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IMAX and animation distributor GKids are bringing more 4K Studio Ghibli restorations to the largest screens in 2026. The announcement<\/a> follows the IMAX release of Princess Mononoke <\/em>this year, with the ongoing restorations being directly supervised by Studio Ghibli\u2019s Atsushi Okui, who\u2019s been with the company since 1993.<\/p>\n Okui was the Director of Digital Imaging on 2023\u2019s The Boy and the Heron<\/em><\/a>, which was also the first Ghibli picture to get the IMAX<\/a> treatment. The likes of My Neighbour Totoro <\/em>and Spirited Away<\/em> have also had theatrical re-releases in recent years. GKids heads up distribution in North America for the Japanese animation giant\u2019s films across all platforms, and has been working with IMAX on various projects since 2021.<\/p>\n It sounds like the remaining Ghibli titles set for theatrical IMAX releases in the US will arrive one at a time, and GKids is not saying how many we can expect, or what it\u2019s following Princess Mononoke <\/em>with next year. I did a quick check for notable upcoming anniversaries, and 2026 does mark 40 years of Castle in the Sky<\/em>, but one of the studio\u2019s newer films might be a more obvious guess for a 4K refurb. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n