Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese animated film by Studio Ghibli, directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

It follows a young witch who starts a courier business in a coastal town using her broomstick.

The film has become a touchstone for coming-of-age stories about finding independence and recovering creative confidence: We watched Kiki's Delivery Service on a rainy afternoon.

witchPractitioner of dark arts
broomstickCleaning tool's handle
flying broomstickEnchanted sweeper for air travel
flyingMoving through air
black magicEvil supernatural practice

black cat · bakery · small business · Miyazaki · Studio Ghibli · seaside · sea breeze · independence · adolescence · coming of age · magic · coming-of-age · homesickness · ocean · blimp · spell · kindness · courage

Opposites

tonal darkness in animation

Kiki's Delivery ServiceWatership Down

Novel about migrating rabbits

Akira · Felidae · Dragon Ball Z · Coraline · Princess Mononoke

animation studio philosophy

Kiki's Delivery ServiceShrek the Third

Second sequel about green ogre

Hotel Transylvania · Boss Baby · Shark Tale

Family

kiki, delivery, service, deliver, delivers, delivered, delivering, deliverer, deliveries

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G