Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service

1989 · 103 min · JA · G · 7.8 (4,791 votes)
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki · Starring Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Koichi Miura · Music Joe Hisaishi

“I was feeling blue, but I'm better now.”

AnimationFamilyFantasy

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

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This film feels like a warm hug on a breezy day, a gentle exploration of growing up amidst charming, everyday magic. It's a comforting, empathetic journey filled with quiet moments of self-doubt and burgeoning independence, wrapped in a beautifully animated, whimsical world that invites you to simply exist within its gentle rhythm.

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