HBO MAX and GKIDS have announced a sequel to their partnership (which is the reason we have the Ghibli catalog, as GKIDs distributes their films), with several films supported by GKIDs that join HBO Max on September 1, 2025. The headlines include three films by Makoto Shinkai ("Children Chasing Lost Voices", "The" C "in the Early Days" Akiyuki Shinbo and Noboyuki Takeuchi's "FireWorks," Ayumu Watanabe's "Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko" Nobuhiro Yamashita's "Ghost Cat Anzu," Keiichi Hara's "Lonely Castle in the Mirror," And Even Hideaki Anno's Experimental "Love & Pop."

Later in 2025 and in 2026, HBO Max will also add recognized hits from directors such as Masaaki Yuasa, Satoshi Kon, Mamor Oshii and around Jamada. These include the 4k version of Oshii's "Angel's Egg," Yamada's "The Colors With" and "Liz and the Blue Bird," Masaaki Yuasa's "lu over the wall" and "Mind Game," Mamoru Hosoda's "Wolf Children," The Game WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO WHO " LEAPT THROUGH TIME, "" The Boy and the Beast, "and" Summer Wars, "Hideaki Anno's" Shin Godzilla, "And" Perfect Blue "and" Satoshi's Millennium Actress to ".

Currently, HBO Max does not have a large library with anime titles. When the service started for the first time, there was a bunch of popular anime showing courtesy of partnership with Crunchyroll, but it was before Sonny got the latter, and those titles were slowly removed. However, adding to the GKIDS Library makes HBO MAX more curated experience than what is available to other services, providing a library with specially recognized and prestigious titles that show the medium at best. Indeed, the "Millennium Actress", one of the five Essential anime movies everyone should watch them at least onceBeing part of the deal is already exciting enough before you reach other headlines that fall in the near future.

Overall, this is a huge news for both anime fans and newcomers who want to experience the diversity of the media. It is also an additional proof of how important anime is for forwarding in general.