Can Anime Teach You How to Be a Grown-Up?
by Simon AbramsPage 5 of 7
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)Kiki's Delivery Service reverses Totoro's use of fantasy as character-builder by having the titular teen witch learn how to be responsible by finding practical uses for her magic. Because flying is the only skill Kiki knows well, Kiki starts a modest mail service. Rejecting mundane, good old-fashioned hard work is a big no-no according to Miyazaki, as in this scene where an indolent brat dismisses a fresh-baked herring and pumpkin pie cooked in a woodfire stove.
