Majo no Takkyubin (Kiki's Delivery Service)

General Information:

Japanese title: Majo no Takkyubin
(Literally "Witch's Express Delivery.")
English title: Kiki's Delivery Service
(both Japanese and BVHE versions)  Running time: 102 min 46 sec (J), ~103 min (BVHE)

Production
Production budget, planned: ¥800 million
Production period: April 1, 1988 - July 17, 1989
Number of cels used: 67,317
Number of colors used: 462
Aspect ratio: 1:1.85 (Vista size)
Sound: Dolby Stereo (J), Dolby Digital (BVHE) 

Japanese Premiere: July 29, 1989; general release
Length of theater run: 77 days
Number of theaters shown: 138
Number of attendance: 2,640,619
Film rental revenue: ¥2.17 billion 

US Premiere of BVHE version:
May 23, 1998; Seattle International Film Festival
Also shown subsequently in some US film festivals
Direct-to-video only; currently not planned to be released theatrically
MPAA rating: G (General Audiences)  North American release date: September 1, 1998, on VHS video and Laserdisc

Staff credit, Japanese version:

Produced, Written, and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Original Story: Eiko Kadono (novel of the same title published by Fukuinkan Shoten)
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Music Direction: Isao Takahata
Opening Song: "Rouge no Dengon (Message of Rouge) by Yumi Arai
Ending Song: "Ysashisa ni Tsusumaretanata (If I've Been Enveloped by Tenderness)" by Yumi Arai
Character Design: Katsuya Kondo
Supervising Animators: Shinji Otsuka, Katsuya Kondo, Yoshifumi Kondo
Key Animation: Yoshinori Kaneda, Makiko Futaki, Masako Shinohara, Masaaki Endo, Toshio Kawaguchi, Atsuko Oya, Ai Kagawa, Atsuko Fukushima, Toshiyuki Inoue, Noriko Moritomo, Kouji Morimoto, Yoshiharu Sato, Natsuyo Hoda, Sachiko Sugino, HIroshi Watanabe, Hiroomi Yamakawa, Shouetsu Hane, Chie Uratani, Masahito Sekino, Toshiya Niidome, Akiko Hasegawa
Art Director: Hiroshi Ono
Backgrounds: Kazuo Oga, Satoshi Kuroda, Kazuhiro Kinoshita, Kiyomi Ota, etc.
Color Design: Michiyo Yasuda
Special Effects: Kaoru Tanifuji
Camera: Shigeo Sugimura
Editor: Takeshi Seyama
Associate Producer: Toshio Suzuki
Assistant Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Executive Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Mikihiko Tsuzuki, Morihisa Takagi
A Joint Production of Tokuma Publishing Co. Ltd., Yamato Transport Company Ltd, and Nippon Television Network Corporation 

Japanese Voices:

Kiki & Ursula... Minami Takayama

Jiji... Rei Sakuma

Kokiri (Mom)... Mieko Sinozawa

Osono... Keiko Toda

Tombo... Kappei Yamaguchi

Madame... Haruko Kato

Barsa... Hiroko Seki

Okino (Dad)... Kouichi Miura

With: Masa Saitou, Hiroko Maruyama, Chinatsu Sakamoto, Yuuko Tuga, Mika Doi, Yoshiko Kamei, Yuuko Kobayashi, Keiko Kagimoto, Tosiko Asai, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Kikuko Inoue, Takaya Haji, Tomomichi Nishimura, Kou Taguchi, Kouichi Yamadera, Sinpachi Tsuji, Akio Otsuka, Tsuuyou Ikenaga, Brady Russell, Sharone Amann, and Ken Larson.

Additional staff credit for BVHE version:

Executive producer: Jane Schonberger
U.S. version adoption: John Semper, Jack Fletcher
Voice Casting and Director: Jack Fletcher
Music: Paul Chihara, Sydney Forest
Opening Song: "Soaring" by Sydney Forest
Ending Song: "I'm Gonna Fly" by Sydney Forest
Sound (Dolby): Ernie Sheesley
A Buena Vista Home Entertainment presentation of a Studio Ghibli production 

English Voices:

Kiki... Kirsten Dunst
Jiji... Phil Hartman
Ursula... Janeane Garofolo
Tombo... Matthew Lawrence
Madame... Debbie Reynolds
Osono... Tress MacNeille
Barsa... Edie McClurg
Mom... Kath Soucie
With: Jeff Bennett, Pamela Segall, Debi Derryberry, June Angela, Corey Burton, Lewis Arquette, Fay Dewitt, Susan Hickman, Sherry Lynn, Matt Miller, Scott Menville, Eddie Frierson, John and Julia Demita 

 

Award list:

Best Animated Film: 44th Mainichi Film Competition
Best Japanese Film of the Year, Voted by Readers: Kinema Junpo (a prestigious Japanese movie magazine)
Special Award: Japan Academy Award
Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Honor
7th Annual Money Making Director's Award
Gold, Japanese Film: 7th Annual Golden Gross Award
Special Achievement Award: The Movie's Day
Special Award: The Erandole Award
Best Film and Best Director: Japan Cinema Association Award
Excellent Movie: Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs (a government agency under the Ministry of Education)
Best Anime: 12th Annual Anime Grand Prix