I've seen a good few movies that usually depict the bad side of witches. Y'know, they have a scheme, they get in the hero/heroine's way, and die a rather upsetting death. Not this one, and it's by Hayao Miyazaki, so you know it got famous for a reason. Called Kiki's Delivery Service, this feature focuses on the titular witch in training, Kiki. She has a talking cat named Jiji, and it takes off just as she was ready to leave home. It's said that once a witch turns 13, she can live alone for a year for training. Kiki just happens to be 13 years of age at the start of the movie. Even after finding a city, she has no idea what she wants to specialize in as a witch, and only has one skill available: he ability of flight. Using this, she starts a delivery service.
This movie has its happy and sad moments, but generally fun for the family. She also goes through adolescent troubles, and bigger troubles when she can't communicate with Jiji, let alone fly. There's also Tombo, a local boy in the city she trains in who has admiration and liking towards her. It has it's touching and comedy moments, which generally makes it a good one in my book. This feature also had 2 different dubbings: one from Streamline and another from Disney. I assume the one I saw was that of the Streamline version.
Kiki's Delivery Service soars on my radar with an 8 of 10. Then again, for Miyazaki's works, I can't say I expected anything less.
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