Overview

• The first eight-film lineup includes Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name and Children Who Chase Lost Voices alongside Fireworks, Love & Pop and other titles making their HBO Max streaming or 4K debut.
• Subsequent rollouts will feature auteur-driven and festival-circling works from directors such as Mamoru Oshii, Satoshi Kon, Hideaki Anno, Mamoru Hosoda and Masaaki Yuasa.
• Angel’s Egg will mark its North American streaming debut with a new 4K transfer, and classics like Perfect Blue will similarly premiere in 4K on the platform.
• The agreement was negotiated by HBO Max VP Liz Bannan Atcheson and GKIDS CEO Eric Beckman, building on their existing Studio Ghibli catalog collaboration.
• The expanded slate underscores HBO Max’s effort to deepen its prestige animation and international cinema offerings in a competitive streaming landscape.