The Movie opens in Japan next week, but they had a premiere screening during the week for the media, with guests on hand (director, producer, Japanese voice actors and the main girl on screen).

Quote Originally Posted by UltraMarginal View Post
That's becoming more of a thing.
I'm guessing to try to combat piracy.
I thought it would actually increase piracy, as those people who were more likely to buy a physical copy (for them, or more importantly, their kids), would now go find a digital copy if they can't wait the extra two weeks, and prefer not to pay for that digital copy if they intend to get a physical copy. And then later maybe decide not to buy the physical copy now that they have a (free) digital copy.