©2024 Takashi Imashiro, Kodansha/“Ghost Cat ANZU” Production Committee. HBO Max and GKIDS have revealed a broader collaboration that will add 20 additional Japanese anime and live-action feature films.
Numerous newly included and forthcoming films on the HBO Max streaming platform will premiere for North American audiences, with some titles accessible for 4K streaming.
Starting September 1, 2025, the following movies will be made available in the U.S. on HBO Max:
- • Children Who Chase Lost Voices
- • Fireworks
- • Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
- • Ghost Cat Anzu
- • Lonely Castle in the Mirror
- • Love & Pop
- • The Place Promised in Our Early Days
- • Your Name.
Additional films set to arrive on HBO Max later in 2025 and 2026 include:
- • Angel’s Egg
- • Liz and the Blue Bird
- • Lu Over the Wall
- • Millennium Actress
- • Mind Game
- • Perfect Blue
- • Shin Godzilla
- • Summer Wars
- • The Boy and the Beast
- • The Colors Within
- • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- • Wolf Children
HBO Max is currently streaming several Studio Ghibli anime films in the U.S., and these films are also being released on home video by GKIDS.
This summer, GKIDS is screening Grave of the Fireflies in North American theaters, starting August 12, 2025, as part of its annual Studio Ghibli Fest. The next film, Ponyo, will be shown in North America from August 23, 2025, to August 27, 2025.
GKIDS also announced today that Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg will be showcased in 4K at the 2025 New York Film Festival.
Sources: Variety (Jazz Tangcay), Deadline (Matt Grobar)
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