What’s this? Another Studio Ghibli gem? Are you as excited as we are?

This week we watch and discuss the least well known of the well known Studio Ghibli films: Kiki’s Delivery Service from 1989!

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Aly of course brings us up to date on the series of children’s books this film was adapted from, all written by Eiko Kadono who is definitely a woman that should get more credit and love. Thankfully, she was honoured with the Hans Christian Andersen award for Children’s Literature!

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Aly also discusses some alterations from book to film and then takes us on an interesting ride where we learn about witchcraft in Japanese culture.

Sarrah discusses the making of Kiki at Studio Ghibli, including how Miyazaki ended up as director for this project.

Together we discuss the voice cast (and how this was actor Phil Hartman’s last project), release and reviews (this movie won a lot of awards!), and where we can find Kiki these days (not many places unless you’re looking in Hot Topic).

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