150 Kiki’s Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, 1989)

It’s time for another visit to Studio Ghibli as we discuss Hayao Miyazaki’s coming of age classic featuring a young witch and her cat: Kiki’s Delivery Service! We discuss women getting shit done, sassy cats, hard lessons about the loneliness of growing up, the rise and fall of blimps, WWII metaphors, all the things you’ve come to expect from Indy Randhawa and Samantha Hees.

Kiki's Delivery Service (Japanese: 魔女の宅急便, Hepburn: Majo no Takkyūbin, "Witch's Delivery Service") is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transport and the Nippon Television Network and distributed by the Toei Company. It tells the story of Kiki, a young witch who moves to a new town and uses her flying ability to earn a living. According to Miyazaki, the movie portrays the gulf between independence and reliance in teenage Japanese girls.