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Out This Week: Villainess Level 99, Naruto Shippuden, The Kingdom Of Ruin and More

 


Welcome back to another edition of Out This Week- and welcome to a whole new year of animation home releases. It's a fairly quiet start to 2025, with this week's releases including recent anime titles Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside 2, Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord and The Wrong Way To Use Healing Magic.

New to the UK this week is  Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside 2, Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord, The Kingdom Of Ruin, Sound Euphonium, and Re:Zero Starting Life In Another World- Season 2 Part 2.



UK Releases For January 13, 2025



Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside 2 (Crunchyroll LLC, 15) "As Red and Rit settle down in Zoltan, Red’s sister and former hero Ruti joins them in the countryside. But it seems the past isn’t done with them just yet, as Van, a dogmatic hero who lacks empathy, steps into Ruti’s old role and unsettles their quiet life."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray+DVD






Bleach Part 3 (Anime Ltd., 12) "It's Soul Reaper against Soul Reaper as captains Ukitake and Kyoraku face punishment from Head Captain Yamamato. Yoruichi encounters her former subordinate Soi Fon in a deadly battle, while Ichigo struggles to survive his own fight with Captain Byakuya. Meanwhile, Captain Hitsugaya and Rangiku break into Central 46, but they're not alone!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray





Darling In The Franxx: The Complete Season (Crunchyroll LLC.,  12) "The story is set in the distant future. The land is ruined, and humanity establishes the mobile fort city Plantation. Pilots produced inside Plantation live in Mistilteinn, also know as the "birdcage." Children live there knowing nothing of the outside world or the freedom of the sky. Their lives consist of battling to carry out missions. Their enemies are mysterious giant lifeforms known as Kyouryuu, and the children pilot robots called Franxx to face off against them. For the children, riding the Franxx proves their existence."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray






The Kingdoms Of Ruin (Crunchyroll LLC, 18) "Witches were once respected for the wisdom and magic they gifted to humans, until the rise of science. Now they're seen as enemies and a brutal witch hunt begins. Adonis was an apprentice to a witch who fell victim. After her death, he vows to avenge her."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray




Re:Zero Starting Life In Another World- Season 2 Part 2 (Crunchyroll LLC., 15) "As Emilia and Subaru continue to contend with the challenging trials placed before them, so the lines between friend and foe become blurred. Can Subaru find a route forward that will save everyone - and everything - that is close to him? With past and present colliding and battle lines drawn, the stakes have never been higher for Subaru, and new depths of bravery and ingenuity will be required to defeat the beastly foes that he finds himself pitted against."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray







Sound Euphonium Season 1 (Crunchyroll LLC, PG) "Kumiko wasn’t sad after missing nationals in junior high, until her bandmate Reina told her why she should be. Simultaneously scared and inspired by Reina’s commitment, she joins the high school band and decides whether music is just a hobby - or her whole life."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray






Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord - The Complete Season (Crunchyroll LLC., 12) "This college kid wants nothing more than a quiet life. So when she’s reborn as Yumiella, the hidden villainess of an Otome RPG, she’s not exactly thrilled. Still yearning for peace, she abandons her evil duties to live a more discreet life. Until her gamer side kicks in and she accidentally reaches level 99! Now, everyone suspects that she’s the infamous Demon Lord. What future awaits her?"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray





US Releases For January 14, 2025



Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside 2 (Crunchyroll LLC, TV-14) "As Red and Rit settle down in Zoltan, Red’s sister and former hero Ruti joins them in the countryside. But it seems the past isn’t done with them just yet, as Van, a dogmatic hero who lacks empathy, steps into Ruti’s old role and unsettles their quiet life."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray





Naruto Shippuden: Set 5 (Viz Media, TV-14) "Orochimaru is in agony as his body fails him. But when he sets his sights on taking over Sasuke’s body, he finds his new student no easy target! Then Sasuke begins recruiting some of the strongest shinobi in the land to form an unstoppable team. Their first real test comes in the form of the explosive Akatsuki, Deidara! And Jiraiya infiltrates the Hidden Rain Village and faces his old student Pain, who’s learned some new, deadly tricks. Finally, Sasuke goes to collect on an old grudge as he tracks his brother, Itachi, down!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray




Rurouni Kenshin: Complete Boxset Part One (Aniplex, 13+) "During the violent era known as the Bakumatsu, there was an Ishin assassin known only as the Hitokiri Battousai, whose skill and brutality became near legendary in the age of Restoration he helped to build. However, as the time of fighting drew to a close, he vanished without a trace, only to resurface eleven years later as a wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin. Now staying at a kenjutsu dojo maintained by a fiery-tempered woman named Kamiya Kaoru, and surrounded by newfound friends like the streetfighter Sagara Sanosuke, ex-samurai's son Myoujin Yahiko, and the shrewd doctor Takani Megumi, he seeks to carry out his vow to protect the weak without killing in order to atone for the lives he's taken. It's not long, though, before this vow is put to the test, and the shadows of his past return to haunt him and everyone he holds dear."
FORMATS Blu-Ray [Crunchyroll Store Exclusive]






Rurouni Kenshin Complete Boxset Part Two (Aniplex, 13+) " During the violent era known as the Bakumatsu, there was an Ishin assassin known only as the Hitokiri Battousai, whose skill and brutality became near legendary in the age of Restoration he helped to build. However, as the time of fighting drew to a close, he vanished without a trace, only to resurface eleven years later as a wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin. Now staying at a kenjutsu dojo maintained by a fiery-tempered woman named Kamiya Kaoru, and surrounded by newfound friends like the streetfighter Sagara Sanosuke, ex-samurai's son Myoujin Yahiko, and the shrewd doctor Takani Megumi, he seeks to carry out his vow to protect the weak without killing in order to atone for the lives he's taken. It's not long, though, before this vow is put to the test, and the shadows of his past return to haunt him and everyone he holds dear."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray [Crunchyroll Store Exclusive]






Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord - The Complete Season (Crunchyroll LLC., 12) "This college kid wants nothing more than a quiet life. So when she’s reborn as Yumiella, the hidden villainess of an Otome RPG, she’s not exactly thrilled. Still yearning for peace, she abandons her evil duties to live a more discreet life. Until her gamer side kicks in and she accidentally reaches level 99! Now, everyone suspects that she’s the infamous Demon Lord. What future awaits her?"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray





The Wrong Way To Use Healing Magic (Crunchyroll LLC., TV-14) " Usato and the two most popular kids in school are summoned to a new world to defeat a demon lord, except Usato wasn’t in the plan. But after he shows a rare gift for healing magic, a brutal woman trains him to rescue people - by getting him totally jacked."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray



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Upcoming Releases



All dates subject to change.





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