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.
Books | Children's Literature in Japan Aug 17, 2019
The lifelong rebellion of children's author Eiko Kadono
by Kris Kosaka
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.
Books | Children's Literature in Japan May 25, 2019
Poop, realism and Ghibli: Enter the world of children's literature
by Kris Kosaka
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.
Film Mar 6, 2014
Live-action Ghibli remake delivers a new Kiki
by Mark Schilling
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 ...