Audience reviews
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Hydre_Ito
Kiki is a witch only because she hallucinates talking to her cat and flying 11,300 meters in altitude; in other words, she gets high. Her mother appears to be more of a self-taught pharmaceutical scientist who is probably also an anti-vaxxer as well as someone who believes in free-range parenting, rather than a witch.
We are told about so-called “training” that Kiki will undergo, but we get nothing of the sort. The first nice boy she meets in an unfamiliar city, she decides to hate for unknown reasons. Perhaps it was her insecurity stemming from the lack of interaction with boys, or otherwise (more likely) not having enough magic mushrooms at that particular moment to keep her mellowed and grounded while kickstarting her witch alter ego.
She thinks the lady that took her in is exceeding…
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"Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don't even think about flying. And then, pretty soon, you'll be flying again!"
(WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS)
Kiki is a witch that has just became Thirteen the day of her birthday: This is the age when witches become independent, and also the time to transfer to another city and find a job.
So the very same day, she flies with her broom along with her faithful talking cat, Jiji, saying goodbye to her birthplace and her parents and friends: A new adventure is about to begin!
Even though it isn't said, it can be guessed that Kiki is very insecure: In fact, she thinks she isn't a witch to all effects because she can't do magic like other witches.
However she is really good at flying: In fact after thinking a…
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I hold very mixed feelings about this anime.
The best way to describe my view of this film is best summarized in one word, underwhelming. The weak narrative, sound, and characters are only saved by Studio Ghibli's impressive animation quality.
The narrative felt incredibly weak and underwhelming in comparison to other more popular films by studio ghibli. We are introduced to the protagonist, Kiki. It implied that she must become a true witch and leave her home to do such a task. However, she does this by delivering packages. You could say the theme of growth and coming of age is represented in this film. However, that theme is very poorly explored, and becoming a witch by opening a delivery service feels so purely underwhelming for what is set up at the beginning of the film.
Despite…
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overall score: 2
I would first like to point out I watched the Dub and i don't know if maybe the sub adds something to this film I didn't get out of the dub version
Minor spoilers
Story: 1
So I did not enjoy this movie at all I was expecting kiki to go through all sorts of hardships, learn to survive in a new city, grow as a witch and find her place in the world. Instead, I watched a weirdly glorified delivery service girl who is horrible to people for no reason, get jealous, have everything handed to her, face some minor issues that are easily solved. There is only one lesson she really learns and it's so forced into the narrative it just feels annoying. Loads of plot setups never go anywhere and I didn't actually see any growth in kiki at all from the beginning to the end of the movie…
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Studio Ghibli movies have always been known for being creative, visionary and imaginative, filled with so much care and heart poured into them, to the point where they become distinguishable from the medium as a whole. For several years, Miyazaki and his buddy Takahata have devoted many hours of their days to making the best of the best when it came to animated features. For Takahata, some may say that his masterpiece when it came to movies was Grave of the Fireflies, others may say that his true masterpiece was Only Yesterday. Regardless of what Takahata’s true masterpiece is, both he and Miyazaki have produced many movies that have been hailed as masterpieces by many over the years, but what is Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece? What is his magnum opus? Many will immediately point out to the…
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I genuinely cannot comprehend a bigger waste of time than watching a movie about a 'witch' who does nothing but fly on a broom. They don't even have a wand. They don't cast any magic. They waste their monumental supernatural abilities on delivering useless trinkets in return for pitiful wages. This isn't inspiring or empowering on any remote level, and having been in an open relationship with a third-generation wicken for several years, I find its depiction of witchcraft to be wholly unconvincing.
What's more, the director seemingly forgot that the cat could talk about three quarters of the way through the film. For a movie with such meticulous detail in the visual department, you'd think an editor would've caught such a glaring gap in the script. Oh well, it can't be helped I suppose.…
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Very rarely does an anime truly deserve a perfect 10. And yet, for the classic works of Hayao Miyazaki, the opposite is true. A 10 simply doesn't do them justice.
It seems almost pointless to review an old Studio Ghibli film from Miyazakis prime, because it seems like the movie should need no introduction. It's from Miyazaki. It's from 1980-2000. Does anything really need to be said here? Yes, it does, because after reading many of the reviews I feel too many don't give Kiki the respect her movie deserves.
The truth is, Miyazaki doesn't create anime. Miyazaki creates...films by Hayao Miyazaki. His own style, his own way, and it stands in a league of its own above all the rest. This is the kind of legendary talent that only appears once per generation, that most of us can only look up t…
Read at the sourceDarmaiad
Majo no Takkyuubin, aka Kiki's Delivery service, is one of the first films by Hayao Miyazaki and studio Ghibli. When the 13 years old witch, Kiki, chose to strictly adhere to the rule that a witch must spend one year away from her family, she packs her things; rides her broom stick with her familiar, a black cat; and searches for a new city.
The city she chooses, is a beautiful, maritime one, with an Italian stylization. During her stay, she must utilize her arcane talents in order to provide for herself. While her initial reception is cold, Kiki is infatuated with the city and decides to stay.
We, the audience, quickly become infatuated with the city as well; the backgrounds look spectacular and the direction manages to depict accurately the vibrant Mediterranean setting. I know it is a…
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Kiki's Delivery Service resonates with me more than any other movie I've seen. Filled with inspiration, warmth and tenderness, it's perhaps the best example of a coming-of-age story I've seen in anime to date. While most Ghibli fans prefer the likes of Spirited Away or Mononoke Hime, and while I love and adore those films passionately, I personally feel that Kiki's Delivery Service is their best work, and Miyazaki's best directed film.
Everything about this movie just brings me a smile and always brings me up when I feel down. What makes this movie great is that it doesn't have huge ambition; it's not here to tell you about the consequences of relying too much on technology, or destroying the natural earth, confronting the spirits of the forest. Of life. But it's simply the story of a you…
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So, Kiki's Delivery Service. A movie from Studio Ghilbi directed by the everyone-claims-he's-great Hayao Miyazaki. It tells the tale of Kiki who is a witch, and it is a tradition in her family that when a witch turns 13, sh/he leaves home to find a town and do training for a year. It is Kiki's time, though as a witch she's slightly useless and can't do much besides flying her broom. However, she ends up at a town, and while the citizens seem apathetic at first, she befriends someone at a bakery shop who gives her a home. Then Kiki decides due to the fact she can only fly, she will do the only thing she can do- Start a delivery service.
Kiki started out well. I really liked how the people in the town acted like how real people would if a witch flew in. Aka they back away when she introduce…
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This will be my first 'review'. So I hope this is somewhat helpful.
This may not be the most famous movie of the Studio Ghibli collection, however Kiki's Delivery Service is a brilliant film in it's own right and in my opinion is often over shadowed and under appreciated because of its more famous cousins such as Spirited Away.
Kiki's Delivery Service has a very simple storyline. Based off a book of the same name. Following the life of the young witch Kiki and her cat Jijii, we follow her adventures as she goes out into the world to make a life for herself as a witch in the modern world where witches are not as commonly known as they once were, with her only real witches skill being her ability to fly on a broom. This as the title suggests brings her to create a delivery service in which…
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I love Studio Ghibli. They make films that generally range from good to excellent and excel at art and music. Kiki's Delivery Service is probably the type of film they're best at. It has a simple story with some nice themes and a small cast of important characters who get some development but it keeps the focus on one or two of them. As a result they're able to really develop those few focus characters very well. It isn't my favourite Studio Ghibli film but it's still pretty impressive.
The story follows a young witch named Kiki who leaves home to train and find her talent as a rite of passage. She ends up in a large city by the ocean where she encounters some trouble but gets through it with the help of many kind people. Since her special talent is flying she decides to start a delivery…
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"Kiki's Delivery Service" is a typically fun to watch family anime from Studio Ghibli. Though it's instilled with imagination like their other productions, it isn't nearly as outlandishness as the likes of "Spirited Away" and "Princess Mononoke". This is probably due to the unusual lack of whacky character designs like Totoro and 90% of the characters in "Spirited Away", however it doesn't prevent the characters that are in "Kiki's Delivery Service" from having that "Ghibli charm". It's just as well, as "Kiki's Delivery Service" more about the characters than some complicated plot. The idea itself is simple enough - a young witch named Kiki has reached the age where she must venture out into the big wide world to fend for herself - but it's the execution that makes it count, and "Kiki's De…
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just outstanding.
literally just finished watching five minutes ago, and feel privileged to know that I have just beheld a true classic. The artwork is sublime, the story endearing and heart warming and the sheer beauty just uplifting and inspiring.
A real masterpiece.
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The first time I heard of this movie was when one of my friends mentioned it as one of the movies on his "to watch" list. I remember looking over the synopses and cover of the movie and wondering what the heck had gotten into him. It's a cartoon, for heaven's sake, how good could it be?
Just a few weeks ago I came down with a cold. It was no ordinary spring cold, but the great granddaddy of all spring colds. I was stuck in bed for around 3 days, during which time I re-acquainted myself with my inner child. In other words, I watched Kiki's Delivery Service. Then something happened. While I had begun the movie with very low expectations, and a "childish" mentality, I found myself wholly captured by the movie.
Story: The plot is simple. Super simple. So simple, in fact, that an overtired an…
Read at the sourceUsagi-long-legs
This is probably one of my favourite studio ghibli films that I have seen.
It's sweet, magical and has some kind of charm to it.
The story is lovely as its a girl training to be a witch however she decides to do deliveries as she can fly around on her broom stick which is kinda cool!!
I think I enjoyed it because its always nice to watch an original anime film that has a strange story line to it.
The art is amazing!
Some of the characters remind me of 'sabrina the teenage witch' e.g. black talking cat but still really cool characters.
Overall I would say this film is worth watching as it's wonderful and it really gets you in the mood ;)
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Ive seen other movies from ghibli studios and i really have no reason as to why this one never caught my eye, but in the end it was not at all dull as i was expecting it to be and managed to keep itself afloat in my amusement.
(just want the readers to know as well that this was not at all a bad score and one of the key reasons which was always kept in mind while this review was written was the fact this was perhaps one of the directors' [Hayao Miyazaki] earlier movies in which the styles of how these shows were made will never be as complicated, and in-depth as the ones today. this has to be taken in consideration as well.)
the story itself was simple and gave off an aura of subtlety and a slight hint of adventure in it. I cant really say anything much about the artwork other than it is…
Read at the sourceAlexanderT3HGR8
Kiki's delivery service is a beautifully written and animated story about the young witch kiki and her pre-determined adventure of seft improvment.
Story -8- The story is a bubbly fun but also progressive and heart grabbing fiction which puts a different sort of spin on the traditional conception of witches. In this representation witches are a force of good that although is not a new idea, is done in a way i have not seen before. But in many ways the fact that kiki is a witch is not as important as her being a girl, as this anime raises concepts of maturity about what it means to grow up. That said it is a innocent tale that will leave you thinking "awww" and can be enjoyed by all the family. The only reason it didnt get a 10 is that i cant really give a movie intended for a younger audi…
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For Kiki, a young witch-in-training, the time has come to spend a year away from home. During this time, she is to mature as a person and develop into a full witch. Accompanied by her talking black cat, Jiji, Kiki will move into a new town where she will make new friends, start her own business, and even develop her first love interest. But most importantly, Kiki will come to truly understand herself and the magic that comes from within.
Kiki's Delivery Service is a very sweet story and is presented in typical Studio Ghibli fashion. Animation is detailed and beautiful, and the soundtrack is enjoyable and fits well with the mood of the film. Voice actors are well chosen and professional; in the English version viewers should be pleased to find the lead role of Kiki played by Kirsten Dunst.…
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For my second Hayao Miyazaki movie, I’d say it was pretty good.
I liked the plot of Spirited Away much, much better though. Spirited Away had a more complex and interesting plot, while Kiki’s story was simpler. I guess the advantage of that is it’s easy to understand. As much as I like stories about witches living amongst normal humans, Kiki didn’t really act or live like a witch. She was more of a human who can fly and happens to own a cat that talks.
Since I brought up the subject of the talking cat, I’m glad I picked the English dub over the original Japanese dub. I fell in love with the cast when I saw their interviews, so I decided to go with the Disney dub.Sure it became more Disney-ish, but it was actually pretty good. I like how they made Jiji talk…
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