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GKids to Screen 15 Ghibli Films in NYC This Winter

GKIDS has revealed that it will screen 15 Studio Ghibli films that the company produced between 1984 to 2008 from December 16 through January 12 at the IFC Center in New York City. The film series, which will be screened on new 35mm prints in both subbed and dubbed formats, will feature Only Yesterday and The Ocean Waves, both of which have never had a North American home video release.

The Cartoon Brew website lists the complete lineup for the film series:

• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (subtitled and dubbed)
• Castle in the Sky (subtitled only)
• My Neighbor Totoro (subtitled and dubbed)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (subtitled and dubbed)
• Only Yesterday (subtitled only)
• The Ocean Waves (subtitled and digital only)
• Porco Rosso (subtitled and dubbed)
• Pom Poko (subtitled and dubbed)
• Whisper of the Heart (subtitled and dubbed)
• Princess Mononoke (subtitled and dubbed)
• My Neighbors the Yamadas (subtitled and dubbed)
• Spirited Away (subtitled and dubbed)
• The Cat Returns (subtitled and dubbed)
• Howl's Moving Castle (dubbed only)
• Ponyo (dubbed only)

GKIDS signed a deal with Studio Ghibli to distribute 13 of the studio's anime films from 1984 to 2002 — including Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and Spirited Away — in North America. However, Disney will retain the home video rights to the same films, while GKIDS will hold the theatrical and non-theatrical distribution rights.

[Via Cartoon Brew]