GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced today that it has acquired the North American distribution rights for a slate of films from internationally acclaimed director Masaaki Yuasa. The deal includes the cult classic MIND GAME as well as Yuasa's two new feature films, LU OVER THE WALL and NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL.
GKIDS will release all three films theatrically in their original Japanese language, and will also create a new English dubbed version for LU OVER THE WALL, which is slated to premiere at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. They will all be released in 2018.
