GKids, July 2 -- For decades, catching a Studio Ghibli film in a British cinema was a matter of timing and luck. Theatrical releases trickled through without a single distributor holding the full range, home video rights were split across labels, and the Netflix streaming arrangement that covers Ghibli titles outside North America and Japan never extended to what fans who wanted the films on the big screen could get. Beginning this summer, that changes.

all 23 films, across theatrical, home video, television, and digital platforms simultaneously. The first move is an IMAX release of Hayao Miyazaki's 1989 film "Kiki's Delivery Service" on August 21.

It is the first time a single specialist distributor has held the entire Ghibli catalog i...