'Witch's Express Home Delivery') is a children's fantasy novel written by Eiko Kadono and illustrated by Akiko Hayashi.
Accompanied by her talking black cat Jiji, Kiki starts a delivery service by flying on her broom.
[3] The first English edition was translated by Lynne E. Riggs and with a cover by Irvin Cheung, but retaining the original illustrations by Akiko Hayashi.
A new English translation by Emily Balistrieri, with cover and internal illustrations by Yuta Onoda was released in hardcover by Delacorte Press on July 7, 2020.
Walt Disney Pictures was also interested in its own live-action take on Kiki in 2005 with Jeff Stockwell writing the script and Susan Montford, Don Murphy, and Mark Gordon as producers, but no developments have emerged since then.
[5][6] The film is based on the first two novels and has figure skater turned actress Fuka Koshiba playing Kiki.
Another musical, based on the Ghibli's film, ran at the Southwark Playhouse in the United Kingdom from December 8, 2016 to January 8, 2017.