Out This Week: 'Devilman' 'Mind Game' 'Bakuon' and More
It's a quiet week for new animation home entertainment releases in the UK, with a trio of new anime releases joined by a re-packaged edition of The Iron Giant. In the US meanwhile, it's a different story. Discotek Media have resurrected a pair of old-school anime OAV (original animation video) series with the infamous Devilman joined by Angel Cop. There's more classic anime in the form of Aura Battler Dunbine, Escaflowne and Pyscho-Pass also getting shiny new editions. Masaaki Yuasa's acclaimed feature Mind Game is also available Stateside for the first time.
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UK DVD and Blu-Ray Releases For August 27, 2018
Aoharu x Machinegun (Anime Limited, 15) Anime action series.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray, DVD
Asterisk War Part One (MVM, 12) Sci-fi anime.
FORMATS: DVD
Bakuon! Collection (MVM, 15) Anime following the girls of a high-school motorcycle club
FORMATS: Blu-Ray, DVD
Iron Giant, The (Warner Bros. 12)* Brad Bird's 1999 classic in a new edition
FORMATS: Blu-Ray, DVD
US DVD and Blu-Ray Releases For August 28, 2018
18if: The Complete Series (Funimation) Fantasy anime series.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray/DVD Combo
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girls Nuku Nuku (Discotek Media) 90s anime about an android girl (from the creator of 3x3 Eyes) will the brain of a cat. Standard definition Blu-Ray.
FORMATS: SD Blu-Ray
Angel Cop (Discotek Media). Ultra-violent 90's anime OAV series.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Aura Battler Dunbine: Complete Collection (Sentai Filmworks) Old-school mech anime.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Code Geass: The Complete Series (Funimation) Noughties sci-fi anime from Sunrise.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Devilman: The Complete OAV Series (Discotek Media) The 1987-1990 video series based on Go Nagai's manga classic- complete with the infamous 90s Manga Video dub.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Freedom Fighters: The Ray (Warner Bros) DC animated superhero movie.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Combo, DVD, Digital
LEGO DC Super Heroes: Aquaman - Rage of Atlantis (Warner Bros.) Family fun.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital combo, DVD, Digital
Little Vampire, The (Universal) CG animated adaptation of the children's book series (previously adapted as a live-action TV series and most famously a movie).
FORMATS: DVD, Digital
Mind Game (Shout Factory) Feature from Masaaki Yuasa.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray/DVD Combo
My First Girlfriend Is A Gal (Funimation) Anime rom-com.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray/DVD Combo
No Game, No Life Zero (Sentai Filmworks) Feature films spin-off of the anime series.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray, DVD
Psycho-Pass: Season One (Classics)* (Funimation) Cyber-punk series from Production IG and Gen Urobuchi.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray + Digital Combo
Vision of Escaflowne: The Complete Series, The (Funimation) The complete box-set of the classic fantasy anime.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray + Digital Combo
