Distributor GKIDS has announced that it is bringing Studio Ghibli’s Ocean Waves to the U.S. for the very first time, with the film set for release in a new 4K restoration at the IFC Center in New York from December 28th and one night only at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, before hitting home video formats in Spring 2017.

Ocean Waves was made for Japanese television in 1993, with Tomomi Mochizuki directing, marking the first Studio Ghibli production not to be helmed by co-founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Here’s the poster, followed by the official synopsis and trailer:

Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year. But they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo whose attitude vacillates wildly from flirty and flippant to melancholic. When Taku joins Rikako on a trip to Tokyo, the school erupts with rumors, and the three friends are forced to come to terms with their changing relationships.

Watch the trailer for Ocean Waves here…