Out This Week: Lycoris Recoil, Summer Wars 4K, Yandere Dark Elf and More
Welcome back to Out This Week, our weekly round-up of what's new in physical media. In an unusual development, there is just one new animation release in the United States this week. New on Blu-Ray from Sentai Filmworks is the anime title Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All The Way From Another World!
Things are a bit busier in the United Kingdom this week, with four anime titles hitting shelves. Headlining is the rerelease of Mamoru Hosoda's modern classic Summer Wars, including its debut on 4K UHD. Also new is Naruto Shippuden Volume 3, Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 and the Collector's edition of Lycoris Recoil.
All information is correct to the best of our knowledge and is subject to change.
UK Releases For April 27, 2026
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Lycoris Recoil Collector's Edition (MVM Entertainment, 15) "A secret organization that prevents crimes called “DA - Direct Attack”, and their group of all-girl agents known as “Lycoris” keep Japan peaceful and its citizens safe. The elite Chisato Nishikigi is the strongest Lycoris agent of all time. She works alongside the mysterious and talented new agent Takina Inoue at a DA branch called Café LycoReco. Here, the orders this café takes range from coffee and sweets to childcare, shopping, teaching Japanese to foreign students, etc. It's mostly tasks unbefitting of Lycoris. The free-spirited and optimistic pacifist, Chisato. And the cool-headed and efficient Takina. The chaotic everyday lives of this mismatched duo begin!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray''
Naruto Shippuden Volume 3 (Anime Ltd., 12) "Naruto begins training under Kakashi to develop another tool in his arsenal—Wind Chakra! Then a mission takes Kakashi to the Land of Fire, where he uncovers a terrible secret! And danger strikes when a Rogue Ninja named Furido attempts to use the Lightning Style Jutsu of the Guardian Shinobi to rain destruction on the Village Hidden in the Leaves."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 (Crunchyroll, 12) "Since Sunraku started Shangri-La Frontier, he's become a top-tier pioneer in the immersive VR world. Now, to progress the story, he needs an ancient craftsman. To find the necessary tools, he and his party must venture into unknown territory."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Summer Wars (Anime Ltd, 12) "Timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by his secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family's Nagano home for a summer job. Turns out Kenji discovers his "summer job" is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiance, for the celebration of Natsuki's spunky grandmother's 90th birthday. There, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can't resist solving it. As it turns out, his solution creates chaos within the virtual world of OZ, translating into anarchy in real-life."
FORMATS: 4K UHD Steelbook, Blu-Ray
US Releases For April 28, 2026
Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All The Way From Another World! (Sentai Filmworks, TV-MA) "As a Japanese orphan, Hinata Sunohara was a perfect candidate to be isekai’d to another world, but when he beat the Dark Lord, he was sent back to Earth without even a T-shirt for his trouble! Or so he believed until one of his party members, the dark elf Mariabelle, arrives at his home completely naked! Now, some might think having a beautiful elven sorceress as a roommate isn’t such a bad deal… but Mariabelle’ s a DARK Elf who’s infatuated with Hinata, which means that any Earth girls Hinata likes are in for another world’s worth of trouble in Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way from Another World!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Upcoming Releases
Alice in Wonderland 4k May 5
Bloom Into You May 5
GOAT May 5
The Legend Of Hei 2 May 12
The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 May 19
Arco May 19
Looney Tunes Cartoons: The Complete Series May 19
Scarlet May 19
Fleischer Cartoons: Greatest Hits, Volume 1 May 26
Hoppers June 2
Masters Of The Universe: Revelation and Revolution June 2
Nana: Complete Collection June 2
The Land Of Sometimes June 08 [UK]
Alien Nine June 9
Sailor Moon Crystal Seasons 1-3 June 9
Hotori: Simply Wishing For Hope June 9
Heavy Metal L-Gaim June 16
Perfect Blue 4K Steelbook June 16
Rock Is A Lady's Modesty June 16
Yandere Dark Elf June 16
Chivalry Of A Failed Knight June 23
I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! June 23
Doctor Stone: Season Four: Part One June 30
Lady Oscar: Rose Of Versailles June 30
Patlabor The Mobile Police: The Early Days June 30
Primal: Season 3 June 30
All You Need Is Kill July 07
Dan Da Dan Season 2 July 14
Lupin The 3rd The Movie: Immortal Bloodline July 21
The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 [Steelbook] July 28
Re;Zero: Starting Life Again In Another World: Season 3 July 28
