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.
The 1988–1990 Japan Window
110 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kiki's Delivery Service sits at position #16.
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
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kiki's Delivery Service premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 43m runtime, production spent $67K per minute on screen and earned $44K per minute back.
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%).