Finally, an animated film about how the gig economy is BAD but dirigibles are COOL!

This week we hang out with the snarkiest cat around, Jiji, and his very cool familiar, a little witch who dreams of something better than eating pancakes for every meal. Even if you're not a freelancer, this film speaks volumes, because work/life balance is impossible and Kiki's about to find out why!

Next week, it's another Takahata gem, ONLY YESTERDAY (1991). Join the conversation on our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx and get more Eye of the Duck on our Patreon show, After Hours https://www.patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod

References:

Special Features
- Creating Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Scoring Miyazaki
- Kiki & Jiji
Art of Kiki’s Delivery Service
Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation by Helen McCarthy
Starting Point by Hayao Miyazaki
Studio Ghibli: An Industrial History by Rayna Denison
Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man by Steve Alpert
The Works of Hayao Miyazaki: The Japanese Animation Master by Gael Berton
Miyazakiworld by Susan Napier

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Michael Gaspari.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich. You can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.

Assistant programming and digital production by Nik Long.

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