"Anime 1 Week" brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From February 2nd to 8th, news items that drew attention included the release of information, including spoilers, about "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX," as well as the news that "Dragon Ball DAIMA" will be airing its final episode on February 28th.
On the 2nd, an unidentified project for the popular anime series "Love Live!" called "Ikizu-rai-bu!" and "Ikizu Live! LOVELIVE! BLUEBIRD" was announced. An illustration of a girl dancing with tears in her eyes was also released.
On the 2nd, it was revealed that the third season of the TV anime "Oshi no Ko," based on the popular manga currently serialized in "Weekly Young Jump" (Shueisha), will be broadcast in 2026.
On the 2nd, new characters and mobile suits were announced for the theatrical pre-release of the latest work in the popular anime series "Gundam", "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-". The information on characters and mobile suits, including spoilers, revealed that the "Red Comet" Char Aznable and Sharia Bull, familiar from the first work in the "Gundam" series, "Mobile Suit Gundam", will appear, and Shin Yuki will play Char and Shinji Kawada will play Sharia Bull. The red Gundam (gMS-α), which suddenly appears in Side 6 in Universal Century 0085 and participates in the clan battle, the Earth Federation's new MS white Gundam (RX-78-02), Char's Zaku (MS-06S), and Zaku (MS-06) will also appear.
Bandai Spirits also announced new products such as Gunpla (plastic models) and figures. The Gunpla of the red Gundam, "HG 1/144 Red Gundam," will be released in May, and the figure, "METAL ROBOT Spirits <SIDE MS> Red Gundam," will be released in June.
On the 3rd, it was announced that the box office revenue for "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-" had exceeded 1.9 billion yen. The number of viewers exceeded 1.18 million.
On the 4th, it was announced that Kyosuke Nishiki's manga "Chanto Suenai Kyuuketsuki-chan," currently being serialized in "Monthly Dragon Age" (KADOKAWA), will be adapted into a TV anime in 2025. The main cast was also announced, with Minami Tanaka as Tsukina Ishikawa and Kensho Ono as Tatsuta Otori. Sayaka Yamai will be the director, and feel. will be the producer.
On the 4th, it was revealed that the second movie version of " That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken)", an anime based on a popular light novel on the novel posting site " Shosetsuka ni Naro ", will be released in February 2026. The title of the second movie version will be " That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime The Movie: Tears of the Blue Sea", and a teaser visual featuring Rimuru Tempest was also released.
On the 5th, it was revealed that Bandai Namco Filmworks, which is working on the Hollywood live-action movie version of the popular anime series "Gundam", "GUNDAM (working title)", signed a joint investment agreement with the American film company LEGENDARY in January. This is the first time that the "Gundam" series will be made into a Hollywood live-action movie. It is scheduled to be released in theaters around the world.
On the 6th, it was announced that the light novel "When I Woke Up, I Had the Strongest Equipment and a Spaceship, So I Want to Live Freely as a Mercenary, Aiming for a House" by Kadokawa Books (KADOKAWA) will be adapted into an anime. Details will be announced in the future.
On the 7th, it was announced that "CITY THE ANIMATION", an anime based on the manga "CITY" by Keiichi Arawi, known for "Nichijou" and other works, will be broadcast as a TV anime from July. The first key visual, featuring the characters packed into the logo of the series, was also released. It is said to contain the wish of the staff at Kyoto Animation, who are in charge of the anime, that "everyone will love all of the characters." This is the first time in about six years that Kyoto Animation has produced a new anime, excluding sequels.
On the 7th, it was announced that the manga "The Fainting Hero and the Assassin Princess," currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Champion" (Akita Shoten), will be adapted into an anime and broadcast as a TV anime in 2025. The main cast was also announced, with Takeuchi Shunsuke playing the hero Toto. The voice actors for the three beautiful women who become Toto's companions will be Saeki Iori as Ciel, Ueda Hitomi as Anemone, and Shiraishi Haruka as Goa.
On the 8th, it was revealed that the all-new Dragon Ball anime series, Dragon Ball DAIMA, based on the popular manga by the late Akira Toriyama, will air its final episode on February 28th. Dragon Ball DAIMA is an anime celebrating the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball, and began airing on Fuji TV in October. This is the first new TV anime series in about six years, since Dragon Ball Super, which ended its run in March 2018.
