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There are two versions of English dub.

In the first one released by Disney in 1998, there were more music and character lines, Kiki understands Jiji at the end of the movie, and the opening song "Soaring" and the ending song "I'm Gonna Fly", written and performed by Sydney Forest were in the movie. (The DVD released in 2003 was just the same.)

In the second one released in 2010, there were less music and character lines, Kiki doesn't understand Jiji like in the Japanese original version, and the opening song "Message of Rouge" (ルージュの伝言 Rūju no Dengon?, ), and the ending song "Wrapped in Kindness" (やさしさに包まれたなら Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta nara?), both performed by Yumi Matsutoya (credited as Yumi Arai) were in the movie.

Which English dub version do/did you like better?

English dub released in 1998

English dub released in 2010

Disney (in my opinion) worked well with Studio Ghibli. "Kiki's Delivery Service" for example, was better when Disney released it in 1998. The reason is, Disney added more music to the film, made Kiki get all her power back, and best of all, the songs by Sydney Forest, "Soaring" and "I'm Gonna Fly". Also, Now that Disney owns Fox, that could use that to release the old Version of My Neighbor Totoro published by Fox (With the old version of the song "Hey Let's Go"). Of course, Disney is responsible for some of the Movies like "Ponyo" and "The Secret World Of Arrietty".