Anime and manga enthusiasts in North America have a fresh wave of new titles to anticipate, with a diverse selection of anime home video releases and numerous manga volumes hitting shelves between August 17 and August 23, 2025. This week’s notable anime offerings include popular series making their way to Blu-ray, while the manga slate features a wide array of genres from action to romance and slice-of-life.
Anime Releases
Several anticipated anime series are set for North American home video release during the week of August 17-23, 2025. Crunchyroll is set to deliver multiple titles, including the highly anticipated Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1 on Blu-ray. Fans can also look forward to No Longer Allowed In Another World Season 1 in both standard and limited edition Blu-ray formats from Crunchyroll. The extensive One Piece Season 14 Voyage 6 will also be available on Blu-ray and DVD from Crunchyroll, continuing the Straw Hat Pirates’ epic journey.
Sentai Filmworks is releasing Queen’s Blade: Rebellion on Blu-ray, adding to the August 2025 lineup of home video releases. Other August releases from Sentai include Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun Season 2 Premium Box Set and Re-Kan! Complete Collection, though these were scheduled for earlier in the month.
Manga Releases
The week of August 17-23, 2025, is particularly robust for manga readers, with new volumes spanning various publishers and genres. Viz Media has a strong showing with new installments of popular series such as Battle Royale: Enforcers GN 4, Cosmos GN 2, Hirayasumi GN 6, and Hunter X Hunter Omnibus GN 3.
Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing several titles, including Adored By an Elite Officer: Could This Be Love? Graphic Novel (GN) 2, Do You Like Big Girls? Omnibus GN 7-8, and I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons GN 3. Additionally, The Ideal Sponger Life GN 19 will be available from Seven Seas.
Kodansha USA is adding to the week’s releases with Go, Go, Loser Ranger! GN 14 and I See Your Face, Turned Away GN 4. They will also release Issak Omnibus GN 2. Yen Press contributes with The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to Be My Childhood Friend GN 9. Kana is also set to release Eden of Witches GN 4.
Beyond these specific weekly releases, August 2025 sees many ongoing manga series continuing with new volumes, including popular titles such as Akane-banashi Vol. 13, Fly Me to the Moon Vol. 29, Girl Crush Vol. 2, I Wanna Do Bad Things with You Vol. 7, Mao Vol. 21, Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN Deluxe 1, Pokémon: Sword & Shield Vol. 13, Rai Rai Rai Vol. 1, and Rainbows After Storms Vol. 5. Fans can also find Sakamoto Days Vol. 18, Spy x Family Vol. 14, The Elusive Samurai Vol. 16, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity 8, Vinland Saga Deluxe 8, and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun 15 among the broader August releases.
