
Books / Reviews Aug 8, 2020
‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’: New translation of Japan’s favorite witch delivers
by Kris Kosaka
Emily Balistrieri’s English translation brings the magical adventures of an adolescent witch to a new generation of readers.
‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’: New translation of Japan’s favorite witch delivers
Emily Balistrieri’s English translation brings the magical adventures of an adolescent witch to a new generation of readers.
The lifelong rebellion of children's author Eiko Kadono
Author of the beloved "Kiki's Delivery Service" series about a young witch in training, Eiko Kadono continues to bring magic to the world of Japanese children's literature.
Poop, realism and Ghibli: Enter the world of children's literature
To introduce our readers to this special subsection of Japanese literature, for the next 12 months, we'll be featuring one children's writer or illustrator on these pages each month.
Live-action Ghibli remake delivers a new Kiki
When is a remake not a remake? Arguably, Takashi Shimizu's "Majo no Takkyubin (Kiki's Delivery Service)" is less a reworking of the Hayao Miyazaki animation classic (which this reviewer praised on this page in 1989) than his own interpretation of the 1985 Eiko Kadono ...