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1st Image From Live-Action Kiki's Delivery Service Surfaces
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The first still image from the live-action Kiki's Delivery Service. The live-action film adaptation is slated to open in Japan in spring 2014.
The Princess and the Pilot) is writing the script for the film.
The six novel volumes of Majo no Takkyūbin follow the coming of age of Kiki with her black cat Jiji. They have sold 1.8 million copies and have been translated into eight languages, including English, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, and Korean.
Despite the fact that both films adapt the same 1985-2009 novel series, this live-action film has no direct connection to the Ghibli anime film. The anime adapted the first novel volume, while the live-action film will cover the first two volumes
released Ghibli's film on DVD in North America.
Sources: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web, Eiga.com
