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Majo no Takkyubin
(Kiki's Delivery Service)

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General Information

Original Japanese Title:

Majo no Takkyubin
(Literally "Witch's Express Delivery")
Other Titles:
Kiki's Delivery Service (English title of Japanese version)
Kiki's Delivery Service (Buena Vista English version)
Nicky, La Aprendiz de Bruja (BV Spanish version)
Running Time: 102min 46sec (J); ~103min (E)
Production Budget: ¥800 million (initial plan)
Production Period: April 1, 1988 - July 17, 1989 (J)
Number of Cels Used: 67 317
Number of Colors Used: 462
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Vista size)
Sound: Dolby Stereo (J); Dolby Digital (E)

Release Information

Japan

Version: Japanese dialogue
Opening Date: July 29, 1989
Opening Screens: 138
Showing Period: 77 days
Admissions: 2 640 619
Film Rental: ¥2.17 billion

Hong Kong

Version: Cantonese dub
Opening Date: Jan 20, 1990
Showing Period: about 27 days
Film Grosses: about HK$4.04 million
Film Classification:
Category I - suitable for all ages

United States & Canada

Premiere: May 23, 1998;
Seattle International Film Festival;
English (BV) dub was shown
Opening Date: (No commercial theatrical release;
shown in various film festivals)
Video Release Date:
Sep 1, 1998 (VHS, English dub)
Sep 22, 1998 (Bilingual Laserdisc)
Sep 29, 1998 (VHS widescreen, English sub)
MPAA rating: G (General Audiences)

Spain

Opening Date: (No theatrical release)
Video Release Date:
Early Apr, 1999 (VHS, Spanish dub)

Original Staff Credits for Japanese Version

"Kiki's Delivery Service" Production Committee:

Executive Producers	:	Yasuyoshi Tokuma	Mikihiko Tsuzuki	Morihisa Takagi
Planning	:	Tatsumi Yamashita	Hideo Ogata	Iwai Seto
Original Story	:	Eiko Kadono
		Published by Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers
Produced, Written & Directed by	:	Hayao Miyazaki
Music by	:	Joe Hisaishi
Music Director	:	Isao Takahata
Songs	:	"Rouge no Dengon" (Message of Rouge)
		"Ysashisa ni Tsusumaretanata" (If I've been Enveloped by Tenderness)
		By Yumi Arai
Character Design	:	Katsuya Kondo
Directors of Animation	:	Shinji Otsuka	Katsuya Kondo	Yoshifumi Kondo
Key Animators	:	Yoshinori Kanada	Makiko Futaki	Masako Shinohara
		Masaaki Endo	Toshio Kawaguchi	Atsuko Otani
		Megumi Kagawa	Atsuko Fukushima	Toshiyuki Inoue
		Noriko Moritomo	Koji Morimoto	Yoshiharu Sato
		Natsuyo Yasuda	Sachiko Sugino	Hiroshi Watanabe
		Hiroomi Yamakawa	Yoshiyuki Hane	Chie Uratani
		Masahito Sekino	Toshiya Niidome	Akiko Hasegawa
Animation Checkers	:	Yasuko Tachiki	Hitomi Tateno
In-Between	:	Ritsuko Shiina	Kazutaka Ozaki	Akiko Teshima
		Takao Maki	Riwako Matsui	Kumiko Otani
		Keiko Watanabe	Eiichiro Hirata	Naoko Takenawa
		Akiko Yamaguchi	Nobuko Sato	Shiro Shibata
		Nobuhiro Hosoi	Kazumi Okabe	Aki Yamagata
		Hiroyuki Morita	Masako Higashi	Keiko Nagai
		Hitoshi Kagiyama	Ako Takano	Sumie Nishido
		Rie Fujimura	Kiyoki Makita	Emiko Iwayanagi
		Yu Ito	Ryo Suzuki	Masako Sakano
		Hiroko Tezuka	Akoko Matsushima	Yuka Endo
		Katsumi Hiroe	Takuya Iinuma	Yurie Sudo
		Machiko Niiya	Mayumi Omura	Makoto Koga
		Tatsuji Narita	Hiroyuki Kanbe	Nagisa Miyazaki
		Tazuko Fukutsuchi	Yumi Kawachi	Yuko Aoyama
		Toshihiro Hamamori	Hideaki Maniwa	Tatsuya Tanabe
		Akihiko Nomura	Yoshie Hayashi	Koichi Taguchi
		Yukari Yamaura	Katsusuke Konuma	Akiko Ishii
		Ninji Takahashi	Koji Ito	Akio Watanabe
		Hiroki Ikehata	Kasumi Hara	Akihiro Yuki
		Yoshie Kawahashi	Yuriko Saito	Yoshimi Kanbara
		Masahiko Adachi	Masayuki Shibuya	Etsuko Shino
		Suzuko Mano	Ichiro Izuki	Keiichi Suwada
Supporting Animation Studios	:	Doga Kobo · Oh Production · Studio Hibari · Animation Torotoro · Studio Muku · Nakamura Production
Art Director	:	Hiroshi Ono
Background	:	Kazuo Oga	Satoshi Kuroda	Kazufiro Kinoshita
		Kiyomi Ota	Kyoko Naganawa	Yoko Nagashima
		Kazuo Ebisawa	Yutaka Ito	Kiyoko Kanno
		Hidetoshi Kaneko	Midori Chiba	Ken Tokushige
		Yuko Matsuura	Yuji Ikehata
		Studio Fuga:-
		(Tushiharu Mizutani	Kenji Kahiyama	Miyuki Kudo
		Kumiko Ono)
Painting in Film	:	"Ship Flying Over the Rainbow"
		Painted by students of Hachinohe City Minato Junior High School Handicapped Children's Class
Still Photo of Painting	:	Junichi Ochiai
Harmony Process	:	Noriko Takaya
Special Effects	:	Kaoru Tanifuji
Symbol	:	Akiko Hayashi
Color Stylist	:	Michiyo Yasuda
Ink & Paint Checkers	:	Yumi Furuya	Teruyo Tateyama	Noriko Ogawa
		Ikuyo Kimura	Yuki Hisada
Assistant Color Stylist	:	Yuriko Katayama
Ink & Paint	:	IM Studio:-
		(Michiyo Iseta	Reiko Aonuma	Michiko Shibata
		Hideko Sato	Eiko Fukuma	Yoko Tanida
		Mariko Konuma	Rumi Fukaya	Eiko Hirokiri
		Mieko Nakano	Kazue Hiranuma	Yukari Tajima)
		Studio Killy:-
		(Norichika Iwakiri	Naomi Takahashi	Nobuko Watanabe
		Tatsuko Kubota	Harumi Machii	Toshiko Tawara
		Mayumi Watanabe	Mieko Asai	Yuriko Kudo
		Miyoko Oka	Kazumi Kobayashi	Ritsuko Osaki)
		Trace Studio M:-
		(Fumiko Ito	Mika Tanifugi	Taeko Omi
		Tsutomu Muta	Michiko Nishimaki	Masami Nishizaka
		Yukari Yokoyama	Izumi Maeno)
		Ryu Production:-
		(Reiko Yoshida	Mioori Sugawara)
		Domusha:-
		(Chieko Omachi	Masuko Sugamuma)
		Yukimi Toyonaga	Junko Yoshikawa
		Studio OZ · Studio Fantasia · Toy House · Kyoto Animation
Technical Support	:	Taiyo Shikisai · Stac
		[Dolby Stereo]: Continental Far East Inc. · Mikio Miro
Camera Supervisor	:	Juro Sugimura
Camera	:	Studio Gallop
		Yasukiro Shimizu	Katsuya Kozutsumi	Hisao Kazemura
		Kendi Akazawa	Toru Kobayashi	Yasuyoshi Hayama
		Jyosaku Nishiyama	Tomishi Arakawa	Hiroaki Edamitsu
		Hiroshi Tamura
Title	:	Kaoru Mano	Akira Michikawa
Editor	:	Takeshi Seyama
Assistant Editor	:	Hiroshi Adachi
Recording Supervisor	:	Naoko Asari
Dialog Editor	:	Fujio Yamada
Sound Engineer	:	Shuji Inoue
Sound Effects	:	Kazutoshi Sato
Sound Effects Assistants	:	Hironori Ono	Norio Kobayashi
Assistant Director	:	Sunao Katabuchi
Production Manager	:	Eiko Tanaka
Production Desk	:	Toshiyuki Kawabata	Hirokatsu Kihara
Production Assistants	:	Toshitaka Hayami	Tomoaki Nishigiri	Yuji Kitazawa
		Hiroyuki Ito
Recording Production	:	Omnibus Promotion
Recording Studio	:	Tokyo T.V. Center
Recording Assistance	:	Shoichi Tamaasa	Telescreen
Lab	:	Toei Chemical Industry
Publicity Producer	:	Masaya Tokuyama
		Tokuma Shoten:-
		(Hiroyuki Kato	Akira Kaneko	Atsushi Miura
		Michio Yokoo	Toshio Tsuboike)
		Yamato Transport:-
		(Akiji Ota	Hiroshi Tojo	Yoshifumi Kitanoguchi)
		Nippon Television Network:-
		(Yasuharu Urushido	Takeo Mutai	Munayoshi Yokoyama
		Seiji Okuda)
Production Assistance	:	Animage Editorial Department · Group Fudosha
Production Coordinator	:	Yoko Umemura
Supporting Entity	:	Dentsu
Production	:	Toru Hara
		Studio Ghibli
Associate Producer	:	Toshio Suzuki

Additional Staff Credits for English (BV) version


Voice Casting & Direction	:	Jack Fletcher
Adapted by	:	John Semper	Jack Fletcher
ADR Consultant	:	Miyoko Miura
ADR Engineer & Editor	:	Ernie Sheesley
Music arranged & adapted by	:	Paul Chihara
Voice Soloist	:	June Angela
Music & Sound Effects Editor	:	Bill Komar
Re-recording Mixers	:	Terry Porter	Dean Zupancic
Post Production Facilities	:	The Bakery Recording Studio
		Screenmusic Studios
		Buena Vista Sound Studios
Opening Song	:	"Soaring"
		Words by Sydney Forest, June Angela, Maurice Gainen
		Music by Sydney Forest & Jon Taylor
		Performed by Sydney Forest
		Produced by Donald Markowitz & David Vanacore
Closing Song	:	"I'm Gonna Fly"
		Words & Music by Sydney Forest & Jon Taylor
		Performed by Sydney Forest
		Produced by Russell Kunkle
Production Assistants	:	Laurie Bean	David Beron	Chris Brady
		Mark Caballero	Lydia Quidilla
Special Thanks to	:	Steve Alpert	Chris Carey	Velina Hasu Houston
		Tony Sheppard	Kristine Snyder	Vicki Spensieri
Distributed by	:	Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Additional Staff Credits for Spanish version


Translation	:	Luis Soldevila
Adapter & Dubbing Director	:	Antonio Villar
Musical Director	:	Santiago Agiurre
Songs Adapter	:	María Ovelar
Studio	:	Estudio Aibara S.A.

Casts

Japanese Voices

Kiki & Ursula:		Minami Takayama
Jiji:		Rei Sakuma
Kokiri (Mom):		Mieko Nobuzawa
Osono:		Keiko Toda
Tombo:		Kappei Yamaguchi
Madame:		Haruko Kato
Barsa:		Hiroko Seki
Okino (Dad):		Kouichi Miura

Masa Saitou		Hiroko Maruyama
Chika Sakamoto		Yuuko Tuga
Mika Doi		Yoshiko Kamei
Yuko Kobayashi		Keiko Kagimoto
Tosiko Asai		Yuriko Fuchizaki
Kikuko Inoue		Takaya Haji
Tomomichi Nishimura		Kou Taguchi
Kouichi Yamadera		Sinpachi Tsuji
Akio Ohtsuka		Tsuuyou Ikenaga
Brady Russell		Sharone Amann
Ken Larson

English (BV) Voices

Kiki:		Kirsten Dunst
Ursula:		Janeane Garofalo
Jiji:		Phil Hartman
Tombo:		Matthew Lawrence
Osono:		Tress MacNeille
Barsa:		Edie McClurg
Madame:		Debbie Reynolds
Dad:		Jeff Bennett
Radio Announcer:		Corey Burton
Senior Witch:		Debi Derryberry
Mom:		Kath Soucie
Ket:		Pamela Segall

June Angela		Lewis Arquette
John Demita		Julia Demita
Fay Dewitt		Eddie Frierson
Susan Hickman		John Hostetter
Sherry Lynn		Scott Menville
Matt Miller

Spanish Voices

Nicky:		Cristina Yuste
Yiyi:		Iñaki Crespo
Úrsula:		Yolanda Mateos
Tombo:		Nacho Aldeguer
Osono:		Laura Palacios
Barsa:		Matilde Conesa
Madam:		Lola Cervantes
Kokiri:		Carolina Montijano
Okino:		Antonio Villar

Award List

Best Animated Film; 44th Mainichi Film Competition
Best Japanese Film of the Year, Voted by Readers; Kinema Junpo
(a prestigious Japanese movie magazine)
Special Award; Japan Academy Award
Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Honor
7th Annual Money Making Director's Award
Gold, Japanese Film; 7th Annual Golden Gross Award
Special Achievement Award; The Movie's Day
Special Award: The Erandole Award
Best Film and Best Director; Japan Cinema Association Award
Excellent Movie; Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs
(a government agency under the Ministry of Education)
Best Anime; 12th Annual Anime Grand Prix

Note: The English romanization of some Japanese names may be inaccurate.

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