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Summary: Would have been 5 stars if Disney weren't Disney....
Review: "Kiki's (Witch's) Delivery Service" is my favourite Miyazaki film, and is the best way to introduce newbies to the wonderful world of anime. However...Disney has tampered (badly) with perfection. If you have a decent fansub, you'll probably be happier sticking with it and passing on this version. The translation is not true to the original - I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and guess they had an inexperienced translator working on it. Better that than the alternative of purposely trying to dumb things down/be PC for the American audience. Words were dropped and nonexistent dialog was added. The English-language version was totally butchered. The opening and ending songs were replaced, and "cartoony" music was added throughgout the film. I guess Disney abhors silence, but silence is sometimes the correct thing. Most of what's written here applies, as well, to Disney's two other recent Ghibli releases. Why couldn't they leave perfection alone?
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Summary: I love this movie, but...
Review: I'm a japanese Miyazaki's fan, and I watched this movie in English today... I was really surprised by Jiji's voice which is like old guy, and he speaks too much. He is not like that in Japanese version. Who chose that voice for Jiji? Who changed his lines? That was really terrible. Another thing that i noticed was music and lines. I don't know why Disney put a lot of additional music and lines, which don't exsist in original. some lines are completely changed. I believe the one of best things of Miyazaki's movie is silent, so I felt those music and lines disturbs many good scenes. I thought this movie(I mean English version) is too much Americanized. If you want to watch real Miyazaki's work, please watch in Japanese with English subtitle, and also you will know additional lines in English ver. However, unfortunately, subtitle is not good enough to show Japanese expression. Those are all Disney's problems. Anyway, I just wanted tell evertbody that English version of Kiki's delivery service is different as original.
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Summary: Very silly - not for adults
Review: I bought this movie under recommendation that it could be enjoyed by adults as well.
Well... it is very silly and sappy. I could hardly recognize it as a movie made by same director of Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away. Every characted laughs in that standard anime way (with the mouth open wide showing the teeth and the tongue) all the time! Kiki's cat Gigi (with the voice of Phil Hartman) makes very stupid sarcastic comments that are not funny.
The story is about a girl witch that needs to go away from home for a year of training. She arrives in a town and decides to start a delivery service, as she can ride her broom well.
While I would not recommend it for adults, it is a nice movie to watch with children under 6, with a subtle moral behind it: "If one tries hard enough, one will discover oneself and be successful in the career of one's choice."
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Summary: What I think of Kiki's Delivery Service
Review: Out of all of Hayao Miyazaki's movies, Kiki's Delivery Service is my all time favorite. It's so heartwarming. It's about a young witch named Kiki (DUH!)who turned 13 left home for a year, so she can train to become a good witch. With her is her black cat Gigi, who is always complaining about Kiki not being careful.
After arriving, she meets a young man named Tombo (his real name is Kapuri, I think) who seems to like her. She starts working as a delivery girl, at a bakery for a woman named Osono and her husband.Osono is expecting a baby so she really could use Kiki's help. Also she not only let's Kiki work at the bakery, she also let's Kiki live in the attic of their house (which is the upstairs of the bakery). However, after a while, Kiki begins to lose her powers as a witch. Will she get them back? You have to see the movie to find out!
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Summary: Kiki rules!
Review: I loved this movie. It looks lovely on DVD. The full storyboard with the finished film's sound is a subtle revelation, but the film itself is another Miyazaki gem, not as ambitious as Spirited Away, or Princess Mononoke; rather it's the highly sympathetic coming of age portrait of a young witch in her first venture into the world. Witches must mature early; she leaves home at 13. This English dubbed version is very well done, with a wonderful performance by the late great Phil Hartman as Kiki's cat/familiar Jiji. Sweet spirited, good hearted and ideal for all ages.
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Summary: Not just a kid's movie
Review: Kiki's Delivery Service, like all of Miyazaki's films, has a depth and emotional resonance that can be appreciated by all audiences. This film deals with growing up, and also finding yourself. Its plucky heroine provides a lesson that isn't preachy and can certainly hit home with children, adults, and everyone in between.
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Summary: Westernized Kiki's Del. Service - Poor
Review: I was ecstatic to hear that Legendary creator Miyazaki was going to have not one but three of his works dubbed into English. From watching my original japanese version over and over again, i though why not and went ahead to purchase the release which has had so much hype over it just like Spirited Away and Laputa: Castle in the Sky. I must admit, I am a die hard anime freak and quite picky at my choosings for anime in regards to "dubbing" so i decided to go ahead and purchase this copy. While watching straight in the beginning i was quite amazed that the voice of Kiki (voiced by Kirsten Dunst) was actually an okay choice in my books. She's got one of those child-like voices that haven't yet grown up since Kiki is only 13. She portrays emotions quite well and although at times I was cringing here and there, all in all she did a good job. Who else was going to do it anyway? One of the worst possible decisions that had been made was to cast Phil Hartman as Jiji. How can they give such a loveable cat like Jiji such a deep voice and not to mention that all the "antics" and "western jokes" that went on weren't even funny. All the "added dialogue" and "dialogue which wasn't needed in certain areas" made it rather diappointing to watch through the movie. I would have though that the translations of the original could have stayed the same, but just with english dubbed voices. Why must the western world feel compelled to change it so much to turn it "westernized" as though forgetting where it actually came from in the beginning? Of course there is all the issues of you can only speak with what the "mouth of the character is moving for" yes i get that, but why westernize such a great movie. Fans are not dumb and will love it just as much. All in all, i was disappointed and can only hope that maybe, just maybe SPirited Away might be a little better. For now though and in the future, my Orginal Version of Kiki's Delivery Service (and if i decide to watch the japanese version on the dvd) is here to stay while dubbed version is stuffed on the shelf never to be watched. A disappointment for a fantastic Miyazaki creation from a finatic anime collector.
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Summary: Better on DVD than on the original 96 vhs which was boring!
Review: This movie is much better on DVD! I liked the original movie on video but there's something about finally seeing it in widescreen and hearing it in 5.1 Dolby Digital that makes me happy! This is a good movie that you should check out! It is classic Miyazaki!
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Summary: Very entertaining!
Review: This movie was very good, even though I'm barely an anime fan. This movie reminded me of Sabrina The Teenage Witch a little bit. Kiki and Sabrina both have talking cats. Overall, this movie was really good.
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Summary: Cute movie
Review: I am an anime feak.
I saw this movie a couple of years ago and it was pretty good. I bought this watched it and it was pretty good.
If you are looking for a family movie or you are just bored rent it.
Check it out you'll enjoy it.
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