Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便 Majo no Takkyūbin, translated "Witch's Delivery Service") is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was the fourth theatrically released Studio Ghibli film.

The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1989. Kiki's Delivery Service is loosely based on Eiko Kadono's novel of the same name, which is the first in a series published by Fukuinkan Shoten in 1985.

According to Miyazaki the movie touches on the gulf that exists between independence and reliance in Japanese teenage girls. Going far beyond coming of age themes, the work deals with the nature of creativity and talent, and the central difficulty every person faces in becoming themselves, whether through luck, hard work or confidence: the inner film explores the same questions as the later Whisper of the Heart.

It was the first Studio Ghibli movie released under the Disney/Studio Ghibli partnership; Disney recorded an English dub in 1997, which premiered theatrically in the United States at the Seattle International Film Festival May 23, 1998. It was released on home video in the U.S. on September 1, 1998.

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I found it very disappointing. I don't know much of Miyazaki's work, but I loved Spirited Away as it ended up being one of my all-time favorite animated flicks. This one was just mediocre. While still inventive and visually appropriate (still inferior to Spirited Away), it's story is not nearly as involving. It just never moves anywhere. Overdrawn and aimless.

I did like the cat, though, hehe.

Have you seen Princess Mononoke?

I think you'd really like that.

The only thing I didn't like about Kiki was the abrubt ending of sorts. I wanted to know what happened between her and the boy, GG and that white cat, the woman at the bakery (her baby), and how Kiki's life went from there (even if it was a quick look or something). ]