GKIDS: First Look at New 4K Restoration of Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service
HomeGKIDS: First Look at New 4K Restoration of Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service
Posted February 23, 2026 07:18 PM by Webmaster
GKIDS will introduce an all-new 4K restoration of Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) in the United States and Canada on March 13. The 4K restoration will be screened will premiere in theaters and IMAX venues with the original Japanese track with English subtitles and an original English dub track.
The label has not yet revealed a preliminary release date for upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases.
Also included with this article is an exclusive new theatrical poster.
Description: First released in 1989, KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE is one of Director Hayao Miyazaki's most adored features from Studio Ghibli. The hand-drawn, animated feature, based on the novel by Eiko Kadono, is produced, written, and directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, and features a musical score from Miyazaki's long-time collaborator, the renowned composer Joe Hisaishi. The new 4K remaster highlights the great thought and care put into every frame of the film, celebrating the authentic craftsmanship of Studio Ghibli's detailed artwork.
The new poster, also revealed today, reflects the studio's commitment to the animated form at the highest level, highlighting an original piece of concept art from celebrated studio veteran and director of the beloved Studio Ghibli feature Whisper of the Heart, Yoshifumi Kondo.
In December, GKIDS and IMAX announced their continued partnership to exclusively debut Studio Ghibli 4K remasters in its theatres following the highly successful 4K remaster of Princess Mononoke earlier in 2025, which became the second-highest-grossing vault release ever for IMAX. Studio Ghibli's own Atsushi Okui, who has been involved in nearly every major Studio Ghibli project since Porco Rosso in 1992, continues to oversee the entire process of remastering these beloved Studio Ghibli classics in 4K for the first time. Okui's most recent credit with the studio was as Director of Digital Imaging on Miyazaki's Academy Award-winning The Boy and the Heron, which was also the first Studio Ghibli film to screen in IMAX format.
The label has not yet revealed a preliminary release date for upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases.
Also included with this article is an exclusive new theatrical poster.
Description: First released in 1989, KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE is one of Director Hayao Miyazaki's most adored features from Studio Ghibli. The hand-drawn, animated feature, based on the novel by Eiko Kadono, is produced, written, and directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, and features a musical score from Miyazaki's long-time collaborator, the renowned composer Joe Hisaishi. The new 4K remaster highlights the great thought and care put into every frame of the film, celebrating the authentic craftsmanship of Studio Ghibli's detailed artwork.
The new poster, also revealed today, reflects the studio's commitment to the animated form at the highest level, highlighting an original piece of concept art from celebrated studio veteran and director of the beloved Studio Ghibli feature Whisper of the Heart, Yoshifumi Kondo.
In December, GKIDS and IMAX announced their continued partnership to exclusively debut Studio Ghibli 4K remasters in its theatres following the highly successful 4K remaster of Princess Mononoke earlier in 2025, which became the second-highest-grossing vault release ever for IMAX. Studio Ghibli's own Atsushi Okui, who has been involved in nearly every major Studio Ghibli project since Porco Rosso in 1992, continues to oversee the entire process of remastering these beloved Studio Ghibli classics in 4K for the first time. Okui's most recent credit with the studio was as Director of Digital Imaging on Miyazaki's Academy Award-winning The Boy and the Heron, which was also the first Studio Ghibli film to screen in IMAX format.
