Big Worlds On Small Screens Features Miyazaki — & Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Kiki’s Delivery Service”

~ by Rebecca Fisher

Note to Readers: From now on, Big Worlds On Small Screens will be posting every second Thursday, not Wednesday as has been the case. So the next post will be on Thursday, 19 June.

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Introduction:

If Kiki’s Delivery Service was a film made by Western studios, I have no doubt that its eponymous character would fight evil, that she would have a love interest, and that it would be framed as a coming-of-age story. And let’s be honest, the main character would probably be a boy.

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