Though HBO Max has been broadly moving away from kids fare, the streamer is strengthening its position as a go-to platform for stateside anime fans.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform has announced that it is adding 20 animated features and live-actioners to its roster as part of an expanded licensing agreement with distributor GKIDS.

The two companies are existing partners, having struck a major pact last year to extend HBO Max’s exclusive US rights to the Studio Ghibli film catalogue, in the wake of The Boy and the Heron winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

Under the new deal, HBO Max will become home to additional titles—starting with a first batch in September. The list includes the North American streaming debut of the 2024 feature Ghost Cat Anzu (featured image), about a tween who meets a ghost feline, and the North American 4K streaming debut of 2016 fantasy hit Your Name, which follows two high schoolers who swap bodies.

The next wave of releases will roll out on the streamer through late 2025 and 2026, including the 2016 live-action hit Shin Godzilla and multiple films from Mamoru Hosoda’s catalogue, which GKIDS scooped up last year—including the 2012 family feature Wolf Children and the 2006 coming-of-age movie The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

As part of a strategy to “focus on stories for adults and families,” HBO Max has been gradually shifting away from kids content in recent years. But this new GKIDS deal is a sign that the streamer is still prioritizing anime in its library, which should help attract the soaring number of young fans of Japanese animation.

The full list of films heading to HBO Max under the new deal is available here.