Anime 1 week："Mobile Suit Gundam: Phantom of the Silver Gray" will feature the Red Sleeves Zssa; the first project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of "Space Battleship Yamato" has been announced

"Anime 1 Week" brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From September 1st to 7th, news items that caught our attention included the announcement of the first in the 50th anniversary project for "Space Battleship Yamato" and the reveal of new mobile suits and characters for "Mobile Suit Gundam: Phantom of the Silver Gray."

On the 1st, it was announced that the fourth season of the TV anime "Classroom of the Elite," based on the light novel from MF Bunko J (KADOKAWA), "4th Season: Second Year Edition, 1st Semester," will be produced. We are now entering the second year edition.

On the 1st, an "adult stage greeting" for the second part of the theatrical compilation "Theatrical Compilation Bocchi the Rock! Re:/Re:Re:," a theatrical compilation of the TV anime "Bocchi the Rock!", based on the four-frame manga by Hamaji Aki currently serialized in "Manga Time Kirara MAX" (Houbunsha), was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), with appearances by Uchida Maaya, who plays Ijichi Seika, Senbongi Sayaka, who plays Hiroi Kikuri, a PA, and Koiwai Kotori, who plays Jimi Hendrix. The voice actors of the band "Yuuzou Band" that appears in the show often appear at events, but this was the first time that the three of them appeared at an event for the show. Uchida said happily, "It's very emotional. It's been two years since the anime aired, and I'm in a world line that I never imagined when we were recording, so it's full of strange feelings."

On the 2nd, it was announced that a movie edition of the popular Gundam anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin will be screened in theaters. General director Yoshikazu Yasuhiko has re-edited the six episodes into three chapters: Chapter 1: Char and Sayla, Chapter 2: The Start of War, and Chapter 3: Loum. The series will be screened at Shinjuku Piccadilly (Shinjuku, Tokyo) and other locations from the 13th, and will be screened in theaters nationwide from October 25th.

On the 2nd, it was announced that Fuji TV will be launching a new nationwide anime slot in October. The first of these will be a completely new series of Dragon Ball, based on the popular manga by the late Akira Toriyama, called Dragon Ball DAIMA, which will be broadcast in the 11:40pm anime slot every Friday, starting from October 11th.

On the 3rd, it was announced that voice actors from the smartphone game "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (Shinimas)" will appear on NHK's music program "JOYNT POPS" to be broadcast in October. Sekine Hitomi, Kizu Shio, Kono Hiyori, Kuroki Honoka, and Yukimura Eri will appear and perform. "#1" featuring "Shinimas" will be broadcast on NHK BS Premium 4K at 5:40 pm on October 9th and on NHK BS at 11:30 pm on October 12th.

On the 4th, it was announced that the latest movie version of the anime "My Hero Academia" based on the manga by Horikoshi Kohei serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), "My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: Your Next" (directed by Okamura Tensai), has exceeded 3.03 billion yen in box office revenue in the 33 days since its release on August 2nd. The number of viewers has exceeded 2.11 million, making it a huge hit.

On the 4th, it was announced that the title of the new TV anime based on the manga "YAIBA" by Gosho Aoyama, known for "Detective Conan" and other works, will be "Shin Samurai Den YAIBA." It was also announced that voice actress Minami Takayama will play the main character Kurogane Yaiba, following the TV anime "Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA" that aired from 1993 to 1994. Iwami Manaka will play the heroine Mine Sayaka, and Hosoya Yoshimasa will play Yaiba's rival Onimaru Takeru. The anime will be produced by WIT STUDIO, known for "Attack on Titan" and "SPY×FAMILY."

On the 4th, the second main visual for "Dragon Ball DAIMA" was released. The first visual showed the true face of the new character Panji, who was wearing a mask and cape, and Gomar and a new mysterious character were seen peeking at Goku (mini) and friends from behind. The catchphrase for the first volume was "Welcome to a great adventure!!", but for the second volume it has changed to "Welcome to the Great Demon World!!", revealing that the adventure takes place in the Great Demon World.

On the 5th, it was announced that a new original anime, "Maebashi Witches", will be produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks' SUNRISE Studios and will begin airing in April 2025. The story is set in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, and follows the coming-of-age story of five high school girls aspiring to become witches as they face various worries and grow.

On the 5th, it was announced that the popular novel "The Exiled Reincarnated Heavy Knight is Unrivaled with Game Knowledge", which originated from the novel submission site "Let's Become a Novelist", will be made into a TV anime. The comic version is serialized in "Young Magazine" (Kodansha), and the popular work has a total circulation of over 2 million copies, and the anime will be produced by GoHands.

On the 6th, new mobile suits and characters were revealed for the VR video "Mobile Suit Gundam: Phantom of Silver Gray" from the popular anime series "Gundam." It was revealed that Azami Megine, a former member of the Federation Army who caused chaos in the mercenary organization Argent Kiel, to which the protagonist belongs, Geoff Idy, Haro, who supports the protagonist, Fixie Fix, a mysterious boy who has a deep connection with Babiia Lena of Argent Kiel, and Geoff's "Sleeved" red Zssa (Geoff Idy's personal machine) will appear.

On the 6th, it was announced that the "Space Battleship Yamato 50th Anniversary Day Screening Produced by Anno Hideaki" will be held at Shinjuku Piccadilly (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) on October 6th as the first part of the 50th anniversary project of the popular anime "Space Battleship Yamato". The one-night-only screening event will be held in 2024, exactly 50 years after the television broadcast began at 7:30 pm on October 6, 1974, and will be planned and produced by director Hideaki Anno, known for the "Evangelion" series, among others.

On the 7th, it was announced that the unit "TrySail," consisting of voice actors Momo Asakura, Sora Amamiya, and Shiina Natsukawa, will hold a live concert, "LAWSON presents TrySail 10th Anniversary Departure Live "FlagShip" in Nippon Budokan," at Nippon Budokan (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) on March 1 and 2, 2025. This will be the unit's first solo concert at Nippon Budokan.