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GKIDS Releases cocoon Digitally, Sets Blu-ray for January 19
GKIDS released cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood, the anime of Machiko Kyo's Cocoon manga, digitally on Apple TV and Prime Video on Tuesday. A Blu-ray Disc release ships January 19.
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Why it matters
The digital and Blu-ray rollout extends a film that already had a theatrical run and festival screenings into home viewing, giving the wartime story a life beyond its limited North American theatrical window.
Key Facts
- GKIDS released cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood digitally on Apple TV and Prime Video on Tuesday.
- The Blu-ray Disc release of cocoon ships on January 19.
- GKIDS screened the anime in North American theaters on September 4 with Japanese audio and English subtitles and with an English dub.
- Yukimitsu Ina directed the anime, kensuke ushio composed the music, and Sasayuri produced it.
- Hikari Mitsushima voices Mayu and Marika Ito voices San.
GKIDS screened the film in North American theaters on September 4 in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub. Yukimitsu Ina directed, kensuke ushio composed the music, and Sasayuri produced.
The home release follows a theatrical run that began September 4 in North America, with both subtitled and dubbed screenings. Before that, the anime's North American premiere was held at JAPAN CUTS on July 10, and the Fantasia International Film Festival is screening the Canadian premiere.
Yukimitsu Ina directed the adaptation of Machiko Kyo's manga, with kensuke ushio composing and Hitomi Tateno, a veteran Studio Ghibli animator, as animation producer. The studio Sasayuri produced. Hikari Mitsushima voices Mayu and Marika Ito voices San.
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