GKIDS has positioned itself as the art house indie animation film distributor of foreign films in the US. And somehow they won over Studio Ghibli. US license rights are moving to GKIDS for most of Ghibli's back catalog - Arreity and Ponyo not included.
GKIDS also got the right to release Ghibli's newest film From Up on Poppy Hill to theaters in 2013. Which in some ways is a relief. Disney usually takes years to release a new Ghibli film. And some films it owns the rights to have never been released in the US. I hope GKIDS will correct that.
From what I've read Ghibli produced the English language version of Poppy that will be released in the US. I hope this is up to snuff with the Disney productions. But the ironic part? The home video distribution of From Up on Poppy Hill will be handled by Disney. There's just no getting away from the Mouse House.
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