History Trivia / KikisDeliveryService

** Although author Eiko Kadono liked the film adaptation overall, she disliked some of the changes made for it, Particularly the part where Kiki temporarily lost her powers, and her ability to speak to Jiji.

** [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ Ghibli was reportedly not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney made changes towards the film for their English dub despite their contract explicitly not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. Steve Alpert, who worked studio's operated the international sales division at the time, apparently gave such a bad verbal lashing to one Disney executive that it made him cry.

** Although author Eiko Kadono liked the film adaptation overall, she disliked some of the changes made for it, Particularly the part where Kiki temporarily lost her powers, and her ability to speak to Jiji.

** ** Although author Eiko Kadono liked the film adaptation overall, she disliked some of the changes made for it, Particularly the part where Kiki temporarily lost her powers, and her ability to speak to Jiji.

** [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ Ghibli was reportedly not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney edited the film for their English dub despite their contract explicitly not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to make it closer to the Japanese original.

* ActingForTwo: Though their roles aren't listed in the end credits, Creator/MinamiTakayama voices Kiki and Ursula, and Creator/KoichiYamadera voices Fukuo, the announcer and the police officer.

* ActorAllusion: This is not the first time Kiki's [[Creator/KathSoucie mom]] and [[Creator/JeffBennett dad]] were [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory parents of the main character]] (In the Disney dub anyway).

* TalkingToHimself: Though their roles aren't listed in the end credits, Creator/MinamiTakayama voices Kiki and Ursula, and Creator/KoichiYamadera voices Fukuo, the announcer and the police officer.

** There's also a {{Recut}} of the English dub which was made closer to the original Japanese by cutting out most of Jiji's adlibbed dialouge and the pieces of background music played during silent scenes (like when Kiki wakes up to use the outhouse) and replaces the Sydney Forest songs with the original Japanese ones.

* TalkingToHimself:
** Kiki and Ursula are both voiced by Creator/MinamiTakayama.
** Fukuo, the announcer and the police officer are all voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera.

* ActingForTwo:
** Kiki and Ursula are both voiced by Creator/MinamiTakayama.
** Fukuo, the announcer and the police officer are voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera.

* CreatorBacklash: [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ Ghibli was reportedly not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney edited the film for their English dub despite their contract explicitly not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to make it closer to the Japanese original.
** Sydney Forest was incredibly saddened after finding out that "Soaring" and "I'm Gonna Fly" have been removed from the 2010 ReCut.

* CreatorBacklash:
** Although author Eiko Kadono liked the film adaptation overall, she disliked some of the changes made for it, Particularly the part where Kiki temporarily lost her powers, and her ability to speak to Jiji.
** [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ Ghibli was reportedly not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney edited the film for their English dub despite their contract explicitly not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to make it closer to the Japanese original.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Hayao Miyazaki has originally stated that the reason why Jiji doesn't speak at the end of the film is because it's meant to symbolize Kiki's growth and maturity and how they’ve both become independent from each other, however in ''The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness'' documentary, Miyazaki instead states that he simply had nothing to say at that moment. It could also have just been symbolism for the viewers, with both facts being correct.

** [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ Ghibli was not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney changed aspects of the film for their English dub despite their contract explicitly not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to make it closer to the Japanese original.

** [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ Ghibli was not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney changed aspects of the film for it's dub despite their contract not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to make it closer to the Japanese original.

** Sydney Forest was incredibly saddened after finding out that her tracks ("Soaring" and "I'm Gonna Fly") made for the Disney dub have been removed from the 2010 ReCut.

** Syndey Forest was incredibly saddened after finding out that her tracks ("Soaring" and "I'm Gonna Fly") made for the Disney dub have been removed from the 2010 ReCut.

** Tokuma Shoten released the Streamline dub in 1996 on VHS, but it's now out of print. It hasn't seen an official release outside of Japan.

** [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ Ghibli was not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney changed aspects of the film for it's dub despite their contract not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to remove the new additions.

** Although Eiko Kadono (The author of the original novel) liked the film overall, she disliked some of the changes made for the film, Particularly the part where Kiki temporarily lost her powers, and her ability to speak to Jiji.

** Perhaps unsurprisingly, given Ghibli's "no-cuts" stance, [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ they were not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney changed aspects of the film for it's dub despite their contract not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to remove the new additions.

** Perhaps unsurprisingly, given Ghibli's "no-cuts" stance, [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ They were not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney changed aspects of the film for it's dub despite their contract not allowing them to do so, especially since they did it without the studio's permission. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to remove the new additions.

** [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ Ghibli was not at all happy]] when they found out that Disney changed aspects of the film for it's dub. This is likely the reason why Disney re-edited the film in 2010 to remove them.

* CreatorBacklash: Although Eiko Kadono (The author of the original novel) liked the film overall, she disliked some of the changes made for the film, Particularly the part where Kiki temporarily lost her powers, and her ability to speak to Jiji.

* ActingForTwo: Kiki and Ursula are both voiced by Creator/MinamiTakayama in the Japanese version. Averted in the various dubs of the film, where Kiki and Ursula are voiced by separate actresses.

* CreatorCouple: In the Streamline dub, Lisa Michelson voiced Kiki and her husband Greg Snegoff voiced Fukuo.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The uncut version of the 1998 English dub by Disney has never been re-released since the 2003 DVD run; since 2010, the only version of the Disney dub available is the edited version with lower-quality audio and no ad-libs.