Senior Witch
The Senior Witch is a character from Eiko Kadono's children's novel and its Studio Ghibli animated film adaptation, Kiki's Delivery Service. She is an unnamed, experienced witch whom the protagonist Kiki encounters in the sky shortly after leaving home for her training year. Serving as a temporary traveling companion, she offers advice to the novice Kiki before parting ways.
Overview
The Senior Witch is a character from Eiko Kadono's children's novel and its Studio Ghibli animated film adaptation, Kiki's Delivery Service. She is an unnamed, experienced witch whom the protagonist Kiki encounters in the sky shortly after leaving home for her training year. Serving as a temporary traveling companion, she offers advice to the novice Kiki before parting ways.
Appearance
She has thick brown hair tied into high twintails with her forehead exposed. Her outfit consists of a dark purple long dress paired with gold heart-shaped earrings. Attached to the tip of her broom is a hanging lantern. She flies alongside a slender black cat with green eyes.
Personality
She displays a polished, slightly haughty air typical of an elder practitioner, yet she remains warm and encouraging toward novices. Confident in her craft and independent lifestyle, she carries herself with composure, expressing a preference for quiet flight while maintaining a friendly demeanor.
Abilities
She demonstrates smooth, steady broom flight techniques. Her primary professional craft is fortune-telling, specializing in love predictions as well as general consultation services to earn her living.
Background
Having left her hometown under the tradition of witch training, she established herself in a town marked by a red windmill. By utilizing her skills to assist the locals, she successfully manages her independent life and nears the completion of her mandatory training period. She briefy accompanies Kiki during her first night of travel before returning to her town.
Relationships
She acts as a helpful senior figure to Kiki, offering guidance on relying on one's own skills before wishing her well. Her companion black cat, named Pupu in the original novel, rides on her broom alongside her but pays little attention to Kiki's familiar, Jiji.
Trivia
In the animated film adaptation, her request to turn off the radio serves as a cinematic transition that fades out the opening theme song. While competent at flying in the film, the original novel depicts her as less skilled at maneuvering her broom.