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Kiki's Delivery Service Novel to be released in America

posted on 2003-01-03 01:52 EST by Christopher Macdonald

Eiko Kadono novel Kiki's Delivery Service, on which Miyazaki's film was loosely based, has been translated into English and will be available in North America on February 1^st. The book is available for pre-order from Amazon.com in both Hard-cover and Soft-cover.

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