GKIDS

GKIDS 4K Blu-ray is a sharpened upscale. Caps

GKIDS 4K Blu-ray

GKIDS 4K Blu-ray has a true lossless English dub and correct volume levels for the Japanese audio

GKIDS has correct English subtitles that change a few lines from the director-approved dubtitles, to match with the Japanese dialogue better while still remaining true to director Michael Arias' intent. The corrected GKIDS subtitles are director-approved.

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray / US GKIDS Blu-ray

US GKIDS Blu-ray for the Amazon English dub

US OOP Funimation Blu-ray for the older Funimation English dub

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray is an upscale, but has less compression artifacts, it also includes the theatrical cut (:1.0) and the DVD cut (:1.01) on standard Blu-ray as bonuses.

Italy Dynit Blu-ray

US GKIDS Blu-ray for Japanese audio and Bandai Entertainment USA dub

OOP US ADV DVD for ADV dub

2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray

Japanese audio: 2014 Japan Hayao Miyazaki boxset Studio Ghibli Blu-ray has 6.1 discrete

English audio: Cinema DTS-ES, 2010 US Disney Blu-ray as an alternative

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray / US GKIDS Blu-ray

US GKIDS Blu-ray for the Amazon English dub

US OOP Funimation Blu-ray for the older Funimation English dub

Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray is an upscale, but has less compression artifacts, it also includes the theatrical cut (:2.0) on standard Blu-ray as a bonus.

4K restoration shown in cinemas in 2026, no home release yet

2021 Japan Studio Ghibli box set Blu-ray

Japanese audio: 2021 Japan Studio Ghibli box set Blu-ray/2011 Japan standalone Blu-ray

US English dub: 2012 US Disney Blu-ray/2017 US GKIDS Blu-ray/2012 Japan North American Edition Blu-ray

UK English dub: 2012 Japan North American Edition Blu-ray

The UK Blu-ray has some audio issues, so the North American Edition Blu-ray from Japan is chosen for the UK English dub despite being lossy.

Italy Dynit Blu-ray

Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray or US Disney/GKIDS Blu-ray

US Disney Blu-ray has alternate "simplified" subtitles compared to the translation used in the Japan Studio Ghibli Blu-ray and the US GKIDS Blu-ray

Caveat: Songs are only in Japanese, even with the English dub selected.

JP Toho 4K Blu-ray for the alternate Japanese audio with English songs, and US OOP Funimation Blu-ray for the English dub with English songs

US GKIDS/Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray

(US GKIDS 4K Blu-ray has a higher bitrate than the Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray, but improvements are minimal, if visible.)

Most international releases have a green tint. Only the Japan Toho and US GKIDS releases have no such issues.

> France 4K Blu-ray > Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray; caps

US disc includes original Japanese intertitles, as well as stylized English translations for all of them, both burned-in.

US Toho/GKIDS 4K Blu-ray has no limiting, unlike other releases.

US Toho/GKIDS 4K Blu-ray has a new English dub, different from the old Funimation US Blu-ray

Italy Dynit Blu-ray

4K Blu-ray is an inferior upscale that is oversharpened and overexposed HDR.

US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. 4K Blu-ray for both the original Japanese and the Amazon English dub

US GKIDS/UK Anime, Ltd. 4K Blu-ray has higher bitrate and better encoding than the Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray. Japan King Records 4K Blu-ray on the box set has inferior encoding, but includes the theatrical (:3.0+1.0) and streaming (:3.0+1.01) cuts on standard Blu-ray as bonuses.

US GKIDS Blu-ray for both original French audio and English dub

Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray

US GKIDS 4K Blu-ray

2026 Japan Avex Blu-ray

The 4K Blu-ray is an upscale with strong sharpening. Caps

2026 Japan Avex 4K Blu-ray

Includes original 5.1 and an Atmos remix. The HD disc only includes 5.1.