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Last week, The Criterion Channel announced that the streaming service will receive a new Anime section in August, alongside the arrival of several classic films. Specifically, it will feature Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995), Madhouse’s Redline, Satoshi Kon’s Paprika, and the cult film Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat In Space.

Currently, the streamer has six anime films: Naoko Yamada and Kyoto Animation’s brilliant coming-of-age film, Liz and the Blue Bird, alongside Makoto Shinkai’s two oldest features, 5 Centimeters per Second and The Place Promised in Our Early Days, alongside three of his shorts.

Of the four movies added, Paprika is a very understandable choice due to its popularity among cinephiles. Satoshi Kon has often been described as one of the most talented anime film directors of all time, with movies like Inception and Black Swan drawing clear inspiration from his oeuvre. Meanwhile, Ghost in the Shell has a similar degree of influence over culture, with the Wachowski sisters describing it as a strong influence on The Matrix films.

While Redline is a slightly more surprising choice, its visual creativity makes it a maximalist treat. Lastly, there’s Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat In Space, a deep cut that follows an anthropomorphic cat in a cyberpunk world. It will be interesting to see if the inclusion of these films is a small blip on the service or if Criterion will continue to add more anime films down the line.