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English dubbed with Japanese language subtitled version as a bonus! A coming-of-age story of a resourceful young witch who uses her broom to create a delivery service, only to lose her gift of flight in a moment of self-doubt.
Why does Kiki lose her ability to talk to Jiji?
Miyazaki has said that Jiji represents the childish side of Kiki, and the reason why she loses her ability to communicate with him is because she has grown up.
What does Kiki say to Ursula that tells us about her ability to fly?
Sometimes I’m unable to paint a thing,” Ursula shares, urging Kiki to “stop trying [to fly]” and instead “take long walks, look at the scenery [and] doze off” to recharge her internal battery. “It could be you’re working at it too hard.
Does Gigi ever talk again?
In the Disney version, Jiji talks again at the end.
Can Kiki talk to Jiji at the end?
In the original Japanese script, Kiki loses her ability to communicate with Jiji permanently, but the American version adds a line that implies that she is once again able to understand him at the end of the film.
Can Kiki hear Jiji again?
Does Kiki regain the ability to talk to Jiji?
Why did Kiki stop flying?
As Kiki sinks into her depression, her confidence tanks and she loses her ability to fly and talk to Jiji.
What is Jiji the cat from?
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Jiji is the cute and magical talking cat from beloved animated Miyazaki film Kiki’s Delivery Service.
Why was Kiki depressed?
After several delivery-related mishaps and even more social ones, Kiki becomes listless and depressed. Her year abroad is falling short of her expectations: she feels like an outsider, her passion has waned since relying on it for income and her black cat, Jiji, has lost the ability to speak.
Who is the director of Kiki’s delivery service?
¥2.2 billion (estimated) (US$18 million) Kiki’s Delivery Service (Japanese: 魔女の宅急便, Hepburn: Majo no Takkyūbin, “Witch’s Delivery Service”) is a 1989 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki as an adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono.
What did Kiki do in the Witch Delivery Business?
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 a gust of wind and drops the black cat toy she is supposed to deliver.
What kind of plane is in Kiki’s delivery service?
The four-engined biplane (more precisely, sesquiplane) that Kiki sees during the opening credits is a real aircraft, the Handley-Page HP42. Eight of these planes – the first four-engined aircraft ever built – were commissioned during the 1930s; later they were converted to military use, and all were destroyed by 1941.
What happens to Tombo in Kiki’s delivery service?
While Kiki is visiting a customer, she witnesses an airship accident on television which leaves Tombo hanging from one of the drifting vessel’s mooring lines. Kiki regains her flying power and manages to rescue him. She regains her confidence, resumes her delivery service, and writes a letter home saying that she and Jiji are happy.