Oscar-winning Flow movie has to bow down to Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service when it comes to making the audience empathize.

I started to notice something about Kiki’s pet cat, Jiji, towards the end that absolutely made me sob my eyes out and ultimately turn into an emotional mess – more than I already am.

A young witch named Kiki is now 13 years old. She is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty cat named Jiji by her side ...