[Overseas] Anime News & Announcements
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Falcon1991
Kiznaiver
I agree with you for the most part.
The odd time I do get a DVD is when a title has yet to get a blu-ray release or be put on streaming.
Has not happened for a while though.
Girls with Guns
Claymore
I just purchased a used DVD set off eBay this past week for the Vampire Princess Miyu TV series, and paid about $100 for it since it's OOP. I wanted to pick up a copy since I just ordered the white slipcover OVA Blu-ray set from MediaOCD, and also have the two AnimEigo OVA DVD sets.
cfx
School Idol
I have some Funimation DVDs that will never make it to blu-ray like Witch Hunter Robin, Kanon, Air and a few others I don't remember offhand. Those came from Rightstuf but I also got a few OOP things from ebay like Sentai's Living for the Day After Tomorrow. I kind of gave up on trying to buy series that were released as singles, because every time I tried to get one of those, there's always one volume that is either completely unavailable or sells for crazy high price. I wanted to buy Madlax but had no luck due to that. I haven't looked in a long time but I doubt availability has improved. I also try to only buy unopened discs because I can't trust that I won't get something scratched to hell buying used which makes it harder.
Otomo
Pokémon Master
I tend to mix my buying.
Obviously, there's a lot that only gets a Blu-ray release.
If I'm not sure of a show, I often go for the DVD because price becomes important.
Chainsaw Man springs to mind. And JJK.
I'll never continue with those.
The Ancient Magus Bride S1 DVDs were bought purely because of the price difference but S2 was Blu-ray because of extras and a small price gap.
I'll always treasure my Strike Witches DVD's.
Obviously, there's a lot that only gets a Blu-ray release.
If I'm not sure of a show, I often go for the DVD because price becomes important.
Chainsaw Man springs to mind. And JJK.
I'll never continue with those.
The Ancient Magus Bride S1 DVDs were bought purely because of the price difference but S2 was Blu-ray because of extras and a small price gap.
I'll always treasure my Strike Witches DVD's.
zrdb
Thousand Master
Let me be a little more specific-it there's an old dvd release and a newer bd release of course I'll go for the bd. BUT-if it was only released on dvd of course I'll go for the dvds. Case in point, last night I rewatched the 4 volume dvd release of Mermaid Forest. No bluray release, it's dvd or nothing, and sometimes the old dvd release will have extras that the newer bd release won't include for some reason. I really like my jpdvd set of Kokoro Library seeing as it never saw a release outside of japan-I just remuxed it with english fansubs.
Dragon Slayer
Akatsuki
Crunchyroll September 2026
Two Steelbooks this month.
September 1st.
Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- Season 4
September 8th.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 1
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of the New World Season 2
September 15th.
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon (Steelbook)
September 22rd.
Suzume 4K (Steelbook)
Two Steelbooks this month.
September 1st.
Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- Season 4
September 8th.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 1
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of the New World Season 2
September 15th.
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon (Steelbook)
September 22rd.
Suzume 4K (Steelbook)
cfx
School Idol
Nothing of interest to me in that group, and another month with a pretty small slate.
What an odd pickup Our Last Crusade or the Rise of the New World Season 2 is though. Even before Crunchyroll cut down the number of releases so much, it was incredibly rare for them to go back and release something they had already skipped and this one originally aired starting October 2024.
I watched the first season on Funimation's service and didn't really like it at all.
Edit: Correction--I assumed the steelbooks were rereleases, but I was wrong.
What an odd pickup Our Last Crusade or the Rise of the New World Season 2 is though. Even before Crunchyroll cut down the number of releases so much, it was incredibly rare for them to go back and release something they had already skipped and this one originally aired starting October 2024.
I watched the first season on Funimation's service and didn't really like it at all.
Edit: Correction--I assumed the steelbooks were rereleases, but I was wrong.
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Lucky_Deity
Combat Butler
Suzume 4K is real, like many of us I imagine, I assumed this was quietly cancelled. I'll replace my blu-ray steelbook (which I never got around to watching) with this.
I'll also be picking up Black Butler S4 and Vigilantes which reminds me I still need to buy the rest of the main series as I only own the first two seasons and the four movies.
Also, it seems that Vigilantes is a thinner chipboard art box release (similar to Spice & Wolf and Alya) only? going off of the image there.
EDIT: It seems to be a digipak with a slipcase.
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cfx
School Idol
It also looks to be the only version; it's not referred to as an LE and there isn't another version I can see on the Crunchyroll US store.
I really do not like this new thing of making only special packaging versions of releases.
Lucky_Deity
Combat Butler
Dragon Slayer
Akatsuki
Sentai FILMWORKS September 2026.
Two re-releases and a Steelbook this Month.
September 1st.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Arrow of Orion (re-release)
September 8th.
My Gift LVL 9999 Unlimited Gacha
September 15th.
Shirobako (re-release)
September 22rd.
The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 (Steelbook)
September 29th.
Revue Starlight: Curtain Call
Two re-releases and a Steelbook this Month.
September 1st.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Arrow of Orion (re-release)
September 8th.
My Gift LVL 9999 Unlimited Gacha
September 15th.
Shirobako (re-release)
September 22rd.
The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 (Steelbook)
September 29th.
Revue Starlight: Curtain Call
Girls with Guns
Claymore
Glad to see Sentai is actually following through with a steelbook for Season 2 of Dangers of the Heart, I will definitely be snagging that since I have the Season 1 steelbook. I'll also be getting My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha; I so love fantasy revenge anime, and Lvl 9999 was a great series for that!
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cfx
School Idol
Nothing there for me. 
I have both Sentai's last release of Shirobako as well as AL's standard edition. I'm probably buying both seasons of Dangers in my Heart but will get AL's standards editions for those too.
I only saw some clips for My Gift LVL 9999 but it looked really mean-spirited and explicitly violent and nasty; definitely not something I want to watch.
I have both Sentai's last release of Shirobako as well as AL's standard edition. I'm probably buying both seasons of Dangers in my Heart but will get AL's standards editions for those too.
I only saw some clips for My Gift LVL 9999 but it looked really mean-spirited and explicitly violent and nasty; definitely not something I want to watch.
Dragon Slayer
Akatsuki
Crunchyroll October 2026.
Two Steelbooks this month.
October 6th.
A Silent Voice (Steelbook)
OOctober 13th.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4
October 20th.
Dr. STONE: Science Future Part 2
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2
Kaiju No. 8 Season 1 (Steelbook)
October 27th.
Lord of Mysteries Season 1
Two Steelbooks this month.
October 6th.
A Silent Voice (Steelbook)
OOctober 13th.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4
October 20th.
Dr. STONE: Science Future Part 2
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2
Kaiju No. 8 Season 1 (Steelbook)
October 27th.
Lord of Mysteries Season 1
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cfx
School Idol
Dr. Stone for me, which I'm sure will get a UK release. I already have AL's standard and Nozomi's LE for A Silent Voice and I am not interested in the other two.
It is interesting that the UK Kaiju No. 8 steelbook has different cover art.
Edit: The news announcement also says Shield Hero S4 and another One Piece collection that's one of the Walmart exclusive things:
www.crunchyroll.com
So one more for me as I'll get Shield Hero, which should also come to the UK.
It is interesting that the UK Kaiju No. 8 steelbook has different cover art.
Edit: The news announcement also says Shield Hero S4 and another One Piece collection that's one of the Walmart exclusive things:
Anime News, Top Stories & In-Depth Anime Insights - Crunchyroll News
Stay on top of anime news and updates straight out of Japan with Crunchyroll News. From breaking stories to evergreen content, get all your anime and manga news updates in one place. You heard it here first!
www.crunchyroll.com
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sniper_samurai
Chuunibyou
The Kaiju No. 8 steelbook for the UK os the recap movie not season 1.Dr. Stone for me, which I'm sure will get a UK release. I already have AL's standard and Nozomi's LE for A Silent Voice and I am not interested in the other two.
It is interesting that the UK Kaiju No. 8 steelbook has different cover art.
Edit: The news announcement also says Shield Hero S4 and another One Piece collection that's one of the Walmart exclusive things:
So one more for me as I'll get Shield Hero, which should also come to the UK.Anime News, Top Stories & In-Depth Anime Insights - Crunchyroll News
Stay on top of anime news and updates straight out of Japan with Crunchyroll News. From breaking stories to evergreen content, get all your anime and manga news updates in one place. You heard it here first!
cfx
School Idol
Oh! I didn't notice and am not familiar with the material. Weird coincidence that they are releasing one day apart then.
Gemsy-chan
Himouto
Lord of Mysteries for me.