Kiki: The Little Witch

***Kiki: The Little Witch*** (Japanese title: *キキ：小さな魔女*, Hepburn: *Kiki: Chīsana majo*; French title: *Kiki, une fille devient sorcière*) is a 2022 Japanese-France animated dramedy fantasy adventure film directed by Sunao Katabuchi and Jean-Jacques Denis, and produced by Toshio Suzuki from Japan with Frédéric Puech and Vincent Maraval from France. The film is a few co-productions such as Ankama, Wild Bunch and Studio Ghibli and the Miyazaki's likely childhood's prequel adaptation to the 1989 animated film *Kiki's Delivery Service*.

This film is related to "Kiki's Delivery Service" sequels by Eiko Kadono with the special editions such as *Kiki and Jiji* (2017).

## Plot

### Kiki Was Born

The prequel is about a young witch, Kiki in Karikiya. She was a ten year old, turns an ordinary little witch-a-trainee's broomstick into her own flying personal. Kiki finds herself confronting a boy her age named Abu.

## Voice Cast

### Japanese Voices

* Minami Takayama...Kiki/Mīmu
	+ Also she voices of Kiki at 10 and the uncredited narrator
	+ Miki Maruyama...Kiki at 4
* Rei Sakuma...Jiji
	+ Also she voices of Young Jiji
* Mayumi Suzuki...Kokiri
* Kazuhiro Yamaji...Okino
	+ Also he uncredited voices Kokiri's father
* Rihoko Yoshida...Dora
* Miori Takimoto as Aijin
* Yuko Kobayashi as Mimi, a senior witch
* Akari Kitō...Abu
	+ Megumi Hayashibara...Young Abu
* Keiko Yokozawa...Miyoko
* Sachi Matsumoto...Sara
	+ Ikue Ōtani...Young Sara
* Rie Tanaka...Rhonda
	+ Also she voices of Young Rhonda
* Okada Jun'ichi as Benito
* Yasuko Sawaguchi as Myldre
* Tesshō Genda as Dani
* Kaoru Kobayashi as Winslo
* Kōichi Yamadera as Sara's father
* Mika Doi as Mrs. Fidgie

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### French Voices

* Adeline Chetail...Kiki, she was thirteenth and a half (same as 12 or 13) year old witch, she was a very friendly, cute, curious, sweet, and upbeat.
	+ Élina Solomon...Young Kiki, an eight year old witch who grown up to thirteen, she was a very curious, friendly, cute, and innocent.
* Margaux Maillet...Abu, he was a brave, protective, smart, and intelligent boy who becomes an pilot, he serves as a replacement for Tombo from the original film until the prequel ends.
	+ Anatole Jamet...Young Abu, an eight year old boy, who grown up to thirteen as same as Kiki, he was a smart, cute, and loyal. He was a cutest resemblance to Nello from The Dog of Flanders (1997), filling with the brown hair.
* Christophe Lemoine...Jiji, he was a chatty, sarcastic, cautious and humble black cat that likes to act proud whilst.
	+ Marie-Charlotte Leclaire...Young Jiji
* Mélanie Laurent...Miyoko, Abu's mysterious adoptive daughter and a girlfriend, she was a lonely and good-hearted, serves as a replacement for a Madame Granddaughter from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Françoise Cadol...Kokiri, Kiki's mother, she was a witch, serves as an inspiration and a replacement for Osono from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Patrice Baudrier...Okino, Kiki's father, he was a scholar, serves as an inspiration and a replacement for Fukuo from the original film until the prequel ends.
	+ Also he uncredited voices Kokiri's father.
* Nicole Favart...Miss Dora, she is a kind, very wise old lady who seems to have known Kiki's mom, Kokiri, ever since she moved to Karikiya when she was about Kiki's age. She is a regular patron of Kokiri's potion business.
* Caroline Pascal...Aijin, a senior witch's mother who lived in the secret house in the middle of the town at Karikiya for the witches, serves as a replacement for Ursula from the original film until the prequel ends.
	+ Also she voices of Mimi, a senior witch, she was a wise and judgement.
* Kelly Marot...Sara, Kiki's friend and a classmate, she was a cute, kindly, friendly and brave, serves as a replacement for Madame's Granddaughter from the original film until the prequel ends.
	+ Also she had same at a voice of young Sara in five years ago.
* Olivia Luccioni...Rhonda, Kiki's friend and a classmate, she was a cute, kindly, friendly and brave, serves as a replacement for Madame's Granddaughter from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Carole Santini...Sara's mother, she was a wholly unkind, wise and judgement, serves as another inspiration and a replacement for Barsa from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Oliver Platt...Winslo, a inspirational poem man, he was a wise and kindly, serves as an another replacement for Ursula from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Suliane Brahim...Miyoko, Kiki's friend and a classmate, she was a cute, plucky, good-heart, and friendly, serves as an another replacement for Madame's Grandaughter from the original film until the prequel ends.
	+ Also she had same at a voice of young Miyoko in five years ago.
* Xavier Fagnon...Benito, Abu's father, he serves as a replacement for Fukuo from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Sylvia Bergé...Myldre, Abu's mother, she was a warm heart and kindly, serves as a replacement for Osono from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Richard Darbois...Dani, Abu's grandfather, he was an old, kind and wisely hunter, he serves as a replacement for Clock Tower Caretaker from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Rafaëlle Cohen...Mrs. Fidgie, she was a wisely teacher, she serves as another replacement for Madame from the original film until the prequel ends.
* Audrey Devos...Mīmu

### English Voices

* Darby Camp...Kiki, a little curious and kind-hearted 13-year-old witch was born in Karikiya in 1947. In the English dub, Darby Camp comparing a 16-year-old Kirsten Dunst (Disney) from the first film.
	+ Violet McGraw...Kiki (at 10)
	+ Eileah Pyrzynski...Kiki (at 4, Kokiri's flashback)
* Oona Laurence...Abu
	+ Joshua Pickering...Young Abu
* Chloe Chase Coleman...Miyoko, a mysterious girl in Jazukini.
* Billy Eichner...Jiji
* Drew Barrymore...Kokiri, Kiki's mother as a witch.
	+ Amanda Leighton...Young Kokiri, a 13-year-old witch.
* Zachary Levi...Okino, Kiki's father
	+ Elliott Smith...Young Okino, a 14-year old scholar.
* Fay DeWitt...Dora
	+ Also, Kath Soucie as Young Dora (who previously voiced Kiki's mother in the Disney dub).
* Julia Roberts...Aijin, a senior witch's mother who lived in the secret house in the middle of the town at Karikiya for the witches.
	+ Also she voices of the uncredited narrator in the beginning
* Debi Derryberry...Mimi, a 13/14-year old senior witch who lived in the secret house in the middle of the town at Karikiya for the witches.
* Michaela Russell...Sara, Kiki's Karikiya friend and a classmate
	+ Kristen Cui as Sara (at 8)
* Katey Segal...Sara's mother
* Paul Dano...Winslo, a short poem man who lived in Jazukini.
* Mikaya Fisher...Rhonda, Kiki's Karikiya friend and a classmate
	+ Dashiell Messitt...Rhonda (at 8)
* Jeté Laurence...Riku
	+ Darianne Breault...Riku (at 8)
* Thea Eddey...Akari
	+ Devyn McDowell...Akari (at 7)
* Eric Bauza...Benito, Abu's father
* Mandy Moore...Myldre, Abu's mother
* Michael Keaton...Dani, Abu's grandfather
* Cathy Weseluck...Mrs. Fidgie
* Deanna Oliver...Mīmu, Jiji's adoptive mother black cat
	+ Also she voices Young Jiji, Kiki's kitty.
* **Karikiya Children**: Sam Lavagnino, Poppy DeAbaitua, Luna Stephens, Charlyne Yi, Nikki Castillo, Indie Nameth, Alexa Nisenson, Ethan Maher, Naomi Hansem, Daphne Thomas

Additional voices:
* Steve Little (First Customer)
* Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez (First Customer's Son)
* Danny Mann (Second Customer)
* Pamela Adlon (Third Customer)
* Trevor Devall (Man #1)
* Christopher Sabat (Man #2)
* Michael David Adamthwaite (Man #3)
* Paul Kevin Rugg (Man #4)
* Julia Fletcher (Woman #1)
* Candi Milo (Woman #2)
* Billy West (Policeman)
* Dee Bradley Baker (Driver)
* Scott Menville (Man #5)
* Bob Bergen (Man #8)
* Jeff Bennett (Man #6, Sara's father)
* John DiMaggio (Man #7)
* Kevin Michael Richardson (Dirigible Captain)

Uncredited:
* Matthew Lawrence (Kokiri's Father, uncredited)

## Differences from the original and the remake

* In this remake, Kiki broke his mother's broom and then she rests of this bed. But in this prequel and not that original, Kiki does even cry as she hugs their parents after she getting lost from her.

## Trivia

* This is the Studio Ghibli film to use mild language ("Damn" being used once) in English dub.

## Transcripts

Kiki: The Little Witch/Transcript
Kiki: The Little Witch/English Dub Transcript

## Gallery

Kiki: The Little Witch/Gallery

Kiki: The Little Witch/Storyboard Transcript

## External links

* Kiki: The Little Witch on Astro Boy Productions Wiki
* Kiki: The Little Witch on StudioGhibliFanon Wiki