Out This Week: Flow, Corpse Bride, Aztec Batman and More
Welcome back once again to Out This Week, your weekly new release round-up. New this week is the Oscar-winning animated feature Flow, which comes as a rare animated entry to the prestigious Criterion Collection. Arriving on 4K UHD for the first time this week is stop-motion classic Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. For DC fans there is Aztec Batman: Clash Of Empires. And lastly (but not leastly) anime fans are well served with the likes of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Bartender: Glass Of God and Amazing Nurse Nanako.
UK fans also get the Corpse Bride, in Steelbook, Special Edition and Standard edition flavours. Also new this week is the latest from Pixar, Elio. Meanwhile, MVM Entertainment release anime title Magical Girl Site.
All information correct to the best of our knowledge and is subject to change.
UK Releases For September 22, 2025
Corpse Bride 4K (Warner Bros., PG) "Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colourful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love."
FORMATS: 4K UHD Steelbook, 4K UHD Steelbook Collector's Edition, 4K UHD, Digital
Elio (Disney, PG) "11-year-old Elio finds himself transported across the galaxy and mistaken for the intergalactic Ambassador for planet Earth."
FORMATS: 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital
Magical Girl Site (MVM Entertainment, 18) "Bullied by other girls at school and abused by her brother at home, Aya Asagiri's life has become so bleak that she's contemplating killing herself just to escape. Then a strange site on the internet promises to make her a magical girl and the consequences prove beyond terrifying when a toy gun left in Aya's locker kills one of her bullies! Being a murderer isn't the worst part of Aya's new situation, however, as it turns out that there have been other Magical Girls before Aya, and someone has been systematically hunting them down, killing them and taking their magical artifacts! Together with her classmate Tsuyuno, Aya must now track down the other magical girls and discover who is murdering them and why… all before an ominous counter finishes a deadly countdown on the Magical Girl Site!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
US Releases For September 23, 2025
Amazing Nurse Nanako (Media Blasters, NR) "Nanako is a sexy apprentice nurse and housekeeper at the home of Dr. Ogami Kyoji, considered the world's greatest surgeon, scientist, and bioengineer. Aside from the crazy and dangerous antics and experiments in the laboratory and in outer space, where Nanako and Ogami interact with a cast of wild characters, global conspiracies are running rampant that seem to target Nanako. She starts to discover that there’s more to her mysterious identity than she could ever imagine!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Aztec Batman: Clash Of Empires (Warner Bros., R) "At the time of the Aztec empire, tragedy strikes Yohualli Coatl, a young Aztec boy, when his father is murdered by Spanish conquerors. To warn King Moctezuma and his high priest, Yoka, of imminent danger, Yohualli escapes to Tenochtitlán. There, he trains in the temple of the bat god Tzinacan with his mentor, developing equipment and weaponry to confront the Spanish invasion and avenge his father's death. Along the way, he encounters key figures like the fierce Jaguar Woman and the enchanting Forest Ivy."
FORMATS: 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital
Bartender: Glass of God (Crunchyroll LLC, TV-14) "Tucked away in the streets of Tokyo lies a quiet bar, Eden Hall. While many troubled souls walk through its doors, they all leave renewed after a glass poured by Ryu - a brilliant bartender who knows how to pair the right drink with the right words."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Corpse Bride 4K (Warner Bros., PG) "Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love."
FORMATS: 4K UHD Steelbook, 4K UHD
Flow (includes "Away) (Criterion, PG) "Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences."
FORMATS: 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, DVD
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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Part 2 (Crunchyroll LLC., TV-14) "Frieren and Fern take a magic exam in order to enter the Northern Plateau. Not only is the test notorious for killing more people than it passes, it requires the one thing that can defeat even the most powerful elf: teamwork. May the era of humans begin"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Grimoire Of Zero: Complete Collection (Sentai Filmworks, TV-14) "Like most Beastfallen, the half-tiger Mercenary hates witches, but when he's rescued by an odd young woman who turns out to be the witch Zero, he finds himself agreeing to help the annoying magic user search for a missing grimoire. That, unfortunately, means that they could be stuck together for a long time, which becomes increasingly uncomfortable as she inexplicably thinks his feline form is a nice place to nap on! Still, if they succeed, she’ll make him human, and as the book contains secrets that could destroy the world, can he really afford to not join her quest for the Grimoire of Zero?"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability: Season 1 (Crunchyroll LLC, TV-14) "Without royal lineage, even the most skilled mage struggles with spell casting. But after sudden death, a passionate sorcerer is reborn as Lloyd, the seventh prince. Now with his knowledge and royal blood, Lloyd will master all that magic has to offer."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You Season 2 (Crunchyroll LLC., TV-14) "Nasa and Tsukasa's newlywed life gets more adorable every day! Between hijinks like a hot spring honeymoon, becoming cat parents, and decoding what different kisses mean, they'll figure out love, intimacy, happiness - and how to stop blushing about it."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Upcoming Releases
All dates subject to change.
Ergo Proxy [UK] September 29
Isle Of Dogs (Criterion Collection) September 30
Castlevania: The Complete Series September 30
Blue Lock Episode Nagi September 30
My Life As A Zucchini September 30
Touche Turtle and DumDum September 30
Odd Taxi October 07
Peanuts: Ultimate TV Special Collection October 7
Robot Chicken: complete series October 7 (DVD)
Spice and Wolf; Merchant Meets The Wise Wolf October 7
The Bad Guys 2 October 7
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time October 7
The Dark Crystal 4K Steelbook October 7
Light Of The World October 14
Bill Plympton's Mutant Aliens October 14
The Story Of Hong-Gil Dong October 14
Treasures Of Soviet Animation October 14
Arcane Season 2 4K/ Arcane Season 2 Blu-Ray/ Collector's Edition October 21
Appleseed October 21
Evangelion 1.11 You Are Not Alone October 21
Evangelion 2.22 You Can Not Advance October 21
Appleseed October 21
Robotech: The Macross Saga October 21
Spy Family Season 1 October 21
One Piece Collection's 1 and 2 (DVD) October 21
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners October 23
Cyborg 0009 Vs Devilman October 28
Darkstalkers: The Animated Series October 28
Golden Boy October 28
Shin Chan: Complete Edition October 28
Smurfs October 28
Urotsukidoji: The Sequels October 28
When They Cry Season 1 October 28
King Arthur and The Knights of Justice October 28
Arcane Season 2 November 03 [UK]
Dragon Ball Super: Broly [steelbook] November 04
Rick and Morty Season 8 November 10 [UK]
Looking For The Moon Part 2 November 11
Attack On Titan: The final season November 11
Rick and Morty Season 8 November 18
My Hero Academia Season Seven, Part Two November 18
Akiba Maid Wars November 18
One Piece Collection 39 November 25
Devilman Crybaby December 09
Azumanga Daioh Complete December 09
Kaiju no. 8 Season 1 December 09
Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba: Hashira Training Arc December 09
Re: Zero Starting Life In Another World Director's Cut December 09
Tom & Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology December 09
Black Jack The Complete OAVs December 16
The Ambition Of Oda Nobuna December 16
The Glassworker December 22 [UK]
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