Kiki's Delivery Service Film Comic: All-in-One Edition

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A young witch named Kiki sets off on a journey to become a witchwhat does she find at the seaside city where she settles

Now that shes 13 years old, its time for young Kiki to start thinking about her future. One night, under the shine of a full moon, she grabs her black cat Jiji, hops on her mothers broom and heads off into the night. The next day shearrivesat a friendly seaside city, and this, she tells her loyal and furry companion, is where shell spend the next year learning how to become a real, honest-to-goodness witch.

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Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japans most beloved animation directors. In 2005 he was awarded the Venice International Film Festivals Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement, and his Studio Ghibli received the festivals Osella Award for overall achievement in 2004. Miyazakis films include Spirited Away, winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, as well as Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, and The Wind Rises, all of which have received great acclaim in the U.S. Miyazakis other achievements include the highly regarded manga series Nausica of the Valley of the Wind, and Starting Point: 1979-1996 and Turning Point: 1997-2008, collections of essays, interviews, and memoirs that chronicle his early career and the development of his theories of animation. Both are published in English by VIZ Media. In 2023, Miyazakis long-awaited new film, The Boy and the Heron released in theaters.