{"id":29531,"date":"2025-04-20T14:57:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T18:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29531"},"modified":"2025-04-24T01:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:13:14","slug":"studio-ghbli-fest-2025-lineup-schedule-announced-for-studios-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29531","title":{"rendered":"Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 Lineup &#038; Schedule Announced for Studio\u2019s 40th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">\u00a9<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Studio Ghibli<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In celebration of Studio Ghibli&#8217;s 40th anniversary, GKIDS and Fathom Entertainment are teaming up to bring eight of their critically acclaimed animated movies back to U.S. theaters for their annual Studio Ghibli Fest 2025. The limited theatrical event will take place from May until November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFathom has enjoyed many years of great success collaborating with GKIDS for Studio Ghibli Fest 2025, and we applaud Studio Ghibli\u2019s 40th anniversary. Loyal fans join us in celebrating its curation of iconic Japanese animation content and bringing it to the big screen,\u201d Fathom Entertainment CEO Ray Nutt said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cFathom has become synonymous with the cinematic theatrical experience for specialized content \u2013 both feature films and alternative, non-traditional programming. Studio Ghibli Fest is a shining example of the power of celebrating great content in theatres and we are thrilled to partner once again in 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cGKIDS is thrilled to return once again with an annual event celebrating one of the most iconic and celebrated animation studios in the world,\u201d GKIDS president David Jesteadt said. \u201cWe look forward to continued partnership with Fathom Entertainment on another great year of films from Studio Ghibli, including the first-ever national re-release of Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s latest masterpiece, The Boy and the Heron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Here\u2019s the list of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 lineup, as well as its schedule:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Kiki\u2019s Delivery Service<\/strong> \u2013 The 1989 movie was written and directed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/hayao-miyazaki\"><span class=\"s1\">Hayao Miyazaki<\/span><\/a>, based on Eiko Kadono\u2019s novel of the same name. It follows the story of a young witch who starts a flying courier service.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Saturday, May 17 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Sunday, May 18 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Monday, May 19 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tuesday, May 20 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Wednesday, May 21 (DUB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The Secret World of Arrietty<\/strong> (15th Anniversary) \u2013 The 2010 movie was directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, which served as his feature directorial debut. It was co-written by Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, based on Mary Norton\u2019s 1952 novel The Borrowers.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Sunday, June 22 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Monday, June 23 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tuesday, June 24 (DUB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>My Neighbor Totoro<\/strong> \u2013 The 1988 movie was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The story follows two sisters who befriend the wood spirirts after moving to an old house.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Saturday, July 19 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Sunday, July 20 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Monday, July 21 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tuesday, July 22 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Wednesday, July 23 (DUB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Grave of the Fireflies<\/strong> \u2013 The 1988 movie is a historial war drama written and directed by Isao Takahata. It follows the story of siblings Seita and Setsuka, as they try to survive during the final months of the Pacific War.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Sunday, August 10 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Monday, August 11 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tuesday, August 12 (SUB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Ponyo<\/strong> \u2013 The 2008 movie hails from writer-director Hayao Miyazaki. It follows the story of a gold fish who desires to become a human girl after becoming friends with a five-year-old human boy.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Saturday, August 23 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Sunday, August 24 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Monday, August 25 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tuesday, August 26 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Wednesday, August 27 (DUB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Howl\u2019s Moving Castle \u2013<\/strong> The 2004 movie was written and directed by Miyazaki, inspired by the Diana Wynne\u2019s 1986 novel of the same name. The story takes place in a fictional kingdom following a young hat-maker who turns into an elderly woman after suddenly getting cursed by a witch.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Saturday, September 20 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Sunday, September 21 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Monday, September 22 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tuesday, September 23 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Wednesday, September 24 (DUB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Spirited Away<\/strong> \u2013 The 2001 movie is written and directed by Miyazaki. The Oscar-winning animated feature follows a young girl named Sen, who accidentally gets trapped in the spirit world where her parents were transformed into a pigs. In order to save her parents, she must work for a witch at a bathhouse catering to all kinds of spirits.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Saturday, October 18 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Sunday, October 19 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Monday, October 20 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tuesday, October 21 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Wednesday, October 22 (DUB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The Boy and the Heron<\/strong> \u2013 The 2023 movie was written and directed by Miyazaki. The story centers around a young boy who enters a fantasy world with a taking grey heron.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Saturday, November 15 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Sunday, November 16 (DUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Monday, November 17 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tuesday, November 18 (SUB)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Wednesday, November 19 (DUB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Courtesy of Studio Ghibli In celebration of Studio Ghibli&#8217;s 40th anniversary, GKIDS and Fathom Entertainment are teaming up to bring eight of their critically acclaimed animated movies back to U.S. theaters for their annual Studio Ghibli Fest 2025. The limited theatrical event will take place from May until November. \u201cFathom has enjoyed many years&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2842,7596,7593,11222,11537,7597,26783,16943,11535],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 Lineup &amp; Schedule Announced for Studio\u2019s 40th Anniversary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 : GKIDS and Fathom Entertainment are teaming up to bring eight of their animated movies back to U.S.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29531\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 Lineup &amp; 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