IMAX and animation distributor Gkids brings more 4K studio ghibli restorations to the biggest screens in 2026. advertisement following the IMAX release of Princess Mononoke This year, with the ongoing restoration directly supervised by Studio Ghibli Okui, who has been with the company since 1993.

Okui is the Director of Digital Imaging in 2023’s The boy and the heronwhich was also the first grandli photo to capture the Imax treatment. The likes of My totoro neighbor and casualty there have also been theatrical releases in recent years. Gkids is leading the distribution in North America for the Philippines of the Japanese Giant on all platforms, and has been working with IMAX on various projects since 2021.

It looks like the rest of the ghibli titles slated for imax releases at teatrox are coming at once, and Gkids isn’t quite what we expect, or what we’re after. Princess Mononoke with next year. I did a quick check for upcoming anniversaries, and 2026 marks 40 years of Castle in the skybut one of the Studio’s new films is perhaps a more obvious assumption for a 4K prefurb. Time will tell.