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Review for Kiki's Delivery Service
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The first full moon after Kiki's thirteenth birthday has come, and her parents allow her to go out on the witch's rite of passage. This would be finding a town of her own to perfect her skill as a service to the town. Despite her cat's, Jiji, objections she decides to find her place in one of the bigger cities. Her experiences don't start out well when she nearly flies straight into a bus and is nearly brought in by a cop, but she eventually meets up with a baker who is trying to reach a customer who has left her baby's pacifier. As a favor she flies to deliver the pacifier to the customer and as a reward, the baker, Osono, allows Kiki to stay at her house. After this experience gives her the idea to start her own, well you already know the rest. The rest of the film is about her experiences with friends like Tombo and Ursula.
When I said the animation was only decent, I may not have been giving it the credit it deserves. It's pretty good, but you can tell the age of the film by it. The character design does make you look pass this though. When it comes to the story, it seems it would work better as a series, but it still works rather well even if it can seem sort of long. I believe the U.S./Canada soundtrack was changed from the original, but it still is pretty good. There could be upgrades, but there are really no flaws with the film, and probably Miyazaki's next U.S. release (Castle in the Sky) should be as good as this or better depending on the year of original release. There is no way you can be disappointed with this film, its pretty much a masterpiece. Also it's has another great voice performance by Phil Hartman, may he RIP.
Kiki's Delivery Service
© Eiko Kadono - Nibariki - Tokuma Shoten
English Language Version
© Buena Vista Home Entertainment Inc.
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© 1998 Russ Stevens
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