Netflix announced on September 9 that it will stream Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron anime film globally outside the U.S. and Japan on October 7.
The film opened in Japan in July 2023, and sold 1.003 million tickets and earned about US$13.2 million in its first three days in Japan.
An additional 22 Studio Ghibli titles will continue to stream globally on Netflix as part of the deal.
The film began streaming on Max in the U.S. on September 6.