GKIDS recently announced that Mamoru Hosoda 4K UHD releases will be arriving soon. In partnership with Shout! Studios, the company aims to release 4K UHD versions of Hosoda’s early works. The first title to be re-released is Summer Wars on April 1 of this year, with Wolf Children coming on August 5.
About Mamoru Hosoda 4K Releases
GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world, announced today that beginning in 2025, it will issue in partnership with Shout! Studios all-new 4K UHD releases of award-winning director Mamoru Hosoda’s early film catalog.
The first titles in the series to receive a reissue are Oscar-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda’s seminal 2009 feature Summer Wars, and critically lauded 2012 hit 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, 2025, and Wolf Children on August 5, 2025. Both titles are now available for preorder.
Summer Wars Pre-Order: gkids.com/films/summer-wars
Wolf Children Pre-Order: gkids.com/films/wolf-children

Bonus Features – Summer Wars
- 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
Last year, GKIDS announced it had acquired the North American distribution rights to the Mamoru Hosoda catalog of films. GKIDS previously released the Academy Award®- and Golden Globe-nominated Mirai (2018), and the critically lauded Belle (2021), which became Hosoda’s highest grossing film to date in North America. The director Mamoru Hosoda’s six features have all been nominated for, and five have been awarded, the Japan Academy Prize for “Animation of the Year.” Hosoda remains the only Japanese animation director outside of the famed Studio Ghibli to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature.
With Mamoru Hosoda’s catalog getting re-released, these titles are the perfect complement to GKIDS’ recent Studio Ghibli 4K titles. Stay tuned for more anime and manga news here on Miso!