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Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) | Top 10% · CriticCrunch

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Kiki's Delivery Service

Movie1989·103 min

Kiki's Delivery Service

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Animation Family Fantasy

A animation family film directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 10%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.8/10

5K ratings

About Kiki's Delivery Service

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Cozy, Whimsical
Story Tags: coming of age, isolation loneliness, fantasy mythology, small town, urban, close friendship, mentor student, outsider misfit, fish out of water, training arc

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Details

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Language: Japanese

Cast

Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi

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How Kiki's Delivery Service Ranks

All movies

Top 10%

1980s movies

Top 11%

Animation movies

Top 6%

★1980s Animation movies

Top 6%

Hayao Miyazaki films#7 of 12

Strongest in its niche — 1980s Animation movies Top 6%.

the vibe

Kiki's Delivery Service Vibe

What it feels like

measuredhopefulgentleapproachablelight-touchpersonalheartfelt

cozy

whimsical

What it's about

fish out of watertraining arccoming of ageisolation lonelinessoutsider misfitclose friendshipmentor studentfantasy mythologysmall townurban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

cozycozy