Out This Week: Flow, Rick and Morty: The Anime, Naruto and More
Welcome back to another fine edition of Out This Week, gentle readers! New this week is the Rick and Morty spin-off Rick and Morty: The Anime. Also out is the complete collection of classic cartoon Wacky Races. Also released are anime titles A Place Further Than The Universe, Classroom Of The Elite and Urusei Yatsura: Seasons 3 & 4 Collection.
New to the UK on digital premiere is the Oscar-winning film Flow- available to rent or buy. On Blu-Ray is the feature film The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (available exclusively from Anime Limited).
Release information correct at time of publication and subject to change.
UK Releases For April 28, 2025
Flow (Curzon, U) "When a flood of biblical proportions washes its home away, a solitary cat must seek refuge with a motley crew of animals (including a dog, a capybara, a lemur and a secretarybird), who gradually learn to get along in this endearing, Oscar-nominated animation."
FORMATS: Digital Premiere
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (Anime Ltd. 12) "Urashima Tunnel - Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
US Releases For April 29, 2025
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Naruto Shippuden Set 6 (Viz Media, TV-14) "Armed with a lifetime of anger, Sasuke unleashes his full fury on his brother, Itachi! The grueling battle leaves a weakened Sasuke in the hands of Madara, from whom he learns the true, gut-wrenching story of his brother’s past and the Uchiha Clan! With the flame of revenge reignited, he sets his sights on destroying the Hidden Leaf! Meanwhile, Jiraiya’s fate weighs heavily on Naruto’s young heart, but his sorrow turns to determination as he tries to solve Jiraiya’s mysterious message. Then the unthinkable happens—the godlike Pain passes through the Leaf’s defenses and attacks the village directly!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
A Place Further Than The Universe (Shout Factory, TV-MA) "Mari Tamaki is in her second year of high school and wants to start something. It's then that she meets Shirase, a girl with few friends who's considered weirdo by the rest of the class and nicknamed "Arctic" since it's all she ever talks about. Unlike her peers, Mari is moved by Shirase's dedication and decides that even though it's unlikely that high school girls will ever go to Antarctica, she's going to try to go with Shirase."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Rick and Morty: The Anime (Warner Bros, TV-14) "It's life mostly as usual for the Smith family. Rick relaxes in a pseudo-world between multiverses, Summer helps Space Beth fight the evil Galactic Federation, and Morty falls in love with a mysterious girl. And they’re all an anime."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Urusei Yatsura: Seasons 3 & 4 Collection (Sentai Filmworks, TV-14) "If drooling womanizer Ataru Moroboshi thought his life became complicated when he defeated bikini-clad alien invader Lum and she decided to move in, our human fool hasn’t seen anything yet! Wish-granting bubble gum? Body swapping and time travel? Lum turning into a cow??? In fact, as the third and fourth seasons of Rumiko Takahashi’s remade hit series continues to pile absurd adventure upon absurd adventure, the one thing that becomes clear is that our universe is not just much stranger (and funnier) than we imagine it is, it is, in fact, much stranger (and funnier) than we CAN imagine in Urusei Yatsura Seasons 3 & 4!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Wacky Races: The Complete Series (Warner Bros., NR) "The participants of an unusual car race compete around America."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Upcoming Releases
All dates subject to change.
A Place Further Than The Universe April 29
Urseri Yatsura Seasons 3 & 4 Collection April 29
Rick and Morty: The Anime April 29
Wacky Races: The Complete Series April 29
Bill Plympton's Mutant Aliens April 30
Dream Eater Merry May 06
Lilo and Stitch 4K May 06
Better Man May 13
Nobody's Boy Remi May 13
Masters Of The Universe Revelation/Revolution May 13
Jellyfish Can't Swim In The Night May 13
Vlad Love May 19
Amor Shop For Ladies and Gentlemen May 19
Insomniacs After School May 20
Gods' Games We Play May 20
Angel Heart May 27
The Colors Within May 27
The Day The Earth Blew Up May 27
Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva May 27
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend - Collection 1 May 27
Street Fighter The Animated Series May 27
Riding Bean June 02 [UK]
Chang An June 02 [UK]
Pigtails and Other Shorts June 03
Tokyo Marble Chocolate June 03
I Married A Strange Person June 10
Romeo's Blue Skies June 10
Dan Da Dan+ Collector's Edition June 10
Dungeon People June 10
Towanoquon: Complete Collection June 17
Looney Tunes Collector's Vault Volume 1 (1930-1969) June 17
My Hero Academia Season Seven Part One June 17
Grave Of The Fireflies July 08
Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Collection June 15
Momokyun Sword: Complete Collection July 22
Flow June 30 [UK]
Wolf Children 4K+ Blu-Ray August 05
Release information from BluRay.com
