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GKIDS
Company type
Private
Industry
Film distribution Animation
Founded
2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Founder
Eric Beckman
Headquarters
225 Broadway, Lower Manhattan, New York City
,
U.S.
Products
Motion pictures
Website
GKIDS Films
GKIDS is an American independent film distributor based in New York City with, according to the Los Angeles Times, a focus on "sophisticated, indie" animation.[1] GKIDS releases mostly hand-drawn,[2] international[1] films—such as the works of Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli[3]—to North American audiences.
GKIDS also distributes computer animated and stop-motion films in addition to hand-drawn ones, as well as American films by independent filmmakers.[4] The name is said to be an acronym for "Guerrilla Kids International Distribution Syndicate".[5]
^ abRebecca Keegan (November 14, 2012). "GKIDS' winning pitch as the go-to market for foreign animated films - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
^"Watch: the power and beauty of hand-drawn animation, in less than 2 minutes". Vox. December 9, 2015. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
^"GKIDS Picks Up Studio Ghibli's 'Only Yesterday' | Animation World Network". Awn.com. August 24, 2015. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
^"Films". GKIDS Films. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^Clement, Nick (June 8, 2017). "GKids' Founder Eric Beckman Champions Independent Voices in Animation". Variety. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
GKIDS releases mostly hand-drawn, international films—such as the works of Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli—to North American audiences. GKIDS also...
feature films. On July 7, 2020, Studio Ghibli's North American distributor GKIDS announced they had acquired the North American distribution rights to the...
Snapped Up By GKIDS". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019. Pineda, Rafael Antonio. "GKIDS Licenses Promare...
reviews, and won the Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival. GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on January 16, 2018, under a new deal...
Disney to GKIDS in 2011. Disney continued to distribute the existing films they owned on home media (as well as The Wind Rises) until 2017, when GKIDS purchased...
Afterwards, in 2013, GKIDS acquired the US and Canadian distribution rights to From Up on Poppy Hill. The film, which Disney passed on to GKIDS due to dealing...
series on Blu-ray. On October 3, 2020, North American anime distributor GKIDS announced it had licensed the original TV series, Death (True)² and The...
bonus content. GKIDS screened the film in the US at Animation Is Film Festival on October 18, 2019, with Makoto Shinkai in attendance. GKIDS also screened...
January 16, 2021. "GKIDS and Fathom Events Bring Masaaki Yuasa's Film Ride Your Wave to Select Movie Theaters Nationwide". GKIDS. January 21, 2020. Archived...
directed by either Miyazaki or Takahata to be released on Blu-ray in America. GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on October 17, 2017, under a new deal...
re-release in the United States by GKIDS on September 6 and 10, 2018, with both English dubbed and subtitled screenings. GKIDS and Shout! Factory released the...
at the Leeds International Film Festival in England. In North America, GKIDS screened the film in Japanese and English language formats in 2022. The...
licensed for North American release by ADV Films and is now licensed by GKIDS. It was one of Makoto Shinkai’s films to be selected to be screened at the...
Shaw. Theatrically released on April 14, 2017, in the United States by GKIDS, it was selected to be screened in the Vanguard section at the 2016 Toronto...
Valley of the Wind. On July 8, 2021, GKIDS licensed the TV series with a new English dub and a 4K restoration. GKIDS released a four-disc Blu-Ray set of...
Festival. Studio Ghibli granted promotional control to GKIDS for the American release, leading GKIDS to adapt a new marketing strategy, including the release...
on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States and Canada on February 22, 2005. GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on November 21, 2017, under a new...
Day, streamed in 2012. The film was also shown in the UK. Cinedigm and GKIDS released the film on Blu-ray and DVD in North America on November 11, 2014...
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