Kiki's Delivery Service

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This is the story of an Eastern

village that believes in witches.

One winter,

in a mountain village...

.. a girl they named Kiki

was born.

Look, look...

You're scaring her!

You don't like this noise,

do you?

Come on!

Alright, alright...

Has he scared you?

Kiki had a little secret.

Yes, there many fish there.

Who are you talking to, Kiki?

To Jiji.

Her father, Okino,

was a learned man...

.. an ordinary human.

But, his mother, Kokiri,

was a witch.

Ouch

She dealt in two kinds of magic.

One was making medicine

from herbs she grew herself.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

As there was no hospital close

to the village...

everyone had confidence

in Kokiri's medicine.

And then,

there was the other magic.

I'll be leaving

to deliver this medicine.

Alright.

Hey, where's Kiki?

Isn't she with you?

Kokiri flew with a broom.

And Kiki learned to in the end.

Be careful, Kiki.

Don't peel it out!

I know!

But, every now and then...

You aren't yet ready to help mother.

Right, Jiji?

You still are very little.

You aren't a woman,

nor are you a witch.

I am not a witch?!

You are between witches and

humans.

You have until you get to be 13...

.. to make up your mind

what you want to be.

I want to be a witch!

That way I'll be able to ride a broom.

Do you like flying that much?

I do!

On her 13th birthday,

a witch...

.. must leave on a voyage

on a full moon night.

She must leave her home

all alone,

and look for a village

without witches...

.. and live there

for one year.

She can't go back to her parents...

during her apprenticeship.

After having lived one year

of her magic,

she's a full-fledged witch.

This important tradition is

important so that everyone knows...

.. witches still exist.

Goodbye!

Thank you.

How big you've grown!...

Please,

take good care of yourself!

- Thank you.

- She's leaving on her own.

Put me down,

you're embarrassing me!

If things don't turn out alright,

you come home, you hear?

Father...

She no longer is a little girl.

I'm sorry...

.. but that won't happen.

- Thank you.

- Good luck.

Jiji!

- Take care!

- Good luck!

- Good luck!

- Take care!

Jiji, take care of her.

Father, mother,

take good care of yourselves.

Goodbye!

Good luck!

Goodbye!

KIKI LEAVING HOME

Are you cold, Jiji?

Yes.

If you don't mind...

Look.

Is this the sea?

It is the sea!

It's that big?!...

It's just a huge puddle.

Super!

It's so hot!...

Wait!

Careful!

It's so cold!

How I like this!

Be careful, will you!?

Look, I can see a village.

Let's try here.

Did you see how much fish there is,

Jiji?

It looks swell

We could eat it all.

Hello.

Look how many people there are.

Look!

She's coming here!

It'd seem we are attracting attention.

Best case, there's been a lot of time

since a witch has come here.

Tombo!

- Look.

- Someone is flying.

Are we stopping here?

Your mother has told you

to think it over carefully.

This village is nice.

It ain't so bad.

Suits you.

That's not true.

It does suit you.

Father too...

Mother, shorten it a little bit.

Don't even think about it.

You mustn't draw attention upon yourself.

I'm the one that's leaving.

What about this?

Witches have been wearing black

since antiquity.

Turn around.

"Antiquity" is out of fashion.

You come from a long

lineage of witches.

But all I know is how to fly!...

Because you didn't trouble yourself

to learn anything else.

What about you?!

Grandma had a lot of powers.

That's true.

She could make fish and meat

last more,

and cows give more milk.

You're right.

You say I should be conventional

and discreet.

But,

won't this kill magic?

There are times when you should also

be capable to control yourself.

We, witches,

have survived until now...

doing whatever we could to change

people's opinion.

I am not like the witches

of your age.

I don't care what the others think.

I want to do what I want.

Look, Kiki...

.. you can't be a witch...

.. without a year's apprenticeship.

And even if things turn bad,

you mustn't lose your smile.

I know that.

You've told me that

thousands of times over.

Hello, people of Koriko.

Hello.

We had a shower last night.

On behalf of "Koriko News"...

we ask you to forgive us for

the mistaken forecast.

Did you get wet because

you took no umbrellas?

Thank you for letting me sleep

here last night.

I needed shelter.

Who are you?

What are you doing in here?

I'm sorry!

- Have you run away from home?

- No!

- I'm calling the police.

- Let go of me!

Morio!

There's a girl in here!

You won't get away!

Let go of me!

I'm a witch.

A witch?

I still an apprentice.

A witch!

- They really exist!

- I'm sorry.

Thank you.

What did you do the animals?

Nothing.

I just slept here.

Go away and don't you come back!

Nazuru, please stop it!

What's the matter with you?

Go away!

Let her go already.

Did I do something that bad?

He must be afraid of witches.

Look.

It smells so nice...

A bakery!

It smells so nice...

- I'm starving.

- Yes. Let's eat.

Goodbye.

Hey!

I sell food in here.

Leave that broom outside.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

Mom's medicine...

And I told her not to put these in...

Can't eat them.

"Don't lose your smile. "

Yeah, I know that already.

Hey, you!

- Yes?

- Your skirt is torn in your back.

I thought you were a street sweeper.

Every witch must carry

her own broom.

Are you a witch?

Can you perform magic?

I do,

but only of one kind.

I can fly.

That's fantastic!

Teach me to fly.

That's impossible.

You can't,

if you don't have a witch's blood.

I see...

I must live on my own, for one year,

in another village, on my magic.

Ready.

Thank you!

Well done.

But, how will you manage...

.. to live on your own at your age?

I thought I could set up

a messenger service.

- Yes?

- Yes.

That's how I always helped

my mother.

I took things and delivered them

somewhere else on my broom.

As this makes people happy...

.. I thought I might do this

for a job.

A very good idea.

" Kiki Delivery"...

Do you think it's a good idea?

With such a big island close by,

no matter how much one is in a hurry,

one always has to wait for the ferry.

- But with you...

- I can go flying!

That's settled, then.

Come.

A mill!

That is Fukuo, my husband.

Don't put out your head so much.

There's a well outside.

We'll clean up very well the room.

You'll look for something better

later on.

What I am telling you is

that you can stay here.

Really?!

It'd suit me just fine.

If only you could see your face...

- Madam...

- My name is Osono.

You've dropped at the right moment.

It'll be fun

having a witch in here.

Thank you, Osono!

"KORIKO'S HOUSE"

Now we can begin.

So nice!

"KIKI DELIVERY"

What do you mean who I was with?

That's a secret.

But I think it's the most beautiful

place in Koriko.

I suggest you go there

with someone special.

And with this,

I wish you a good night.

"Koriko harbour"

We've ended up very far away,

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