"Anime 1 Week" brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From January 5th to 11th, news that "MF Ghost" will end with "six episodes remaining" and the topic that Kenshi Yonezu will be in charge of the theme song for "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-" attracted attention.
On the 5th, it was revealed that the motif of the 22nd installment of the popular anime series "Pretty Cure" "You and Idol Pretty Cure♪" will be "idols". The theme is "Because of you, I can shine and become stronger!", and the legendary saviors, Idol Pretty Cure, sing, dance, and give "fan service" for "you", the people they love, the people they care about, the people who support them, the people next to them, and the people in front of them, and "you" make the Idol Pretty Cure shine brightly and strongly. Misato Matsuoka will play Cure Idol/Sakura Uta, Minami Takahashi will play Cure Ink/Soukaze Nana, and Natsumi Takamori will play Cure Kyun Kyun/Shiu Kokoro. It will be broadcast on ABC TV and TV Asahi every Sunday at 8:30 am from February 2nd.
On the 6th, it was announced that the 4th season of the popular TV anime "Mr. Osomatsu" will be broadcast on TV Tokyo and other stations in July. All previous TV series have aired in October, but the 4th season will be the first to be broadcast in the summer.
On the 6th, it was revealed that LDH JAPAN, which represents dance and vocal groups "EXILE" and "J SOUL BROTHERS III", has launched a new brand "LDH Animation" with anime production at its core. As an anime studio, it will produce works, develop planning and licensing businesses, and aim to expand into the digital realm, delivering Japanese anime to the world.
On the 6th, it was announced that "Fermat no Ryori ", the latest work by Yugo Kobayashi, known for the soccer manga "Aoashi", will be made into an anime. Details of the anime will be announced in the future.
On the 7th, it was announced that "Legends/Meijin Kitan", the online multiplayer mode of the open-world action adventure game "Ghost of Tsushima", will be adapted into an anime. The anime series will be co-produced by Crunchyroll and Aniplex and will be released in 2027. Takanobu Mizuno will be the director, and Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus will be in charge of series composition. Sony Music Entertainment will be in charge of music, and Kamikaze Douga will be producing the anime. Details such as staff and cast will be announced in the future.
On the 8th, the NHK program "Demolition Kingdom" which goes undercover at a demolition site, aired a segment called "Demolition Kingdom: 18m Tall!! Dismantle the Giant Gundam" on NHK General TV. It closely followed the demolition work of a life-sized moving Gundam that is about 18 meters tall.
On the 9th, it was revealed that " MF Ghost ", the successor to the popular manga " Initial D " by Shuichi Shigeno, will conclude with "six episodes remaining". The final episode will be in the 12th issue of the serialized magazine "Young Magazine" (Kodansha), released on February 17th, bringing the series to a close after about seven and a half years since its start in September 2017. The TV anime version of the series is also popular, and it has been announced that a third season will be produced.
On the 10th, it was revealed that singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu will be performing the theme song "Plazma" for the theatrical advance version "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-" of the latest work in the popular anime "Gundam" series, "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX". "Plazma" is a newly written song, and the official trailer for the theatrical advance version, which includes the song, was released on YouTube.
On the 11th, a new visual for the TV anime "Chi. -About the Earth's Movement-", based on Uoto's manga, was released. The visual shows Duraka, Schmidt, an elderly Novak, and an unidentified person standing with their backs to each other, with the copy "Ascertain the next era (sekai)."
