Out This Week Arcane: League Of Legends, Robot Dreams, Zom 100, and more
Welcome back to another fine edition of Out This Week. We have some long-awaited home entertainment releases finally arriving on disc this week including Riot Games and Netflix's Arcane: League Of Legends, arriving just ahead of the second and final season. Also new this week is Pablo Berger's Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams, old school anime classic Otaku No Video and undead romp Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead.
New in the UK this week is a steelbook 4K edition of Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar winner The Boy And The Heron. Also released are new volumes of One Piece and Naruto, Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon Season IV, The Great Cleric and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.
Release information correct to the best of our knowledge but is subject to change. Affiliate links used where available.
UK Releases For October 7, 2024
The Boy And The Heron 4K Steelbook (Elysian Film Group, 12)"After losing his mother during the war, young Mahito moves to his family’s estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron. When Mahito’s new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into the tower, and enters a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron as his guide, Mahito must uncover the secrets of this world, and the truth about himself."
FORMATS: 4K Steebook
The Great Cleric The Complete Series (Crunchyroll LLC, 12) "Reborn as a healer in a new world, Luciel looks to the Adventurers' Guild to increase his chances of survival. In exchange from extremely rigorous training, he heals his fellow guildmates. However, his actions begin to anger a powerful and corrupt healer."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon IV Part 2 (MVM Entertainment, 15) "Despite recruiting assistance from other Familias, the Hestia Familia's mission to the lowest level of the Dungeon they have ever been to is perched on the brink of disaster. Not only is the team shattered and split, but something is wrong with the Dungeon, as monsters are appearing on levels where they've never appeared before. As a battered Bell and Ryu are pursued across the 37th floor by the monstrous Juggernaut, the rest of the team faces off with the dangerous Amphisbaena on the 27th floor in a battle that not all may survive. The pressure keeps mounting and danger lurks around every tunnel corner!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Season 1 HMV Exclusive (Crunchyroll LLC, 15) "A.S. (Ad Stella) 122― An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry. Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Season 2 HMV Exclusive (Crunchyroll LLC, 15) "A.S. (Ad Stella) 122― An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry. Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Naruto Volume 2 (Anime Ltd., 12) "The little ninja that changed the world finally comes to Blu-ray! Journey back to a simpler time when Naruto was a little scamp pulling pranks and defacing monuments. A social outcast with the dreaded Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit locked inside of him, Naruto's infectious optimism and never-give-up attitude propels him towards the path of greatness. Relive the outrageous beginnings of a generation of ninja that would go on to become legends!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
One Piece: Collection 34 (Crunchyroll LLC, 15) "Luffy pummels wave after wave of powerful enemies, but his hunger strike poses serious problems until Sanji finally shows up. After Nami and co. rescue Brook, the newly reunited Straw Hats make a plan with Bege to assassinate Big Mom. At the wedding, Brook manages to shatter her most precious possession, but when Luffy’s alliance still proves powerless against her, they scramble for an exit plan."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
US Releases For October 8, 2024
Arcane: League of Legends Season One (Shout Factory/ GKIDS) "Set in utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, the story follows the origins of two iconic League champions-and the power that will tear them apart."
FORMATS: 4K Steelbook, Blu-Ray
Castlevania: Nocturne (Viz Media, TV-MA) "France, 1792 - the height of the French Revolution. In a remote part of western France, the counter-revolutionary aristocracy has forged an alliance with a terrifying Vampire Messiah, who promises to ‘eat the sun’ and unleash an army of vampires and night creatures to crush the revolution and enslave humanity. Annette, a sorceress from the Caribbean, seeks out Richter Belmont, last descendant of the long-fabled family of vampire hunters, to lead the resistance."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Classroom For Heroes (Crunchyroll LLC, TV-14) "An elite school for heroes, Rosewood Academy students take their studies seriously. All except for the new student, Blade. A former hero of humanity but lacking common sense, he gains the attention and ire of the Empress of the school, Earnest Flaming!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Otaku No Video (AnimEigo, 13+) "A true treat for true fans of any genre, Otaku No Video ("Fan's Video") is an outrageous "mockumentary" that combines the superb animation that made Gainax one of Japan's best-loved animation studios with truly strange interviews with "real fans." The result is a thinly fictionalized history of Gainax that segues into a truly strange SF adventure. Sit back and enjoy as a small band of Otaku (fans) set out to "Otakunize" the human race!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Ouran High School Host Club The Complete Series (Funimation, TV-14) Welcome to Ouran Academy, where learning comes second to luxury. Fitting in is hard enough for a scholarship kid, but when Haruhi stumbles into debt, there’s only one way out: join the handsome boys of the Host Club. The challenge? Haruhi’s a girl!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Red vs Blue: Restoration (Warner Bros ) "When the universe's greatest villain returns in a terrifying new form, old adversaries, the Reds and Blues of Blood Gulch, will have to set aside their differences to save the galaxy one last time."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Robot Dreams (DCal Releasing) "Dog lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead (Viz Media, TV-MA) "With three years under his belt at the company from hell, Akira Tendo is mentally and physically spent. All at the ripe old age of twenty-four. Even his crush from Accounting, Saori, wants nothing to do with him. Then, just when life is beginning to look like one big disappointment, it happens. The zombie apocalypse descends on Japan! Surrounded by hordes of hungry zombies, Akira comes to a realization that will forever change his life…“Wait, does this mean I never have to go to work again?”Confess to… party like it’s… travel Japan coast to…
Now, with his nightmare job no longer, Akira’s got his mojo back. Let the bucket listing begin!!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Limited Edition
Upcoming Releases
All dates subject to change.
Captain Planet and The Planeteers (DVD) October 15
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Complete Classic Series (DVD) October 15
Afro Samurai Season One October 15
My Hero Academia Season 5 October 15
Vinland Saga Season 2 Volume 2 October 15
Bleach: The Thousand Year War Arc Part 2 October 22
Outlaw Star: The Complete Series October 22
Ninja Scroll Steelbook October 22
Goblin Slayer II October 22
Coraline October 25 [UK]
The Boxtrolls October 25 [UK]
How The Grinch Stole Christmas 4K October 29
The Executioner and Her Way Of Life October 29
Macross Plus Ultimate Edition (Crunchyroll Store Exclusive) October 31
Dragon Ball Super: The Complete Series Nov 5
Dragon Ball Z Complete Series Nov 5
Planetes: Complete Series November 5
South Park: Not Suitable For Children November 5
Samurai Champloo November 5
Megazone 23: The Complete Trilogy November 12
Watership Down 4K November 11 [UK]
Giant Gorg November 26
Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 4 November 26
Parasyte [Steelbook] Nov 26
To Every You I've Loved Before December 3
ParaNorman December 09 [UK]
Kubo And The Two Strings December 09 [UK]
Time Of Eve: Complete Collection December 10
Toxic Crusaders: The Series December 10
Release information is from BluRay.com.