Kiki's Delivery Service

It was the fourth theatrical released film from the studio. It was also the second feature film that Miyazaki did not originally write himself. The movie was based on Eiko Kadono's novel of the same name, which is the first in a series published by Fukuinkan Shoten originally in 1985. The film adapted only some of the episodes in the book; it ends at the end of summer while the book covers an entire year. The animation depicts the gulf that exists between independence and self-reliance in the hopes and spirit of common Japanese teenage girls.