While more details will be coming for it, Universal Home Video has listed the GKIDS anime DVD and Blu-ray releases for the Studio Ghibli film Ocean Waves for release. The film is being planned for separate releases on April 18th, 2017 priced at $29.98 and $34.98 respectively. Similar to the theatrical release, it’s in Japanese only with English subtitles.
Check out our review of the theatrical release where the film did just under $80,000 during its limited run.
Plot Concept: Rarely seen outside of Japan, OCEAN WAVES is a subtle, poignant and wonderfully detailed story of adolescence and teenage isolation. Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year. But they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo whose attitude vacillates wildly from flirty and flippant to melancholic. When Taku joins Rikako on a trip to Tokyo, the school erupts with rumors, and the three friends are forced to come to terms with their changing relationships.
