For the week of March 9th, Shout Factory and GKIDS will release Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han's Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la Métaphysique des tubes), featuring the voices of Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grosbois, Yumi Fujimori, Cathy Cerda, Marc Arnaud and Laetitia Coryn.
Description: For the first years of her life, Amélie never makes a sound. But when her grandmother visits and offers a miraculous bite of chocolate, Amélie suddenly awakens to all the world's wonders. As she explores her home in post-war Japan, Amélie forms a close bond with her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, and discovers new delights in every flower petal, koi pond, and raindrop. Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection.
Shout and GKIDS' Blu-ray of Little Amélie or the Character of Rain contains a choice of original French or dubbed English: DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio tracks, along with English, English SDH or Spanish subtitles. Extras include an interview with Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, director scene breakdowns, an art gallery, animation breakdowns and a Q&A at the Animation Is Film Festival.
Also coming from Shout is a 4K UHD upgrade for Taylor Hackford's The Devil's Advocate (1997), starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey and Craig T. Nelson. Sourced from a new 4K master, Shout presents The Devil's Advocate with a choice of DTS-HD MA 5.1 or 2.0 audio tracks and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include audio commentary with Taylor Hackford, deleted scenes (with optional audio commentary by Hackford) and a theatrical trailer.
New on Blu-ray from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is Resident Alien: Season Four (2025). The two-disc set contains all ten episodes. On the same date, Universal will also release Resident Alien: The Complete Series (2021-2025), a ten-disc box set with all four seasons.
New on Blu-ray from Crunchyroll is Naoyuki Kuzuya's anime series Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time (いずれ最強の錬金術師?) (2025), featuring the voices of Shôgo Sakata, Afumi Hashi, Ai Kayano, Nao Tôyama, Sora Amamiya and Yuuki Sanpei.
Description: Accidentally summoned to another world and given the ability of alchemy, Takumi decides to make life better by "inventing" modern technology. But when he becomes the target of a powerful empire, he must join the fight against them to protect his dream.
Crunchyroll's Blu-ray of Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time contains 12 episodes on two discs, with a choice of original Japanese or dubbed English: Dolby TrueHD 2.0 audio tracks and English or English SDH subtitles. Extras include a promo video collection and textless opening and ending songs.
New on Blu-ray from Sentai Filmworks is Hisashi Saitô's anime series I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? - Complete Collection (ニートくノ一となぜか同棲はじめました) (2025), featuring the voices of Hinaki Yano, Shoya Ishige, Ai Fairouz, Shigeru Chiba, Yui Horie and Hina Kino.
Description: Having Samurai blood may be a status symbol in Japan, but as businessman Tsukasa Atsumi discovers, it also makes one a target for demonic attacks. Fortunately, he's rescued by ninja Shizuri Ideura, who specializes in fighting demons, so the two decide to form a contract wherein she'll move in to provide 24-7 anti-demon coverage. It's not like hiring a maid service, though, as Shizuri is also an otaku shut-in who'd rather spend her time playing videogames and lazing about the house than fading into the background. However, given that she's also uber-adorable, just how far away can the romantic complications be in I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!
Sentai Filmworks' Blu-ray of I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? - Complete Collection contains 26 episodes on two discs, with a choice of original Japanese or dubbed English: DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio tracks and English or English SDH subtitles. Extras include clean opening and closing animations and Japanese promos.
New on Blu-ray from Cohen Media Group is a Blu-ray of Leon Prudovsky's My Neighbor Adolf, starring David Hayman, Udo Kier, Olivia Silhavy, Kineret Peled, Jaime Correa and Tomasz Sobczak.
Description: Colombia, May 1960, just after Israel's abduction of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. Polsky (David Hayman), a lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor, lives in the remote Colombian countryside. He spends his days playing chess and tending his beloved rose bushes. One day, when a mysterious old German man (played by Udo Kier) moves in next-door, he suspects that his new neighbor is... Adolf Hitler. Since nobody believes him, he embarks on a detective mission to find the evidence. But, in order to gather evidence, he will need to be closer to his neighbor than he would like. So close that the two could almost become friends.
Cohen Media Group's Blu-ray of My Neighbor Adolf contains a behind-the-scenes documentary and a theatrical trailer.
New on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber is Urska Djukic's Little Trouble Girls (Kaj ti je deklica), starring Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Svajger, Sasa Tabakovic, Natasa Burger, Stasa Popovic and Mateja Strle.
Description: At her mother's urging, introverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school's all-girls choir, where she befriends Ana-Maria, a popular older student. When the choir travels to a countryside convent for a weekend retreat of intensive rehearsals, Lucia navigates the unfamiliar surroundings, complex teenage social structures, and her own awakening sexuality. A series of initiations, including an eye-opening experience with a handsome construction worker, test Lucia's friendship with Ana-Maria and the other girls, as she begins to question her beliefs and disrupt the harmony within the choir. This stunning feature debut by award-winning Slovenian filmmaker Urška Djukić had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Best Cinematography prize at Tribeca.
Kino's Blu-ray of Little Trouble Girls contains a theatrical trailer.
Turning to catalog titles, Kino have a number coming to Blu-ray. They are:
Jeremy Kagan's Scott Joplin (1977), starring Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery, Eubie Blake, Godfrey Cambridge and Seymour Cassel. Kino's Blu-ray contains a new audio commentary with Jeremy Kagan (moderated by film historian / filmmaker Daniel Kremer) and a theatrical trailer.
A remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD release for Jeannot Szwarc's Somewhere in Time (1980), starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, George Voskovec and Bill Erwin. Sourced from a new 4K scan of the film's original camera negative, Kino presents Somewhere in Time with DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono audio and Dolby Vision HDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include two new audio commentaries: one with novelist and critic Tim Lucas and another with film historian / writer Julie Kirgo and writer / filmmaker Peter Hankoff. Also included is an audio commentary with Jeannot Szwarc, the documentary Back to Somewhere in Time, the featurette Inside Insite - The Somewhere in Time Fan Club and a theatrical trailer.
A Blu-ray for William Richert's A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), starring River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Ione Skye, Matthew Perry, Paul Koslo and Meredith Salenger. Kino's Blu-ray contains a new audio commentary with film historians Paul Anthony Nelson and Perri Cummings, as well as a theatrical trailer. For a full release breakdown, read Svet Atanasov's Blu-ray review.
And finally from Kino is a Blu-ray for Stephen Frears' The Hi-Lo Country (1998), starring Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Cole Hauser, Enrique Castillo, Darren E. Burrows and Jacob Vargas. Kino's Blu-ray contains a new audio commentary with film historian / writer Julie Kirgo and writer / filmmaker Peter Hankof, as well as a theatrical trailer.
Coming to Blu-ray and 4K UHD from the Criterion Collection is Luis Buñuel's Viridiana (1961), starring Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Margarita Lozano, Victoria Zinny and Teresa Rabal. Sourced from a new 4K master, Criterion presents Viridiana with LPCM Mono audio and in SDR on the 4K UHD disc. Extras include interviews with Silvia Pinal and film scholar Richard Porton, excerpts from a 1964 episode of Cinéastes de notre temps on Buñuel's early career and a trailer. Also included is "an essay by film scholar Michael Wood and an interview with Buñuel".
Finally this week, 88 Films has a Blu-ray release for Wu Ma's Picture of a Nymph (畫中仙) (1987), starring Biao Yuen, Wu Ma, Lawrence Ng, Joey Wang, Elizabeth Lee and Zhilun Xue. Soucred from a new 2K master, 88 Films presents Picture of a Nymph with Cantonese; LPCM 2.0 Mono audio and optional, newly-translated English subtitles. Extras include two audio commentary tracks: one with Hong Kong cinema expert Frank Djeng and another with with Hong Kong cinema expert David West, an image gallry and an original trailer. Limited edition content includes an "illustrated booklet featuring writings by Paul Bramhall and Fraser Elliott", a rigid slipcase and slipcover with new artwork and artcards.