The Boy and The Beast Comes to 4K UHD for First Time Ever
FROM ACADEMY AWARD®-NOMINATED DIRECTOR
MAMORU HOSODA
THE BOY AND THE BEAST
COMES TO 4K UHD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
BLU-RAY™ AND 4K UHD ARRIVE MARCH 17, 2026
Los Angeles, CA – Academy Award®-nominated* director Mamoru Hosoda's captivating film The Boy and The Beast will be released on Blu-Ray™ and, for the first time ever, on 4K UHD on March 17th, 2026 by GKIDS, with distribution by Shout! Studios. The Boy And The Beast (Limited Edition Steelbook) (4K UHD) will be available as an Amazon exclusive, and The Boy And The Beast Blu-Ray™ will be available for purchase at all major retailers as well as through GKIDS and Shout! Studios.
Special features include “Making Of The Boy and The Beast”, a promotional video collection, cast commentary, key staff commentary, and teasers & trailers.
Kyuta, a young boy living on the streets of Shibuya, is taken in by Kumatetsu, a rough-around-the-edges warrior from the Beast Kingdom, who's been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and discover that master and student each have lessons to share. But when a deep darkness threatens to throw their world into chaos, the bond between this unlikely pair will be put to the ultimate test in this emotional and action-packed epic.
The Boy and The Beast release is part of a series of all-new 4K UHD releases of Hosoda's early film catalog, including the 2006-time travel adventure The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, his seminal 2009 feature Summer Wars, and the critically lauded 2012 hit Wolf Children. One of Hosoda's most recent films, 2021's BELLE, a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media, was also released on Blu-ray™ and 4K UHD by GKIDS with distribution by Shout!.
Hosoda's six feature films have all been nominated for, and five have been awarded, the Japan Academy Prize for “Animation of the Year.” Hosoda remains the only Japanese animation director outside of the famed Studio Ghibli to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature. Hosoda's latest film, Scarlet, will have an exclusive IMAX run beginning February 6 before the fantasy action animated film expands nationwide on February 13 next year.
*Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai was nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Animated Feature” in 2019
About GKIDS
GKIDS is the Academy Award-winning producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world. After an astounding 13 Best Animated Feature nominations, the company took home the Oscar in 2024 for Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's acclaimed feature, The Boy and the Heron. The company's previous nominations include The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and CHiCO & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, Mirai in 2019, Wolfwalkers in 2021, and The Boy and the Heron in 2024.
As a leader of the “animation is film” movement, GKIDS has been instrumental in shaping the landscape for feature animation in the US and globally. GKIDS is the North American home of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli as well as the works of many of the world's top animation filmmakers including Makoto Shinkai (your name., Weathering With You), Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress), Tomm Moore (Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers), Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai, Wolf Children), and many others. Recent and upcoming GKIDS releases include Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg, and All You Need Is Kill from Warner Brothers Japan and Studio 4°C, as well as the groundbreaking hit series DAN DA DAN, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION and Arcane: League of Legends. More recently, GKIDS has begun live action film distribution, including Shin Godzilla from director Hideaki Anno and co-director Shinji Higuchi, and Japan's record-breaking box office phenomenon, Kokuho, which is Japan's official Submission for Best International Feature at the 98th Oscars. GKIDS also produces the annual Ghibli Fest national theatrical event and is the founder and producer of ANIMATION IS FILM, the annual LA-based film festival that has become the premier US showcase for feature animation. www.GKIDS.com @GKIDSFilms
About Shout! Studios
Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment Company, specializes in film and TV distribution, development, and production. The company has evolved with the changing entertainment landscape to excel in all forms of content distribution, including theatrical, digital streaming, broadcast and in-flight licensing, physical media, and more. Shout! Studios owns Gravitas Ventures and manages a portfolio of thousands of feature films, series, anime, animation, and documentaries. The company's creative acquisition mandate has established it as a leading independent distributor, with partners and properties including Aardman Animations, The Carol Burnett Show, GKIDS and Studio Ghibli (including the latest Academy Award® -winning masterpiece from Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron), LAIKA Studios, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Golden Princess movie library, alongside many others. Shout! Studios operates three successful imprints – Shout! Kids for family animation and live-action entertainment, Scream Factory for genre horror films and TV, and Hong Kong Cinema Classics. Shout! Studios also operates the acclaimed streaming service Shout! TV and its family of FAST channels. Shout! Studios produces, acquires, and distributes new films, including Shout! Studios' original film Old Henry (Tim Blake Nelson), acclaimed Western The Dead Don't Hurt (Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps), family comedy A Sudden Case of Christmas (Danny DeVito, Andie MacDowell), and the upcoming Western thriller Killing Faith (Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Bill Pullman). Shout! Studios is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Studios, visit ShoutStudios.com
About Radial Entertainment
Radial Entertainment is a newly formed global entertainment company, operating the FilmRise and Shout! Studios brands, backed by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. As a premier content distribution studio, Radial Entertainment boasts a diverse library of over 70,000 movies and episodes - making it one of the largest independent catalogs in the industry. The company delivers high-quality entertainment across all major consumer platforms, including FAST channels, AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, physical product, theatrical film and more. Its programming spans a wide range of genres, including true crime, reality, animation, action, westerns, award-winning titles, classics, medical, food, U.K. content, cult classics, and horror.
MAMORU HOSODA
THE BOY AND THE BEAST
COMES TO 4K UHD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
BLU-RAY™ AND 4K UHD ARRIVE MARCH 17, 2026
Los Angeles, CA – Academy Award®-nominated* director Mamoru Hosoda's captivating film The Boy and The Beast will be released on Blu-Ray™ and, for the first time ever, on 4K UHD on March 17th, 2026 by GKIDS, with distribution by Shout! Studios. The Boy And The Beast (Limited Edition Steelbook) (4K UHD) will be available as an Amazon exclusive, and The Boy And The Beast Blu-Ray™ will be available for purchase at all major retailers as well as through GKIDS and Shout! Studios.
Special features include “Making Of The Boy and The Beast”, a promotional video collection, cast commentary, key staff commentary, and teasers & trailers.
Kyuta, a young boy living on the streets of Shibuya, is taken in by Kumatetsu, a rough-around-the-edges warrior from the Beast Kingdom, who's been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and discover that master and student each have lessons to share. But when a deep darkness threatens to throw their world into chaos, the bond between this unlikely pair will be put to the ultimate test in this emotional and action-packed epic.
The Boy and The Beast release is part of a series of all-new 4K UHD releases of Hosoda's early film catalog, including the 2006-time travel adventure The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, his seminal 2009 feature Summer Wars, and the critically lauded 2012 hit Wolf Children. One of Hosoda's most recent films, 2021's BELLE, a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media, was also released on Blu-ray™ and 4K UHD by GKIDS with distribution by Shout!.
Hosoda's six feature films have all been nominated for, and five have been awarded, the Japan Academy Prize for “Animation of the Year.” Hosoda remains the only Japanese animation director outside of the famed Studio Ghibli to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature. Hosoda's latest film, Scarlet, will have an exclusive IMAX run beginning February 6 before the fantasy action animated film expands nationwide on February 13 next year.
*Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai was nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Animated Feature” in 2019
About GKIDS
GKIDS is the Academy Award-winning producer and distributor of artist-driven and award-winning animation from around the world. After an astounding 13 Best Animated Feature nominations, the company took home the Oscar in 2024 for Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's acclaimed feature, The Boy and the Heron. The company's previous nominations include The Secret of Kells in 2010, A Cat in Paris and CHiCO & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in 2014, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was There in 2016, My Life as a Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, Mirai in 2019, Wolfwalkers in 2021, and The Boy and the Heron in 2024.
As a leader of the “animation is film” movement, GKIDS has been instrumental in shaping the landscape for feature animation in the US and globally. GKIDS is the North American home of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli as well as the works of many of the world's top animation filmmakers including Makoto Shinkai (your name., Weathering With You), Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress), Tomm Moore (Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers), Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai, Wolf Children), and many others. Recent and upcoming GKIDS releases include Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, Mamoru Oshii's Angel's Egg, and All You Need Is Kill from Warner Brothers Japan and Studio 4°C, as well as the groundbreaking hit series DAN DA DAN, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION and Arcane: League of Legends. More recently, GKIDS has begun live action film distribution, including Shin Godzilla from director Hideaki Anno and co-director Shinji Higuchi, and Japan's record-breaking box office phenomenon, Kokuho, which is Japan's official Submission for Best International Feature at the 98th Oscars. GKIDS also produces the annual Ghibli Fest national theatrical event and is the founder and producer of ANIMATION IS FILM, the annual LA-based film festival that has become the premier US showcase for feature animation. www.GKIDS.com @GKIDSFilms
About Shout! Studios
Shout! Studios, a Radial Entertainment Company, specializes in film and TV distribution, development, and production. The company has evolved with the changing entertainment landscape to excel in all forms of content distribution, including theatrical, digital streaming, broadcast and in-flight licensing, physical media, and more. Shout! Studios owns Gravitas Ventures and manages a portfolio of thousands of feature films, series, anime, animation, and documentaries. The company's creative acquisition mandate has established it as a leading independent distributor, with partners and properties including Aardman Animations, The Carol Burnett Show, GKIDS and Studio Ghibli (including the latest Academy Award® -winning masterpiece from Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron), LAIKA Studios, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Golden Princess movie library, alongside many others. Shout! Studios operates three successful imprints – Shout! Kids for family animation and live-action entertainment, Scream Factory for genre horror films and TV, and Hong Kong Cinema Classics. Shout! Studios also operates the acclaimed streaming service Shout! TV and its family of FAST channels. Shout! Studios produces, acquires, and distributes new films, including Shout! Studios' original film Old Henry (Tim Blake Nelson), acclaimed Western The Dead Don't Hurt (Viggo Mortensen, Vicky Krieps), family comedy A Sudden Case of Christmas (Danny DeVito, Andie MacDowell), and the upcoming Western thriller Killing Faith (Guy Pearce, DeWanda Wise, Bill Pullman). Shout! Studios is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Studios, visit ShoutStudios.com
About Radial Entertainment
Radial Entertainment is a newly formed global entertainment company, operating the FilmRise and Shout! Studios brands, backed by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. As a premier content distribution studio, Radial Entertainment boasts a diverse library of over 70,000 movies and episodes - making it one of the largest independent catalogs in the industry. The company delivers high-quality entertainment across all major consumer platforms, including FAST channels, AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, physical product, theatrical film and more. Its programming spans a wide range of genres, including true crime, reality, animation, action, westerns, award-winning titles, classics, medical, food, U.K. content, cult classics, and horror.
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