Reading Anime 002: Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) by Hayao Miyazaki

This was a "meh" movie for me. At least on first watching. I might like it more on subsequent viewings. It's about a thirteen-year-old witch, Kiki, who must leave her home and live in another city by herself. Her only real talent is flight, so she establishes her own delivery service. She begins the movie as an ingenue lost in a big city and ends it belonging to her new surroundings and somewhat wiser.

The setting is European, but not identified with any particular nationality. The animation is beautifully done. (One of the themes in the movie is rural vs. urban.) There is certainly more to the plot than in Spirited Away, but there is less at stake. Spirited Away feels more thematically significant to me.