The set of films from the award-winning director kicks off with ‘Summer Wars’ and ‘Wolf Children,’ coming in 4K UHD SteelBook, standard Blu-ray, and on digital download-to-own platforms on April 1 and August 5.
GKIDS has partnered with Shout! Studios to issue all-new 4K UHD releases of award-winning director Mamoru Hosoda’s early film catalog.
The first titles in the series of reissues are the 2009 feature, Summer Wars and the 2012 feature, Wolf Children. The new home entertainment releases will be presented with brand new artwork in a 4K UHD SteelBook version, a standard Blu-ray issue, and on digital download-to-own platforms. New issues for Summer Wars will be released on April 1, and Wolf Children on August 5. Both titles are now available for preorder.
Summer Wars bonus features include:
- Interviews with the Original Cast - Ryunosuke Kamiki (Kenji Koiso)
- Interviews with the Original Cast - Nanami Sakuraba (Natsuki Shinohara)
- Interviews with the Original Cast - Mitsuki Tanimura (Kazuma Ikezawa)
- Interviews with the Original Cast - Ayumu Saito (Wabisuke Jinnouchi)
- Interviews with the Original Cast - Sumiko Fuji (Sakae Jinnouchi)
- Interview with Mamoru Hosoda
- Teasers & Trailers
GKIDS acquired the North American distribution rights to the Hosoda catalog last year, and previously released Mirai (2018) and Belle (2021), which became Hosoda’s highest grossing film in North America.
Source: GKIDS
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