Out This Week: A Magnificent Life, Sailor Moon Crystal, Hoppers and More
Welcome back to our weekly new release round-up Out This Week. This week's releases Stateside include the new film from the acclaimed filmmaker Sylvain Chomet, A Magnificent Life. Also new are anime titles Alien Nine, Sailor Moon Crystal and Hotori, and a 4K version of season 2 of Arcane: League Of Legends. Finally, a European adult animation feature gets a delayed, Americanised release in the form of The Trouble With Terkel aka Terkel In Trouble.
New in the UK this week is Pixar's new hot film Hoppers. Also new is Mamoru Hosoda's latest Scarlet, Family feature The Land Of Sometimes and anime titles Colorful Stage: The Movie and Endo and Kobayashi Live!.
All information is correct to the best of our knowledge and is subject to change.
UK Releases For June 08, 2026
Colourful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing (Anime Ltd., PG) "Ichika is a high school musician who can enter a mysterious place called “SEKAI,” where she and her friends express their innermost emotions through music alongside Hatsune Miku. One day after giving a live performance, Ichika meets a new Miku that she has never seen before. No matter how hard this new Miku tries to sing, she struggles connecting with the hearts of her listeners. Miku must rely on the help of others to find a way to sing again.
FORMATS: Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray CE [Alltheanime.com Exclusive], DVD
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte: Complete Collection ( MVM Entertainment, 15) "If the actions of fictional characters can influence the lives of people in the "real" world, can the real world also influence the fictional characters? Find out as Aoto Endo and Shihono Kobayashi play the game Love Me Magically!, in which villainess Lieselotte Riefenstahl seems inevitably doomed due to the game's intrinsic story, structure, and programming. Aoto, however, believes that Lieselotte is not truly evil and simply misunderstood, and as she espouses this conviction, something strange occurs… the character of Siegwald, Lieselotte's fiancé, starts to hear and act upon Aoto's ideas! But will Siegwald's new behavior lead Lieselotte's horrible life to some less than horrible outcomes? See if the bad girl can be saved!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Hoppers (Disney, U) "Animal lover Mabel uses clever new technology to hop into lifelike robotic beavers to communicate with beavers, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined."
FORMATS: 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, DVD
The Land Of Sometimes (Kaleidoscope Entertainment, U) "Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Scarlet (Elevation, 15) "Scarlet is described as the story of a brave princess who transcends time and space."
FORMATS: 4K UHD, Blu-Ray
US Releases For June 09, 2026
Alien Nine (AnimeEigo, UR) "Soon after entering middle school, Yuri Otani is coerced into joining the "Alien Party," a single-minded group with one goal: capture any alien attempting to enter school grounds. Terrified of aliens her entire life, Otani is anything but thrilled, and to make matters worse, her kit includes a "Borg"—an alien-like creature tasked with ensuring her safety. Despite this, she finds solace in her two partners: the independent and reliable Kumi Kawamura, and the smart and energetic Kasumi Tomine. As the Alien Party works to fend off extraterrestrial threats, will their roller blades and lacrosse sticks be enough to overcome the dire challenges ahead, or will they succumb to fear and suffer the grim consequences of defeat?"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Arcane: League Of Legends Season Two (Shout Factory/GKIDS, UR) "The award-winning series based on the League of Legends universe reaches its epic conclusion. Following Jinx's devastating attack on the Council, the conflict between utopian Piltover and underground Zaun escalates to all-out war. As both sides grapple with the new threat of the brutal empire of Noxus, further experimentation with the powerful yet volatile Hextech may spell disaster for them all."
FORMATS: 4K UHD
Hotori: Simply Wishing For Hope (AnimeEigo, UR) "A story of friendship between a robot who is created to replace a human, and a human whose memories are fading away; and a promise that is very hard to keep."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
A Magnificent Life (Sony Pictures, PG-13) "Set in 1955, the film follows 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol—one of the most prolific artists of the 20th century. An author with 150 million books sold worldwide and translated into more than 50 languages, Pagnol was also a well-known and acclaimed playwright and filmmaker prior to his passing in 1974."
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Sailor Moon Crystal Seasons 1-3 (Viz Media, TV-14) "Usagi Tsukino is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she's also one spirited eighth grader. One day she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon mark on her forehead, and transforms into the pretty sailor-suited guardian of love and justice, Sailor Moon! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi apparently has a mission to protect a princess, and to find her fellow Guardians and the Legendary Silver Crystal. Meanwhile, Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom sends her subordinates to the town where Usagi lives. They cause strange events to occur there, all in an effort to acquire the tremendously powerful Silver Crystal... Can Sailor Moon and the other Guardians successfully find the Legendary Silver Crystal, and protect the Princess!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
The Trouble With Terkel (Indican, R) "Meet Terkel, a miserable sixth grader constantly picked on by two merciless bullies, Nigel and Saki. So what can you do? Tease the ugly girl in class – Fat Doris! When the abuse from Terkel is too much, she throws herself out a window which makes Terkel more popular. Now dealing with popularity Terkel finds solace in booze, guns and everything American. But then life takes a turn for the weird when he receives strange death threats, unable to confide in his annoying sister or alcoholic Uncle, Terkel turns to his sexually inappropriate hippie teacher with intentionally hilarious results. Watch out as anything goes in this crazy comedy about love, family, psychos, pastries, booze and uncontrollable sixth graders in this outrageous animated flick!"
FORMATS: Blu-Ray
Upcoming Releases
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
Rooster Fighter Season 1 August 04
Sketch Book- Full Colors August 11
Dragon Ball Daima: Complete Series August 11
Made In Abyss August 11
Jinsei august 18
Girls Und Panzer: This Is The Real Anzio Battle August 18
Your Name 4K Steelbook August 25
Speed Racer: The Complete Series August 25
Tekkonkinkreet 4K September 1
Vampire Princess Myu September 08
