GKIDS

GKIDS Acquires Nothing American Theatrical Rights To “Labyrinth”
The animated feature will release in theaters for two nights only in Japanese with English subtitles and English-dubbed from May 10–11.
INTERVIEW: All The Info On “All You Need Is Kill”

INTERVIEW: All The Info On “All You Need Is Kill”

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
January 16th, 2026
Now playing in theaters nationwide is All You Need Is Kill, an animated feature adaptation of the Japanese novel about young woman Rita, who's living the same day over and over again. Director Kenichiro Akimoto shares he loved about making this epic action adventure.
FIRST LOOK: “Shaun The Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom”

FIRST LOOK: “Shaun The Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom”

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
January 8th, 2026
GKIDS announced today its acquisition of US distribution rights to the latest Shaun The Sheep feature from Aardman. First look at the trailer, here.

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Gkids Acquires Anca Damian’s “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”

Gkids has announced it has acquired North American distribution rights for the animated feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale, the new film from director Anca Damian, whose earlier film Crulic: The Path to Beyond, won Annecy’s Cristal Prize for Best Feature in 2012. Marona’s Fantastic Tale premieres in competition at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival today. […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 11, 2019
Gkids Acquires Anca Damian’s “Marona’s Fantastic Tale”

Gkids Picks Up China’s “White Snake”

GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced it has acquired the North American distribution rights for the animated feature White Snake, which premieres in competition at the Annecy Int’l Animated Film Festival this week. GKIDS will release the film theatrically this fall in both original Chinese and a […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 10, 2019
Gkids Picks Up China’s “White Snake”

Gkids to Releasing “Bunuel In The Labybrith Of The Turtles” For Academy Consideration

GKIDS has announced it will release Salvador Simó’s Bunel In The Labyrinth of the Turtles on August 16th in Los Angeles. The film, based on a Spanish graphic novel, will be screening in competition at the Annecy Festival next week. A rare and unusual meditation on the nature of art and the torment of the […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 10, 2019
Gkids to Releasing “Bunuel In The Labybrith Of The Turtles” For Academy Consideration

GKids Aquires Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering With You”

GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced it has acquired North American distribution rights for the animated feature Weathering With You, the new film from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, whose previous film Your Name set box office records in Japan and around the world ($360 […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|May 24, 2019
GKids Aquires Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering With You”

GKids Picks Up “Another Day Of Life”

GKIDS has announced it acquired North American distribution rights for the adult-targeted animated feature Another Day Of Life. GKIDS will release the film theatrically in 2019. Based on famed author and journalist Ryszard Kapuściński’s book of the same name, and directed by Raúl De La Fuente and Damian Nenow, Another Day Of Life was an […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|May 8, 2019
GKids Picks Up “Another Day Of Life”

Gkids Opens Anime “Okko’s Inn” in LA

GKIDS will theatrically release Okko’s Inn in LA on April 26th at the Laemmle Glendale (207 N Maryland Ave, Glendale, CA 91206). The latest feature from famed anime studio Madhouse and director Kitaro Kosaka, who was a key animator on numerous classic films at the venerable Studio Ghibli, seamlessly blends immersive, idyllic landscapes with the […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|April 10, 2019
Gkids Opens Anime “Okko’s Inn” in LA

OFFICIAL TRAILER: Cartoon Saloon’s “Wolfwalkers”

Here’s the full, official trailer for the upcoming Apple Original Film, Wolfwalkers, the critically-acclaimed animated feature film directed by two-time Academy Award-nominated director Tomm Moore and director Ross Stewart. The film is co-produced by the award-winning animation studios Cartoon Saloon and Melusine Productions and will be released in theaters nationwide on November 13th by GKIDS […]