What’s the point of making a live-action Kiki’s Delivery Service if the cat is going to be CG? No, let me rephrase that. What’s the point of making a live-action Kiki’s Delivery Service?
Recently on Japanese television, the first images of the movie version of Jiji, the black cat, were shown.
https://kotaku.com/the-kikis-delivery-service-live-action-movie-looks-hor-1459324259
If you have never seen the classic Studio Ghibli movie that’s based on the book Kiki’s Delivery Service, here is what the anime Jijilooks like:
Studio Ghibli is not involved with the live-action Japanese feature film.
And here is the upcoming computerized version (images via Hachima):
Of course the cat has to be CG—they can’t have a real cat flying around on a broomstick with Kiki, can they? Well, maybe they can! Or they could do a mix of CG cat and real cat. Or maybe they could have done a totally different movie altogether. The possibilities are endless, really.
実写版『魔女の宅急便』ジジの映像初公開！！テレビで寿美菜子さんも紹介されたぞ！！ [はちま起稿]
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