Delivering musical instruments to a concert after they were left on a train by a haughty group of musicians.Īfter a year of self-doubt and some setbacks, Kiki returns home in triumph, but then soon decides to return to the city and her delivery business.ĭevelopment Title interpretation.Figuring out what to do when the clock tower breaks down on New Year's Eve.Getting a giant knitted haramaki, or 'belly warmer,' to a ship out at sea from an eccentric knitting old woman.Posing for a portrait and then delivering it to a town art showing.Recovering her broom that has been stolen by a flying enthusiast.Saving a child from the ocean during a day at the beach.Losing a stuffed toy cat and using Jiji as a substitute until she can recover the lost toy.

Over the year notable misadventures include: Accompanied by her talking black cat Jiji, Kiki starts a delivery service by flying on her broom. Kiki is now thirteen and must spend a year on her own in a town without other witches, proving that she can make a living. The book follows Kiki, a young witch from a long line of witches on her mother's side. The most recent was published in January 2022. Encouraged by this and by the success of the Ghibli film, Kadono has written eight more novels over a period of more than thirty-five years. It is the basis of the 1989 Studio Ghibli anime film of the same title and of the 2014 live action film also of the same name.

It was first published by Fukuinkan Shoten on January 25, 1985. 'Witch's Express Home Delivery') is a children's fantasy novel written by Eiko Kadono and illustrated by Akiko Hayashi. Kiki's Delivery Service ( 魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin, lit. (Kiki's Delivery Service 2: Kiki and Her New Magic) Majo no Takkyūbin 2: Kiki to Atarashii Mahou

Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono