Kiki’s Delivery Service is one of my favorite Studio Ghibli films, and I’ve seen it several times, but I never knew it was adapted from a novel until I found a worn copy at a bargain bookstore. It came in handy, too, as it was the perfect length for the FFP 24-Hour Readathon we had earlier this month.
Kiki’s Delivery Service or Majo no Takkyu-bin by Eiko Kadono (illustrated by Akiko Hayashi) is a children’s fantasy novel first published in 1985, and its popularity prompted the anime film adaptation by renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki in 1989. This English translation by Annick was published in 2003.