Review of Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) by Tyranian — 11 Apr 2019

Typically weird and wonderful Japanese animation, mostly weird though, very weird.

This review of Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) was written by Tyranian on 11 Apr 2019.

Kiki's Delivery Service has generally received very positive reviews.

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