GKIDS to Issue New 4K Home Entertainment Releases of Film Catalog of Renowned, Oscar®-Nominated Director Mamoru Hosoda
Series of New Issues Kicks Off with Summer Wars and Wolf Children, Coming to 4K UHD on Home Entertainment Platforms for the First Time
Introduction
GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world, announced today that beginning in 2025, it will issue, in partnership with Shout! Studios, all-new 4K UHD releases of award-winning director Mamoru Hosoda’s early film catalog.
Details & Information
The first titles in the series to receive a reissue are Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda’s seminal 2009 feature Summer Wars and critically lauded 2012 hit Wolf Children. The new home entertainment releases will be presented with brand new artwork in a 4K UHD SteelBook® version, a standard Blu-ray™ edition, and on digital download-to-own platforms.
New issues for Summer Wars will be released on April 1, 2025, and Wolf Children on August 5, 2025. Both titles are now available for preorder.
Pre-Order Now:
Summer Wars
Wolf Children
Bonus Features – Summer Wars
- Interviews with the Original Cast – Ryunosuke Kamiki (Kenji Koiso)
- Interviews with the Original Cast – Nanami Sakuraba (Natsuki Shinohara)
- Interviews with the Original Cast – Mitsuki Tanimura (Kazuma Ikezawa)
- Interviews with the Original Cast – Ayumu Saito (Wabisuke Jinnouchi)
- Interviews with the Original Cast – Sumiko Fuji (Sakae Jinnouchi)
- Interview with Mamoru Hosoda
- Teasers & Trailers
GKIDS and Mamoru Hosoda’s Legacy
Last year, GKIDS announced it had acquired the North American distribution rights to the Mamoru Hosoda catalog of films. GKIDS previously released the Academy Award®- and Golden Globe-nominated Mirai (2018) and the critically lauded Belle (2021), which became Hosoda’s highest-grossing film to date in North America.
The director Mamoru Hosoda’s six features have all been nominated for, and five have been awarded, the Japan Academy Prize for “Animation of the Year.” Hosoda remains the only Japanese animation director outside of the famed Studio Ghibli to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
More Information
For more details and updates on the 4K releases, visit: www.HosodaCollection.com
ーOfficial Press Release
