Kiki's Delivery Service
Finally the older Miyazaki Studio Ghibli movies start to appear here. After Nausicaä (of which I had already bought the RC1 version earlier), the second one to come out was Kiki's Delivery Service. My Ghibli knowledge is limited to the newer movies, starting with Mononoke, plus the aforementioned Nausicaä. All of those are set in heavily fictionalized worlds and mostly have a decidedly surreal feel to them.
Kiki isn't like that for the most part. It's a pretty much straightforwardly told coming-of-age tale, set in a world that closely mirrors our own. The only fantasy element is the lead, Kiki, herself, who is a witch - flying broom and talking black cat included. The story revolves around Kiki having to leave her home at the age of 13 to live a year on her own, so she can become a real witch. The animation is of usual high Ghibli standards, the story is charming but less involving than Mononoke or Nausicaä. Worth watching, but still the worst Ghibli movie I've seen so far (although this is a close match between Kiki and Howl's Moving Castle, which also didn't really grab me).
Kiki isn't like that for the most part. It's a pretty much straightforwardly told coming-of-age tale, set in a world that closely mirrors our own. The only fantasy element is the lead, Kiki, herself, who is a witch - flying broom and talking black cat included. The story revolves around Kiki having to leave her home at the age of 13 to live a year on her own, so she can become a real witch. The animation is of usual high Ghibli standards, the story is charming but less involving than Mononoke or Nausicaä. Worth watching, but still the worst Ghibli movie I've seen so far (although this is a close match between Kiki and Howl's Moving Castle, which also didn't really grab me).
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