GKIDS has announced a stunning five-film collection featuring the works of Masaaki Yuasa.
GKIDS has announced Masaaki Yuasa: Five Films, a collection of five animated films featuring some of the director’s best known work. The collection is set to be released on December 19, 2023 with distribution from Shout! Studios.
The five films included in the set are: Mind Game, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, Lu Over the Wall, Ride Your Wave and Inu-Oh.
What you’ll find in the collection is teased in the video below.
Along with those films comes a slew of special features, some never before seen, listed below:
SPECIAL FEATURES
- English-language dub of The Night is Short, Walk On Girl for the first time on Blu-ray
- Two short films by Masaaki Yuasa: Happy Machine (2007), and Kick-Heart (2013)
- Filmmaker commentaries for MIND GAME, Lu Over the Wall, and INU-OH
- Scene breakdowns and commentaries from each feature film
- Masaaki Yuasa draws characters from MIND GAME, Lu Over the Wall, and INU-OH
- Filmmaker interviews about Lu Over the Wall, The Night is Short, Walk On Girl, and INU-OH
- A Night Out with Yuasa: An exclusive interview with Masaaki Yuasa at a Los Angeles speakeasy, where he discusses his inspirations, favorite type of restaurants, perfect vacation, dancing, and more
- A 60-page book featuring an essay by Emily Yoshida and excerpts from Masaaki Yuasa’s sketchbooks
- And more!
