Here’s a little win for Good Things fans who also subscribe to Max: The Studio Ghibli Collection will continue to stream for the foreseeable future.
Over the past year, media group Warner Bros. Discovery has become a symbol of ruthless restructuring in an already turbulent entertainment landscape. Under CEO David Zaslav, the company has buried films like Warner Bros Batgirl And Coyote vs Acme for Tax purposeslicensed classic HBO content to Netflix and collaborated with Disney and Fox on its creation a sports streaming service
But someone above really loves Hayao Miyazaki’s films. They were deemed important enough to block the Max service.
Max and GKIDS, one of the major animation distributors operating today, made the announcement on Tuesday the 2020 deal which brought the Studio Ghibli library to streaming for the first time – including all of master Hayao Miyazaki’s films – has been re-added as part of a “multi-year agreement”. (A representative for Max declined to provide details of the deal with Polygon.) Films like My neighbor Totoro, Magically gone, kiki’s delivery serviceAnd The story of Princess Kaguya
The announcement also notes that Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film The Boy and the Heron is included in the deal and will premiere on Max “later this year.” Positioned as Miyazaki’s final film, The Boy and the Heron
“It was really difficult to complete this project,” he wrote. “I am very grateful that the work that emerged after overcoming these difficulties has been embraced and received this recognition by so many people around the world.” Both Hayao Miyazaki and I have aged significantly. I am grateful to receive such an honor at my age. And I take this as a message to continue our work and work even harder in the future. Thank you.”
For more on Studio Ghibli’s legacy, check out our guide to the studio’s extensive work.