Studio Ghibli movies will stream exclusively on HBO Max

The entire Studio Ghibli catalog, including award-winning and beloved animated titles like My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Spirited Away, will stream exclusively on HBO Max beginning in 2020.

This marks the first time that movies from Japan’s most famous animation house will be available on a streaming service. The announcement comes just a couple of days after Polygon reported that Ghibli films weren’t going to be made available on any streaming platform. GKids, the company that distributes Studio Ghibli movies in North America, noted that Studio Ghibli “does not make their films available digitally, whether for download or streaming, anywhere in the world.” Prior to today’s announcement, Studio Ghibli movies were only a...

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