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# Studio Ghibli's 'Ocean Waves' Anime Film to Screen in North America Theaters Starting This Month! <img src="http://i.imgur.com/oVkHgN9.png"> Studio Ghibli's (known for its popular anime films Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Princess Mononoke to name a few) film titled Ocean Waves will be screening in North America starting on December 28. This was officially confirmed by the distributor GKIDS. The anime movie will be screened first at the IFC Center in New York. Other US cities will then follow in January 2017. Ocean Waves has never been released in North America even in Home Video. This original 1993 television special along with Ghibli's other film work Grave of the Fireflies were missing in a landmark international distribution deal between Tokuma Shoten and the Walt Disney Company in 1996. Below is the list of the official Ocean Waves screening dates and venues. New York, NY IFC Center December 28, 2016 Toronto, ON TIFF January 3, 2017 Albuquerque, NM Guild Cinema January 6, 2017 Fort Lauderdale, FL TBD January 7, 2017 Kansas City, MO Screenland Armour January 9, 2017 Portland, OR OMSI Empirical Theatre January 11, 2017 Los Angeles, CA American Cinematheque January 12, 2017 Chicago, IL Gene Siskel Film Center January 13, 2017 Denver, CO Denver Film Society January 13, 2017 Santa Ana, CA The Frida cinema January 13, 2017 Tempe, AZ Harkins Valley Art January 13, 2017 Waterloo, ON Princess Cinema January 13, 2017 Atlanta, GA Plaza Theatre January 13, 2017 San Francisco, CA Roxie Theatre January 16, 2017 Fairfax, VA Angelika Mosaic January 17, 2017 Washington, DC Angelika Pop-Up January 17, 2017 Dallas, TX Angelika Dallas January 17, 2017 Plano, TX Angelika Plano January 17, 2017 San Diego, CA Angelika Carmel January 17, 2017 Honolulu, HI Consolidated Theatres Kahalas January 17, 2017 Pittsburgh, PA Row House Cinema January 20, 2017 Vancouver, BC Vancity Theatre January 20, 2017 Columbus, OH Gateway Film Center February 9, 2017 Cleveland, OH Cleveland Cinematheque February 23, 2017 Port Orchard, WA Dragonfly Cinema March 10, 2017 For more information about this film, you can check out <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-14/gkids-to-release-ghibli-ocean-waves-in-n-american-theaters/.109897">Anime News Network</a>