Anime 1 Week brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From September 22nd to 28th, news items that drew attention included the box office revenue of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM surpassing 5 billion yen, and the release of a Blu-ray disc box set commemorating the 40th anniversary of the broadcast of Heavy Metal L-Gaim.
On the 22nd, it was revealed that Daisuke Ono, the voice actor who plays the main character Susumu Kodai, will be performing the ending theme song for Chapter 2, "Red Sun's Sorter," of Yamato Forever REBEL3199, the latest installment in the remake series of the popular anime Space Battleship Yamato. Ono will be writing the lyrics himself, and the song will color the world of Yamato with a theme that is in tune with Susumu Kodai's feelings.
On the 23rd, it was announced that Season 2 of the new TV anime series "Kinnikuman: The Perfect Superhuman Ancestors" based on the popular fighting manga "Kinnikuman" will be produced and will be broadcast in January 2025 on CBC TV/TBS's anime slot "Agaru Anime" and other channels.
On the 23rd, it was announced that the movie version of the anime "Me and Roboco," based on the popular comedy manga by Shuhei Miyazaki currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), will be released on April 18, 2025. The film was originally scheduled for release in winter 2024, but the release date has been changed to improve the quality.
On the 24th, it was announced that the light novel comic "The Lady Protected by the Gorilla God is Loved by the Royal Knights," which was created on the novel submission site "Let's Become a Novelist," will be made into a TV anime in 2025. Details of the anime will be announced in the future.
On the 24th, it was revealed that the movie version of the anime "Overlord" based on the light novel by Maruyama Kugane, "Overlord: Holy Kingdom Arc," has grossed about 318 million yen and attracted about 198,000 viewers in the three days since its release on the 20th. Including the IMAX advance screening that began on the 13th, the box office revenue was about 457 million yen and the number of viewers was about 270,000, making it a good start.
On the 24th, it was revealed that the second season of the new TV anime "Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf," based on the popular light novel "Spice and Wolf" by Hasekura Isuna, published by Dengeki Bunko (KADOKAWA), will be produced. A new visual featuring Holo was also released with the tagline "The journey is still on."
On the 25th, it was announced that the 24th episode, the final episode of the second season of the TV anime "Oshi no Ko," based on the manga currently being serialized in "Weekly Young Jump" (Shueisha), will be broadcast on 35 stations nationwide starting from 7pm on October 6th on TOKYO MX. It will also be streamed on ABEMA at the same time. The second season is broadcast every Wednesday at 11pm on TOKYO MX, but the final episode will be broadcast in the prime time slot on Sunday.
On the 26th, it was revealed that the box office revenue of the movie version of the popular anime "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" series, "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM," has exceeded 5 billion yen. The movie was released on January 26th and had a long run of about four months, and was a huge hit, earning 4.9 billion yen in box office revenue and attracting over 2.9 million viewers. On the 20th, a "limited time special edition" with updated footage from the main story was released, and as of the 25th, it had grossed 5 billion yen and attracted over 3 million viewers.
The November issue of the manga magazine "Monthly Gundam Ace" (KADOKAWA), released on the 26th, saw the start of a serialization of the "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" series manga "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ASTRAY". In this new work in the "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ASTRAY" series, the fates of C.E. (Cosmic Era) 74, Law and Gai intertwine.
On the 27th, it was revealed that the second movie and fourth season of the anime "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime," an anime adaptation of a popular light novel on "Let's Become a Novelist," will be produced.
On the 27th, it was announced that the Blu-ray Disc (BD) box "Heavy Metal L-Gaim Dreamers Blu-ray BOX", commemorating the 40th anniversary of the broadcast of the popular anime "Heavy Metal L-Gaim" mainly in the 1980s, will be released on February 26th, 2025. This is the first time that the work will be released on BD. As a bonus, it will come with a CD containing all the rare BGM collection that is difficult to obtain, and character and mechanic designer Mamoru Nagano will draw a box illustration. The price is 74,800 yen.
On the 27th, it was announced that a movie version of the TV anime "Senpai wa Otoko no Ko", based on the manga by Pom serialized on the web manga service "LINE Manga", will be produced and released on February 14th, 2025. The title will be "Senpai wa Otoko no Ko Ame no Chi Hare" and it will be an anime adaptation of the continuation of the TV anime.
On the 28th, it was announced that a second season of the TV anime "Furiren: The Funeral of Frieren," based on the manga currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan), will be produced. Following the first season, Madhouse will be producing the anime. Details such as the broadcast date will be announced in the future.
