Talk:Kiki's Delivery Service

Koriko location nonsense removed !

Hello !

For "where is Koriko?" This section was a shambles. It mentioned Paris (???????), Tokyo (?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?) and Adeliaide (!!!)

There was a reference to the book "The art of Kiki's Delivery Service", page 11 - I have the book in front of me and it says none of that whatsoever.

There was another reference to a French web page, which was just an everyday passing fan page, and which (FWIW) anyway had absolutely none of these references.

I guess someone who LIKES adelaide, paris, etc, has added this text in confusingly later.

the "location" of Coriko is clearly spelled out from the horse's mouth in the "The art of Kiki's Delivery Service" book which is written by Mr. Miyasaki.

If anyone CAN FIND an actual reference about the other nonsense, put it in I guess!  :)

In fact the last shot of Kiki flying uphill at street level -- does indeed look exactly like a particular street in Adelaide or Melbourne .... however really this would be "original research" as they say anyway. I did mention it but unless someone has a real reference for this (exactly URL, page number, etc), perhaps delete it.

Very simply, Coriko is Visby, but bigger: padded out using typical apartment buildings and shops from Stockholm. Enjoy! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.51.202.149 (talk) 15:52, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

>>> Having been to Visby, I can tell you the relationship is more one of atmosphere than anything else. As another commentator noted, and contrary to the mystifyingly self-assured claim in the main article, there is no clocktower in the centre of Visby (or anywhere else in the old town, for that matter) --- the St Maria church is possibly the closest it gets. The tower in the film looks much more like Stockholm City Hall (although that has no clock either). Also, being an ancient medieval walled port city, there is very little traffic in Visby -- certainly none of the 'bustle' so evident in Majo no Takkyuubin. The 'downtown' scenes of Kiki seem more closely drawn from Stockholm (which still has old trams running very like the ones in the film), however the quieter residential areas (where the bakery is located) are indeed, in atmosphere, quite like the elevated parts of Visby just inside the walls. Atanovic (talk) 06:47, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

This is Wikipedia. there is no need to get angry at all. Just click EDIT and fix it !!! Often sentences end up as a collection of material built-up from previous writers. If you see something that is wrong or can be improved, just click EDIT. Good one !!

It took a huge amount of time to merely remove the bizarre references to Melbourne, etc. !!  :) If you can improve further, click EDIT. Enjoy! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.148.48.18 (talk) 14:59, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

PS don't forget you can simply read the book referenced, by Hayao Miyazaki, to simply read precisely what Hayao Miyazaki has to say on the subject of what he, Hayao Miyazaki, was thinking about when he made up the city, what it is based on, where they travelled to for reference and so on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.148.48.18 (talk) 15:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Removed a reference to Adelaide, as the supplied references did not support it -- one was in fact an old version of this Wiki entry (which at one time claimed references to various Australian cities, see comment above), the other a rambling amateur travelogue, the chief 'merít' of which appeared to be that it was in Japanese. 猫に小判 16:40, 7 November 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 猫に小判 (talk • contribs)

Removed ANOTHER (!) reference to Adelaide (is it some kind of campaign by the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce..?). The French article cited makes no mention of it, or any other Australian city. A 'citation required' notice was posted in March 2015 and has gone unresponded to for four months, so the reference has been removed until a valid citation is supplied. 猫に小判 09:22, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

Haha.. lol.. yes apart from anything else, Miyazaki has never set foot in Australia.212.93.55.35 (talk) 10:03, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

i think this reference can be added

The links i have given were from a site that was one of the very important site related to the topic. In that case it was about studio ghibli. Now the link i have given was from onlineghibli.com which is no less popular than nausicaa.net if not more. And there is no need to promote the site as it is even more popular than the nausicaa.net and it is the first result in the search engine.And i absolutely know about the no-follow system or rule of wikipedia.And that site actually verifies the character list as it actually gives pictures of the artists and it has many other infos like music pieces etc.And this site also has been there for 10 years so it is one of the most important reference site to the topic. The problem is i do not know how to use the reference template[and also do not have access to] that is why i needed to give the external link. We all need to improve wikipedia so review my suggestion.Nibir2011 (talk) 16:29, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Plot summary length

Hello. I have some concerns about the plot summary's length. The plot summary as it stands now is 254 words, which is below the 400-700 word count range of the plot summary per WP:FILMPLOT. I think we should expand upon it a little bit so we can keep it in that range. Thoughts? Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 23:35, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Concerned Women for America

At the end of § Reception, I've rearranged the references to the accusations by "Concerned Women for America" that the film promotes witchcraft and attacks family values. I've also corrected the date given for their press release: it was released on 5 February 1998 (new reference "tebbetts"). 28 May 1998 was the date of reference "imasy", which discusses it, and of the posting that "imasy" is a reply to.
To discuss this with me, please {{Ping}} me. Thnidu (talk) 02:39, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Bakery in Ross, Tasmania

Just noting this article which could be used as a reference: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-13/tasmanias-ross-bakery-continues-to-attract-japanese-anime-fans/6308038 -- Chuq (talk) 02:52, 13 March 2015 (UTC)