<P> 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 produced by Studio Ghibli and written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki as an adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono . The film tells the story of a young witch, Kiki, 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 . </P> <P> Kiki's Delivery Service was released in Japan on July 29, 1989, and won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize . It was the first Studio Ghibli film released under the 15 year distribution partnership between The Walt Disney Company and Studio Ghibli; Buena Vista Home Video recorded an English dub in 1997, which premiered in United States theaters at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 23, 1998 . The film was released on home video in the U.S. and Canada on September 15, 1998 . </P> <P> It is traditional for 13 - year - old witches to leave home for a year on the night of a full moon to pursue their skill through training . Thirteen - year - old trainee witch Kiki leaves home with her familiar spirit, a talking black cat named Jiji . She flies on her broomstick to the port city of Koriko . While trying to find somewhere to live, Kiki is pursued by Tombo, a geeky boy obsessed with aviation who admires her flying ability . </P> <P> In exchange for accommodation, Kiki helps Osono, the kindly and heavily pregnant owner of a bakery . She opens a "Witch Delivery Business", delivering goods by broomstick . Her first delivery goes badly; she is caught in wind and loses the black cat toy she is supposed to deliver . Jiji pretends to be the toy until Kiki can retrieve the real item . She finds it in the home of a young painter, Ursula, who repairs and returns it to Kiki so she can complete the delivery and rescue Jiji . </P>

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