Anime 1 Week brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From October 20th to 26th, news items that drew attention included the announcement of new information about the second season of The Apothecary Diaries and the start of Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Zeroibar.
On the 20th, it was announced that the second chapter of the animated film Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, a film adaptation of the popular Love Live! series, will be released in winter 2025.
On the 20th, it was announced that The Beginning After the End, a fantasy reincarnation adventure by TurtleMe that began serialization in 2018 on Tapas, one of the largest web manga platforms in the United States, will be adapted into a TV anime in 2025. In Japan, the series began serialization in 2020 on the web manga service Piccoma under the title "What will the strongest king do in his second life?" and exceeded 20 million hearts (likes) in about a year. It is also popular in China and Korea, and has been viewed more than 150 million times worldwide. The anime will be directed by Keitaro Motonaga and produced by studio A-CAT.
On the 21st, it was announced that the manga "I Want to Eat Me, A Human Being" by Sai Naekawa, which is currently being serialized in "Dengeki Maoh" (KADOKAWA) and other publications, will be made into a TV anime in 2025. It was also announced that voice actress Reina Ueda will play the role of the protagonist, Hinako Yaotome, who wishes for death.
On the 21st, it was revealed that Yuri Kelane from "Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team" will appear in "Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem of Revenge," a popular anime series from the "Gundam" series. Yuri Kellerne is a major general in charge of the European Army, and is flying around Europe to respond to Operation Odessa, a major counterattack by the Federation Army. One day, he happens to meet his old friend Solari at a recycling center and entrusts him with an important mission. The Japanese version will be voiced by Kyonosuke Kami.
On the 22nd, it was announced that the second season of the TV anime "The Apothecary Diaries", based on the light novel by Natsu Hinata, which was born from the novel posting site "Let's Become a Novelist", will be broadcast on Nippon TV's anime slot "FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT (Furaani)" every Friday at 11pm starting from January 10th, 2025. It will be broadcast in two consecutive seasons from January to June 2025. It will be broadcast simultaneously nationwide, and will be distributed on various distribution platforms after the broadcast ends.
On the 23rd, the life-sized Gundam statue "RX-78F00/E Gundam" was unveiled to be installed in the "Gundam" series pavilion "GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION" at the 2025 World Expo, Japan (Osaka-Kansai Expo). This is the first time that a life-sized Gundam statue will be installed in Kansai. Materials from the moving life-sized Gundam installed at Yamashita Pier in Yokohama were reused. The statue is about 17 meters tall and weighs about 49.1 tons, and is posed with one knee raised and arms raised, but it is not movable. With hands raised high into space, it expresses the figure of a man opening up a new space age together with humanity, looking toward the future beyond.
On the 25th, the "Super Dimension Fortress Macross Do You Remember Love?" exhibition, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of the movie version of the popular anime "Macross" series, "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Do You Remember Love?", began at Marui City Yokohama (Nishi-ku, Yokohama). Valuable materials from the production such as early construction plans and mecha settings, as well as illustrations by character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto, will be on display until November 10th.
The December issue of the manga magazine "Monthly Gundam Ace" (KADOKAWA), released on the 25th, saw the start of a new series in Hasegawa Yuichi's manga series "Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam", "Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Zeroibar". The new series commemorates the 30th anniversary of the series and asks once again, "What are space pirates?" It is a new Crossbone story that begins with a new heroine and new machine. The same issue also featured the "Crossbone Gundam" series in commemoration of its 30th anniversary.
