Makoto Shinkai’s Visually Stunning Masterpiece Gets 4K Release Date

North American anime distributor GKIDS has announced a new 4K remaster of Your Name for home video, with the Makoto Shinkai film set to arrive on 4K UHD Steelbook and Blu-ray on August 25, 2026. The release, distributed by Shout! Studios, comes as the movie approaches its 10th anniversary and marks the first-ever 4K Ultra HD product for the film in North America, making it a notable upgrade for longtime fans and first-time buyers alike.

Title	Your Name (Kimi no Na wa.)
Creator	Makoto Shinkai
Production House	CoMix Wave Films
Release Date	August 26, 2016 (Japan)
IMDb Rating (as of June 3, 2026)	8.4/10
Streaming	Crunchyroll, Netflix (selected regions), Max (formerly HBO Max), Prime Video (buy/rent)

Your Name 4K Blu-ray Release Date and Special Features

According to GKIDS, the new edition is available for pre-order now and will be released as both a 4K UHD Steelbook and a standard Blu-ray. The Steelbook release is being positioned as a 4K remaster, while the Blu-ray edition gives fans another way to own the film on physical media without relying on a streaming window.

GKIDS’ store listing confirms the 4K UHD Steelbook ships on August 25, 2026, with the film running 107 minutes and carrying audio options in English and Japanese, plus subtitles in English, English SDH, French, and Spanish.

— GKIDS Films (@GKIDSfilms) June 1, 2026

The announced bonus features are consistent across the 4K UHD Steelbook and Blu-ray. They include a Special TV Program, an interview with Makoto Shinkai, a behind-the-scenes feature on Your Name, a Makoto Shinkai filmography, textless opening credits, and teasers and trailers.

GKIDS’ announcement also emphasizes that this release is intended to let viewers “fully immerse themselves” in the film’s 4K presentation, underscoring the studio’s focus on the movie’s visual detail rather than adding unverified collector extras beyond the listed materials.

Makoto Shinkai’s Masterpiece Remains an Anime Landmark

Nearly a decade after its 2016 release, Your Name still stands as one of Makoto Shinkai’s defining works because it was not only a commercial breakthrough but also a critical one. The film won major honors, including Best Animated Feature Film at the 2016 Sitges Film Festival, multiple Japanese Academy Film Prize in 2017, and the Best Animation category at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Best Animation award in 2016.

Your Name remains one of the highest-grossing original Japanese animated features of all time, with worldwide box office exceeding $358 million. It outperformed later hits like Shinkai’s own Suzume, which did break Your Name‘s opening weekend record by earning 1.88 billion yen ($11.76 million) in the first three days (via Mantan Web Japan). However, it couldn’t touch it’s predeccessor’s total global box office collection.

Your Name became a global phenomenon by pairing a high-concept body-swap premise with deeply emotional storytelling, and GKIDS’ own synopsis highlights the film’s central ideas of intimacy, distance, and fate. Unlike Demon Slayer or Chainsaw Man, which earned record-breaking box office success but come from the manga world, Your Name did all of that without having a prior fanbase.

For fans of Makoto Shinkai and anime film collecting, the August 25 4K Blu-ray release offers a timely opportunity to revisit Your Name in a format designed to better showcase the craftsmanship that made it such a landmark title in the first place.

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Your Name is available on Crunchyroll and Netflix (selected regions), and Max (formerly HBO Max).