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GKIDS has acquired the North American distribution rights to Studio Ghibli's Earwig and the Witch, directed by Goro Miyazaki (From Up on Poppy Hill, Tales from Earthsea) and produced by studio co-founder Toshio Suzuki, with planning on the feature from his father and Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neigh…

GKIDS has acquired the North American distribution rights for Masaaki Yuasa’s animated feature Inu-Oh. GKIDS, Japanese production company Science SARU INC. and its partner Asmik Ace, Inc. made the announcement today. This marks the fifth collaboration between GKIDS and Yuasa. The production company worked with Yuasa…

Gkids has secured the North American distribution rights to Lupin III: The First, a Japanese anime feature which stems from the Lupin the 3rd franchise originally created by Monkey Punch. From writer-director Takashi Yamazaki, the film will get a theatrical release this year in Japanese and an all-new English language…

With her awards-contending animated film Marona's Fantastic Tale, director Anca Damian aimed to capture the world, as experienced by a dog. In part, Damian says, the goal was to "get the perception of empathy and love without limits that a dog can give." At the same time, the director adds, the film had a lot to say…

With Children of the Sea, director Ayumu Watanabe adapted a manga by Daisuke Igarashi, striving to retain the qualities in the source material that he'd originally responded to, while making the changes necessary to bring its characters into a new medium. The director's Oscar-contending animated feature centers on…

With GKIDS Oscar contender Weathering with You, director Makoto Shinkai crafted a story inspired by his interest in climate change. "We've always known climate change is happening, but it was always a faraway concept. But now, we can really feel it. Every summer, there's heavy rainfall [in Japan] and a lot of…

Makoto Shinkai's hit anime Weathering With You has been selected to represent Japan in the International Feature Film category at the 92nd Oscars. The movie, which will have its North American premiere in Toronto, is about a runaway boy who befriends a girl who can manipulate the weather. It has been a runaway success…

Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights to Ride Your Wave, the latest pic from director Masaaki Yuasa, which premiered last month at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. A 2020 theatrical release is planned. The film tells the complicated love story of a surf-loving college student named…

Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights for Marona’s Fantastic Tale, an animated feature from Anca Damian. The feature premieres in competition at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival today. Damian previous film, Crulic: The Path to Beyond won Annecy's Cristal Prize for Best Feature in…

North American distributor GKids has picked up its first Chinese animated film in the shape of Annecy Int'l Animated Film Festival title White Snake. GKids will release the film theatrically this fall in both original Chinese and a new English-language version. The film comes from Beijing-based Light Chaser Animation…

Gkids has acquired out of Cannes Weathering with You, director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura’s follow-up to Your Name, which is Japan top-grossing animated movie ever and is getting a Hollywood remake from J.J. Abrams. Watch a Japanese-language teaser for the new film above and check out the poster…

Gkids has acquired North American distribution rights to Another Day of Life, the adult-targeted animated feature that played at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and won the European Film Award for Best Animated Film. A 2019 U.S. theatrical release is planned. Based on author and journalist Ryszard Kapuściński's book…