Japan Synopsis
魔女の宅急便
“I was feeling blue, but I'm better now.”
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Audience Engagement
3,562 audience reviews — more than 99% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kiki's Delivery Service. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Studio Ghibli
Animation + Family in Japan
177 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kiki's Delivery Service itself).
The 1988–1990 Japan Window
Among 110 Japan films we catalog from this window, Kiki's Delivery Service places #16 — near the top of its class.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 44 titles released, including Kiki's Delivery Service. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (280 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 43m runtime, production spent $67K per minute on screen and earned $44K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other Japan films in 1989.
The 793rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kiki's Delivery Service, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- seaside town · 5
- cartoon cat · 4
- talking cat · 4
- clock tower · 2
- cartoon dog · 2
- baking · 2
- bicycle accident · 1
- courier service · 1
- delivery service · 1
- witch · 22
- female friendship · 18
- bakery · 6
- anime · 711
- coming of age · 78
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #758 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #628 of 2,532 (top 25%).