.VHS) 2003-04-17

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Script:
Hayao Miyazaki
Nobuyuki Isshiki (first draft)

Music: Joe Hisaishi

Original creator: Eiko Kadono

Character Design: Katsuya Kondo

Art director: Hiroshi Ohno

Animation director:
Katsuya Kondo
Shinji Otsuka
Yoshifumi Kondô

Director of Photography: Juro Sugimura

Executive producer:
Mikihiko Tsuzuki
Morihisa Takagi
Yasuyoshi Tokuma

Producer:
Hayao Miyazaki
Toru Hara

Animation Check:
Hitomi Tateno
Yasuko Tachiki

Assistant director: Sunao Katabuchi

Assistant Editor: Hiroshi Adachi

Background Art: Toshiharu Mizutani

Backgrounds:
Hidetoshi Kaneko
Kazufiro Kinoshita
Kazuo Ebisawa
Kazuo Oga
Ken Tokushige
Kenji Kahiyama
Kiyoko Kanno
Kiyomi Oota
Kumiko Ono
Kyoko Naganawa
Midori Chiba
Miyuki Kudo
Satoshi Kuroda
Yoko Nagashima
Yuji Ikehata
Yuko Matsuura
Yutaka Ito

Camera:
Hiroaki Edamitsu
Hiroshi Tamura
Hisao Kazemura
Jyosaku Nishiyama
Katsuya Kozutsumi
Kendi Akazawa
Tomishi Arakawa
Toru Kobayashi
Yasukiro Shimizu
Yasuyoshi Hayama

Color design:
Michiyo Yasuda
Yuriko Katayama

Dialogue Editing: Fujio Yamada

Editing: Takeshi Seyama

Harmony Process: Noriko Takaya

In-Between Animation:
Aki Yamagata
Akihiko Nomura
Akihiro Yuki
Akiko Ishii
Akiko Teshima
Akiko Yamaguchi
Akio Watanabe
Ako Takano
Akoko Matsushima
Eiichiro Hirata
Emiko Iwayanagi
Etsuko Shino
Hideaki Maniwa
Hiroki Ikehata
Hiroko Tezuka
Hiroyuki Kanbe
Hiroyuki Morita
Hitoshi Kagiyama
Ichiro Izuki
Kasumi Hara
Katsumi Hiroe
Katsusuke Konuma
Kazumi Okabe
Kazutaka Ozaki
Keiichi Suwada
Keiko Nagai
Keiko Watanabe
Kiyoki Makita
Koichi Taguchi
Koji Ito
Kumiko Ohtani
Machiko Niiya
Makoto Koga
Masahiko Adachi
Masako Higashi
Masako Sakano
Masayuki Shibuya
Mayumi Ohmura
Nagisa Miyazaki
Naoko Takenawa
Ninji Takahashi
Nobuhiro Hosoi
Nobuko Sato
Rie Fujimura
Ritsuko Shiina
Riwako Matsui
Ryo Suzuki
Shiro Shibata
Sumie Nishido
Suzuko Mano
Takao Maki
Takuya Iinuma
Tatsuji Narita
Tatsuya Tanabe
Tazuko Fukutsuchi
Toshihiro Hamamori
Yoshie Hayashi
Yoshie Kawahashi
Yoshimi Kanbara
Yu Ito
Yuka Endo
Yukari Yamaura
Yuko Aoyama
Yumi Kawachi
Yurie Sudo
Yuriko Saito

Ink & Paint:
Chieko Omachi
Eiko Fukuma
Eiko Hirokiri
Fumiko Ito
Harumi Machii
Hideko Sato
Izumi Maeno
Junko Yoshikawa
Kazue Hiranuma
Kazumi Kobayashi
Mariko Konuma
Masami Nishizaka
Masuko Sugamuma
Mayumi Watanabe
Michiko Nishimaki
Michiko Shibata
Michiyo Iseta
Mieko Asai
Mieko Nakano
Mika Tanifugi
Mioori Sugawara
Miyoko Oka
Naomi Takahashi
Nobuko Watanabe
Norichika Iwakiri
Reiko Aonuma
Reiko Yoshida
Ritsuko Osaki
Rumi Fukaya
Taeko Oumi
Tatsuko Kubota
Toshiko Tawara
Tsutomu Muta
Yoko Tanida
Yukari Tajima
Yukari Yokoyama
Yukimi Toyonaga
Yuriko Kudo

Ink & Paint Check:
Ikuyo Kimura
Noriko Ogawa
Teruyo Tateyama
Yuki Hisada
Yumi Furuya

Key Animation:
Akiko Hasegawa
Atsuko Fukushima
Atsuko Otani
Chie Uratani
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Hiroshi Watanabe
Koji Morimoto
Makiko Futaki
Masaaki Endou
Masahito Sekino
Masako Shinohara
Megumi Kagawa
Natsuyo Yasuda
Noriko Moritomo
Sachiko Sugino
Toshio Kawaguchi
Toshiya Niidome
Toshiyuki Inoue
Yoshiharu Sato
Yoshinori Kanada
Yoshiyuki Hane

Music Director: Isao Takahata

Photography: Junichi Ochiai (Still Painting)

Planning:
Hideo Ogata
Iwai Seto
Tatsumi Yamashita

Production Assistant:
Hiroyuki Ito
Tomoaki Nishigiri
Toshitaka Hayami
Yuji Kitazawa

Production Committee:
Akiji Ota
Akira Kaneko
Atsushi Miura
Hiroshi Tojo
Hiroyuki Kato
Michio Yokoo
Munayoshi Yokoyama
Seiji Okuda
Takeo Mutai
Toshio Tsuboike
Yasuharu Urushido
Yoshifumi Kitanoguchi

Production Coordination: Yoko Umemura

Production Desk:
Hirokatsu Kihara
Toshiyuki Kawabata

Production manager: Eiko Tanaka

Recording Assistant: Shoichi Tamaasa

Recording Supervisor: Naoko Asari

Song: Yumi Arai

Sound Effects: Kazutoshi Sato

Sound Effects Assistant:
Hironori Ono
Norio Kobayashi

Sound Engineer: Shuji Inoue

Special Effects: Kaoru Tanifuji

Symbol: Akiko Hayashi

Titles:
Akira Michikawa
Kaoru Mano

 

Minami Takayama as Kiki

Kappei Yamaguchi as Tombo

Minami Takayama as Ursula

Rei Sakuma as Jiji

Akio Ohtsuka as Dirigible captain

Chika Sakamoto as Baby

Haruko Kato as Madame

Hiroko Seki as Barsa

Keiko Kagimoto as Birthday girl

Keiko Toda as Osono

Kikuko Inoue as Maki (beautiful fashion designer)

Kouichi Miura as Okino (Dad)

Kouichi Yamadera as
Baker
Police officer
TV announcer

Mieko Nobusawa as Kokiri (Mom)

Mika Doi as Ketto's mother

Shinpachi Tsuji as Hotel receptionist

Sho Saito as Dora

Takashi Taguchi as Man with deck brush

Takaya Hashi as Ketto's father

Tomomichi Nishimura as Old man of the clocktower

Yoshiko Asai as Ketto's grandmother

Yuko Kobayashi as Senior Witch

Yuriko Fuchizaki as Ketto

Hiroko Maruyama

Yoshiko Kamei

Japanese companies 

Backgrounds: Studio Fuga

Camera: Studio Gallop

Ink & Paint:
Domusha
IM Studio
Kyoto Animation
Ryu Production
Studio Fantasia
Studio Killy
Studio OZ
Toy House
Trace Studio M

Laboratory: Toei Chemical Industry

Production: Studio Ghibli

Production Assist:
Animage Editorial Department
Group Fudosha

Production Committee:
NTV
Tokuma Shoten
Yamato Transport

Recording Assist: Telescreen

Recording Studio: Tokyo T.V. Center

Supporting Animation:
Anime Torotoro
DOGA Productions
Nakamura Production
Oh production
Studio Hibari
Studio Muku

Supporting Entity: Dentsu Inc.

Technical Support:
Continental Far East Inc.
Mikio Miro
Stac
Taiyo Shikisai

Theatrical Distribution: Toei Animation

English cast 
English staff 

2nd ADR Engineer: James Twomey

ADR Consultant: Miyoko Miura

ADR Editor: Ernie Sheesley

ADR Engineer: Ernie Sheesley

English Adaptation:
Jack Fletcher
John Semper

Music Arrangement: Paul Chihara

Music Editor: Bill Komar

Production Assistant:
Chris Brady
David Beron
Laurie Bean
Lydia Quidilla
Mark Caballero

Recording & Sound Mixing:
Dean Zupancic
Terry Porter

Sound Effects Editor: Bill Komar

Theme Song Performance: June Angela

Voice Casting and Direction: Jack Fletcher

Kirsten Dunst as Kiki

Lisa Michaelson as Kiki (Streamline Dub)

Janeane Garofalo as Ursula

Matthew Lawrence as Tombo

Phil Hartman as Jiji

Barbara Goodson as Kiki's Mother (Streamline Dub)

Carl Macek as Opening Radio Voice (Streamline Dub)

Corey Burton as Radio Announcer

Dave Mallow as Dirigible Captain (Streamline Dub)

Debbie Reynolds as Madame

Debi Derryberry as Senior Witch

Diane Michelle as Ket's Mother (Streamline Dub)

Doug Stone as Bearded Bakery Customer (Streamline Dub)

Edie McClurg as Barsa

Edie Mirman as Barsa (Streamline Dub)

Gregory Snegoff as Clock Keeper (Streamline Dub)

Jeff Glen Bennett as Dad

John Dantona as Kiki's Father (Streamline Dub)

John Hostetter as Dirigible Captain

Julia DeMita as
Ket's Aunt
Ket's Mother

Kath Soucie as Mom

Lara Cody as Ket (Streamline Dub)

Matthew K. Miller as
Policeman
Receptionist

Melanie MacQueen as Madame (Streamline Dub)

Michael Reynolds as Hometown Man (Streamline Dub)

Pamela Segall as Ket

Sherry Lynn as Birthday Girl

Tress MacNeille as Osono

Eddie Frierson

Fay Dewitt

John Demita

June Angela

Lewis Arquette

Scott Menville

Sherry Lynn

Steve Kramer (Streamline Dub)

Susan Hickman

Wendee Lee (Streamline Dub)

English companies 

Broadcaster: Special Broadcasting Service Australia (SBS) (Free-To-Air TV)

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Licensed by:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Viz Media (artbook)

Post Production Facility:
Buena Vista Sound Studios
Screenmusic Studios
The Bakery Recording Studios

French staff 
French cast 

Dubbing Director: Mathias Kozlowski

 

Adeline Chetail as Kiki

Anne-Marie Haudebourg as Madame

Carole Santini as Mère de Ketto

Caroline Pascal as Sorcière Senior

Christophe Lemoine as Jiji

Dolly Vanden as Madame Osono

Françoise Cadol as Kokori, Mère de Kiki

Gerard Sergue as Voix de la radio

Karine Karsenty as La belle femme

Kelly Marot as La nièce

Laura Blanc as Ursula

Magali Magne as Ketto

Marc Moro as L'horloge

Mathieu Uhl as Un policier

Nicole Favart as Dora

Olivier Martret as Tombo

Patrice Baudrier as Okino, Père de Kiki

Xavier Fagnon as Voix de la télé

Fabien Jacquelin

Jean-Pierre Rigaux

Mauricette Gourdon

Yves-Henry Salerne

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Canal + Family (from May 2009)
TPS Star (from April 2006)

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

ADR Director: Antonio Villar

Translation: Luis Soldevila

Music Director:
Santiago Agiurre
Santiago Aguirre (Spain dub)

Song Adaptations: María Ovelar

Spanish Adaptation: Antonio Villar

Theme Song Performance: María Caneda (Spain dub)

 

Cristina Yuste as Nicky

Diana Santos as Ket's mother

Enzo Fortuny as Tombo

Iñaki Crespo as Yiyi

Maria Fernanda Morales as Ursula

Mario Filio as Jiji

Nacho Aldeguer as Tombo

Yolanda Mateos as Úrsula

Alicia Sáinz De La Maza as Nephew (Spain dub)

Anabel Mendez as Madame

Angela Villanueva as Old woman

Antonio Villar as Okino

Beatriz Berciano as Grandaughter (Spain dub)

Carolina Montijano as Kokiri

Cesar Arias as Old man of the clocktower

Cristina Hernandez as
Ket
Kiki (all)

Daniel Abundis as
Ket's father
Reporter

Diana Santos as Lilly

Dolores Cervantes as Miss Dora (Spain dub)

Elsa Covián as Senior Witch

Guadalupe Noel as Barsa

Jesse Conde as
Blimp Captain
Person with package

Laura Palacios as Osono

Leyla Rangel as Billy

Lola Cervantes as Madam

Matilde Conesa as Barsa

Pilar Escandon as Osono

Sandra Jara as Girl (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Jetix Latin America
Red TV (Chile)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Carlo Valli

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Dubbing Assistant: Paola Montagnoli

Dubbing Supervision: Gualtiero Cannarsi

 

Domitilla D'Amico as Kiki

Alina Moradei as Signora Dora

Angiolina Quinterno as Berta (Barsa)

Davide Perino as Tombo

Domitilla D'Amico as Ursula

Francesca Guadagno as Mamma

Gio'-Gio' Rapattoni as Osono

Ilaria Stagni as Jiji

Maria pia di Meo as Madame

Mauro Gravina as Papà

Nanni Baldini as telecronista

Perla Liberatori as Strega Senior

Italian companies 

Distributor: Disney Character Voices International

Dubbing: CAST Doppiaggio

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Melina Borcherding as Kiki

Jochen Bendel as Jiji

Maren Rainer as Ursula

Alisa Palmer as Osono

Astrid Pollak as Dora

Claus-Peter Damitz as Okino

Petra Einhoff as Kokiri

German companies 

Annouced: Universum-Films

Broadcaster: Super RTL (2007-04-06)


Arabic staff 
(none)
Arabic companies 

Broadcaster: AnimeKurd

Arabic cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Monolith Films

Polish cast 
(none)

Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 

Dubbing Director: Marlene Costa

Flávia Saddy as Kiki

Fernanda Fernandes as Úrsula

Guilherme Briggs as Jiji

Peterson Adriano as Tombo

Caio César de Melo as Ket

Carla Pompílio as Kokiri

Dolores Machado as Barsa

Lina Rossana as Osono

Mário Cardoso as Okino

Selma Lopes as Dora

Nelly Amaral

Portuguese companies 
(none)

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Distributor: Deltamac (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff 
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Intercontinental Video Limited

Chinese (Hong Kong) cast 
(none)
 
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