Out This Week: Chang 'An, Project A-ko, Log Horizon and More.
Welcome back to another edition of Out This Week. It's a relatively quiet week for new releases. Crunchyroll release seasons 1-3 of Log Horizon. Anime Limited release three Crunchyroll Store exclusives, I★CHU, Pigtails and Other Shorts and Tokyo Marble Chocolate. Sentai Filmworks release The Kawai Complex Guide To Manors and Hostel Behavior.
In the UK, Dazzler release Chinese epic Chang 'An from Light Chaser Pictures. MVM release anime classic Riding Bean, and Anime Ltd release old-school favourite Project AKO.
UK Releases For July 02, 2025
Chang 'An (Dazzler Media, 12) "A few years after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, the Tubo army attacked the southwest. Gao Shi, who was trapped in the isolated city, recalled his life with Li Bai to the eunuch of the supervising army."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital
Project A-Ko (Anime Ltd., 15) "Project A-ko is the typical love triangle of three school girls and their confrontations with aliens, giant robots, and women who look like burly men."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Riding Bean (MVM Entertainment, 18) "The anime follows one day in the life of Bean Bandit and Rally Vincent, as they find that they have been framed for the kidnapping of Chelsea Grimwood, who is daughter of Mr. Grimwood, President of the Grimwood Company/Grimwood Conglomerate. However, it is Semmerling, by way of various disguises, tricks, and manipulations, who is the real kidnapper — and the real target is Mr. Grimwood himself."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
US Releases For July 03, 2025
I★CHU: Complete Series (Anime Ltd., 12+) "Youths aiming to become full-fledged idols enroll in the Étoile Vio School where the students are called are called IChu. But soon after they begin, Kuma Kocho gets them off to a rocky start with a single phrase…?! As they each work toward their individual goals, their activities as idols make the IChu begin to wonder… “What is an idol?” In their struggle to find an answer, the springtime of the IChu’s lives is whittled out in glittering moments and flashes of brilliance. Their story begins now!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray [Crunchyroll Store Exclusive]
The Kawai Complex Guide To Manors and Hostel Behavior (Sentai Filmworks, TV-14) "The Kawai Boarding House isn’t your typical boarding house, but that’s where Kazunari Usa's ended up while his parents work overseas. Frankly, he’s still not so sure about the place: his new roommate is a pervert and peeping tom, and the weapons-happy landlady and two of the female tenants all have some serious issues to work out. But then, there’s also Ritsu Kawai, who stole Usa's heart the instant he saw her at his new high school. And that alone may just make it worth all the effort it will take to learn the complicated rules of The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors & Hostel Behavior!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Log Horizon Season One (Crunchyroll LLC, TV-14) "Upon the release of the Elder Tales expansion, 30,000 players are transported into the game’s universe. To survive, Shiroe ditches his solo playstyle to form the guild Log Horizon. But in this world, there are real consequences worse than death."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Log Horizon Season Two (Crunchyroll LLC, TV-14) "Months after the Apocalypse, the players of Log Horizon have thrived thanks to food, music, and adventuring. Now in an alliance with other guilds, Shiroe leads a quest for treasure to support the city. But what awaits them is a raid boss unlike any other."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table (Crunchyroll LLC., TV-14) " Shiroe and his friends’ forging of the Round Table has brought order and prosperity to its people. But fracturing alliances and the menace of Genius monsters threaten to destroy all they’ve built. Can faith be restored, or is destruction certain?"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Pigtails: And Other Shorts (Anime Ltd., 15+) "From Production I.G, the legendary animation studio behind Ghost in the Shell and Miss Hokusai, comes a collection of five award-winning and rarely seen short films, directed by some of the best animators from Japan."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray [Crunchyroll Store Exclusive]
Tokyo Marble Chocolate (Anime Ltd., PG) "Yuudai has difficulty expressing his feelings and his girlfriend, Chizuru, has trouble maintaining relationships. Trapped by their insecurities in a relationship thats going nowhere, they drift further and further apart. While Chizuru thinks this is the end of the road, Yuudai struggles desperately to overcome his cowardly nature before he loses what is most important to him. There are two stories to every relationship, but can love survive if they dont meet halfway?"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray [Crunchyroll Store Exclusive]
Upcoming Releases
All dates subject to change.
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
Flow June 30 [UK]
Call Of The Night- Season 1 July 01
Grave Of The Fireflies July 08
NieR Automata Version 1.a Vol. 2 July 08
Romeo's Blue Skies July 15
Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Collection July 15
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian July 22
Small Soldiers 4K July 22
Solo Levelling Season 1 July 22
Momokyun Sword: Complete Collection July 22
Chainsaw Man: Season 1 July 29
Highlander The Animated series July 29
Plus-Sized Elf July 29
RWBY Volume 2 July 29
Wolf Children 4K+ Blu-Ray August 05
Looking For The Full Moon August 12
The Concierge August 12
Vampire Hunter D August 12
Metal Skin Panic Madox 01 September 16
Isle Of Dogs (Criterion Collection) September 30
