Entertainment news website Variety reported on Thursday that GKIDS has acquired the United States rights to Mamoru Hosoda’s new Mirai no Mirai (Mirai of the Future) anime film.
Yohei Takamatsu and Takashi Omori, who Hosoda had previously worked with on The Boy and The Beast, are also returning as art directors for the film.
Comte handled sales on Hosoda’s previous film The Boy and The Beast when he was deputy head of sales at Gaumont.
GKIDS also previously distributed Hosoda’s Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Boy and The Beast films.