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Kiki's Delivery Service Actor: Minami Takayama Director: Hayao Miyazaki Number of Items: 2 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Animated, Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Running Time: 105 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Home Video Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-04-15 Buy from Amazon |
 "My daughter's favorite movie."This is a great movie that everyone, young and old, can appreciate and enjoy. It is my daughter's favorite. She would watch it every day if she could. "Great Movie!"My my my, where to start!? Kiki's Delivery Service has o be one of the best movies I have ever seen! As a Hayao Miyazaki fan, and an anime fan(okay, rabid fan) I gotta say, it all puts together! The artwork is simply magnicifant, the detail, and the scenery really makes it seem like a "real world place". The Japanese Voice Characters do WONFERFUL jobs, just great! I am thrilled to say that I have ordered it, and should be here in about a week! Awesome, awesome movie "A true feel-good story"Kiki is a witch-in-training. She has reached the age when her parents cannot teach her anymore, and she has to go out in the word as an apprentice witch and find her true speciality. It turns out that while she is not a great spell-caster she has the nack of caring for others. The small town she settles in does not have a great need for a witch, but they do need a speedy delivery service! With her flying broom Kiki fits the job description perfectly. The story does really deal with subjects close to all our hearts: what is my role in society, what do I do best, and, most important, what is it I really want to do?! Too many anime have too much of a dreamlike quality; this one is surprisingly realistic. It is not escapism - it is reality but softened somewhat. We have the subplot of the old lady abandoned by her family, and other problems that plague real life. This means that everyone can watch it and feel they get something out of it. The animations are top-notch. European viewers will recognise the town: it is modelled on Stockholm, London, and Prague. "A movie you'll fall in love with"This was in fact the first Ghibli film I ever saw. I first saw this on the Disney Channel, and immediately I had to have this. This is the story of a coming-of-age witch trying to find her place in the world, who along the way encounters and makes friends with an assortment of people in the new town she's settled in. What will take you right away is the beautiful, and I mean BEAUTIFUL backdrops of this movie, ranging from Kiki's little village in the beginning to the sprawling ficitional city of Koriko to the forests near the cape away from the city, where Kiki first meets Ursula, an artist who spends her summer days painting and sketching. The story itself, combined with the music and faboulous animation, exceeds expectations and takes the viewer on a MAGICAL experience of wonder and imagination. Each character is full of personality. This movie is truly a classic and a work of art all in it's own. And with the Disney dub featuring the likes of Kirsten Dunst, Janeane Garafolo (who fits perfectly in her role of Ursula) and Phil Hartman, an even better reason to check out this movie. You won't be dissappointed.  "Sweet"I love this story of a young witch who flies away from home at age thirteen for a year of training by herself. It's so cute, not too worldly, just the way most sweet 13 yr olds would act. I love it! And it's one of the few anime movies, I will let my 20 month old watch as well. Very cute. |
