History Trivia / KikisDeliveryService

** In the original Japanese, 25-year-old Creator/MinamiTakayama plays 13-year-old Kiki. Her vocal range is wide enough that she can play both her and Ursula, who's a grown adult.

** Kiki almost gets hit by a bus with 'Studio Ghibli' on the side of it. Other buses bearing the name can be seen when she's questioned by the police.

* DawsonCasting: Kiki was voiced by ''31-year-old'' Lisa Michelson in the Streamline version. Oddly, her voice sounds identical to 16-year-old Kirsten Dunst, who played Kiki in the Disney version.

* TalkingToHimself: In the Ghibli film, Creator/MinamiTakayama's characters Kiki and Ursula frequently interact with each other.

** Ghibli (technically "Jiburi") also makes the brand of pancakes Kiki favors.

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

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Kiki is shown to have long hair in the book, but since she's constantly flying, the animators gave her short hair to make it easier to animate. The sign depicting her at the bakery has her original long-haired design.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: 16-year-old Kirsten Dunst plays Kiki in the Disney dub.

* InMemoriam: A dedication to Creator/PhilHartman, the voice of Jiji the cat, appears after the credits; Jiji was Hartman's final original role as a voice actor before his murder in 1998.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/MinamiTakayama's characters, Kiki and Ursula, frequently interact with each other.

* 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.

** Oddly enough, while Netflix got the 1998 version of the dub when they released it in regions outside of North America, Mexico and Japan, HBO Max uses the 2010 recut, which was notorious for its' audio issues.

* RealSongThemeTune: In the Japanese version, "Rouge no Dengon" and "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumaretanara" by Yumi Arai serve as the opening and ending theme songs, respectively. They were released over a decade before the film was released.

* RealSongThemeTune: In the Japanese version, "Rouge no Dengon" and "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumaretanara" by Yumi Arai serve as the opening and ending theme songs, respectively.

** Early concept art shows that Kiki was [[https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/16197 going the have long hair]], just like how she was depicted in the original book. This was eventually changed to her current hair style so it would be easier to animate.

* ApprovalOfGod: The author of the original novel, Eiko Kodono, [[https://www.theoasg.com/articles/interview-eiko-kadono-creator-of-kikis-delivery-service/20197 has stated that she thoroughly enjoyed the Miyazaki film and had fun watching it]]. She was also relived that, in spite of the changes, the world of her story was kept intact.

** There's also a {{Recut}} of the English dub which was made closer to the original Japanese by cutting out most of the ad-libbed dialogue 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. The recut has since replaced the original Disney cut in most modern rereleases starting in 2010.

** There's also a {{Recut}} of the English dub which was made closer to the original Japanese by cutting out most of the ad-libbed dialogue 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.

* ApprovalOfGod: The author of the original novel, Eiko Kodono, [[https://www.theoasg.com/articles/interview-eiko-kadono-creator-of-kikis-delivery-service/20197 has stated that she thoroughly enjoyed the Miyazaki film]] and was relieved that, in spite of the changes, the world of her story was kept intact.

* ApprovalOfGod: The author of the original novel, Eiko Kodono, [[https://www.theoasg.com/articles/interview-eiko-kadono-creator-of-kikis-delivery-service/20197 has stated that she thoroughly enjoyed the Miyazaki film]] and was relieved that, in spite of the changes, the world of her story was kept intact. Kodono would even take influence from the film for the second novel.

* ApprovalOfGod: The author of the original novel, Eiko Kodono, [[https://www.theoasg.com/articles/interview-eiko-kadono-creator-of-kikis-delivery-service/20197 has stated that she thoroughly enjoyed the Miyazaki film]] and was relieved that, in spite of the changes, the world of her story was kept intact.

* ApprovalOfGod: The author of the original novel, Eiko Kodono, [[https://www.theoasg.com/articles/interview-eiko-kadono-creator-of-kikis-delivery-service/20197 has stated that she thoroughly enjoyed the film]] and was relieved that, in spite of the changes, the world of her story was kept intact.

** At least two separate fandom based cooking channels on YouTube, namely [[https://youtu.be/c7tMpaSOuz8 Binging with Babish]] and [[https://youtu.be/l0uM7ucgCAQ Feast of Fiction]] have made their own recipes for the herring and pumpkin pie.

* HilariousInHindsight: Considering the police officer's resemblance to [[Anime/LupinIII Lupin]] [[Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro III]], it becomes all the more funny that his seiyuu would later go on to voice Lupin's SitcomArchNemesis Inspector Zenigata.

%% ** 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.

* 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.
** 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.

** According to longtime Ghibli staffer Steve Alpert, [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ the studio was dissatisfied]] after they discovered that Disney made substantial edits to the film for their North American release despite their "no edits" clause. These were rectified in the post-2010 releases.

%% ** 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.

** According to longtime Ghibli staffer Steve Alpert, [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ the studio was dissatisfied]] after they discovered that Disney made changes towards the film for their English dub despite their "no edits" clause.

** According to longtime Ghibli staffer Steve Alpert, [[https://screenrant.com/studio-ghibli-movies-disney-changes-kikis-delivery-service/ the studio was dissatisfied]] when they discovered 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.

%%** 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.