Boy and the HeronWill Be Studio Ghibli’s First 4K UHD Release

It ’s hard to reckon that some of the mostsumptuous animated moviesever made have yet to be converted and issue in the format , and yet , none of Studio Ghibli ’s exquisite back catalogue has made its manner to 4 K UHD quite yet , even as the pic enjoyregular re - releases in field of operations . That is , until now .

This break of the day GKids annunciate thatThe Boy and The Heronwill get a strong-arm release this June — including , in a first for Ghibli films , a 4 K UHD blu - beam of light . The film will also beavailable digitally day - and - date , with the 4 kB release usable on supported chopine .

apart from the movie itself , the home release will admit several young special features , including a full feature - duration visual storyboard of the film , and a series interviews with composer Joe Hisashi , Ghibli cobalt - founder Toshio Suzuki , and supervising animator Takeshi Honda — as well as the euphony video for the film ’s theme song , “ Spinning Globe . ” So no Miyazaki perceptiveness , alas — but still lots of interesting hooey either way !

Screenshot: GKids/Studio Ghibli

The Boy and The Heron will release on4 K UHD , Blu - Ray , andDVDJune 25 .

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