GKIDS
American animated films distributor
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| October 15 2024 | Toho announces intent to acquire GKIDS for an undisclosed amount, with plans to make the company a subsidiary of Toho International. |
| March 2022 | GKIDS announces license to Makoto Shinkai's earlier works: Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Centimeters per Second, and Children Who Chase Lost Voices, scheduled for home video release in 2022. |
| February 2022 | GKIDS and Tubi (Fox Corporation) enter into a content partnership deal. |
| 2020 | GKIDS partners with TMS Entertainment to handle American and Canadian release of Lupin III: The First, a 3DCG film adaptation of the Lupin the Third franchise. |
| October 2020 | GKIDS announces license to Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series and films Death (True)2 and The End of Evangelion for release in 2021. |
| September 2020 | GKIDS re-issues The Wind Rises. |
| 2017 | GKIDS launched Studio Ghibli Fest in partnership with Fathom Events, hosting annual theatrical screenings of Studio Ghibli films (except in 2020). |
| July 17 2017 | GKIDS acquires North American home media rights to the Studio Ghibli library (except Grave of the Fireflies and The Wind Rises), with plans to re-issue films starting in October. |
| 2016 | GKIDS handles first-time North American releases of Studio Ghibli films Only Yesterday and Ocean Waves. |
| 2015 | GKIDS manages North American distribution of Studio Ghibli film When Marnie Was There. |
| 2014 | GKIDS manages North American distribution of Studio Ghibli film The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. |
| 2013 | GKIDS manages North American distribution of Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill. |
| September 2011 | GKIDS acquires North American theatrical distribution rights to the Studio Ghibli library from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. |
| 2010 | GKIDS receives national recognition with The Secret of Kells, which is nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 82nd Academy Awards. |
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