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After releasing Lu Over the Wall to critical acclaim, director Masaaki Yuasa was met with a similar brief for his next feature, Ride Your Wave, by Japanese animation studio Science Saru. "We were assigned with the same theme, 'a love story involving a fantastic/out-of-this-world being,'" Yuasa recalls. "From there, we…

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 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…