"Anime 1 Week" brings you a summary of the week's anime news. From October 27th to November 2nd, news of the production of "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO" and the broadcast of a special program for "Too Many Losing Heroines!" attracted attention.
On October 27th, a special program for the TV anime "Too Many Losing Heroines!", based on the light novel from Shogakukan Gagaga Bunko (Shogakukan), entitled "Anime 'Too Many Losing Heroines!' 2nd Quarter (July-September) Earnings Report Live Broadcast" was broadcast live on YouTube. Umeda Shuuichirou, who plays Nukumizu Kazuhiko, acted as the host, and Tono Hikaru, who plays Yanami Anna and is the Chief Yanami Officer, Wakayama Shion, who plays Yakishio Lemon and is the Chief Lemon Officer, and Terasawa Momoka, who plays Komari Chinami and is the Chief Komari Officer, appeared. The voice actor for "McCain" gave a "performance report" for the TV anime broadcast from July to September.
On the 28th, the poster visual for "Maho Girls PreCure!! ~MIRAI DAYS~", the sequel to the 13th installment of the popular anime "PreCure" series, "Maho Girls PreCure!", was released. It depicts Cure Miracle, Cure Magical, Cure Felice, and Mofurun.
On the 29th, it was announced that a talk show commemorating the 35th anniversary of the release of the animated film "Violence Wars", directed by Yasuhiko Yoshikazu, will be held on December 14th at Nakano Central Park South B1 Hall (Nakano-ku, Tokyo). In addition to Yasuhiko, Hara Eriko who plays Su, Sasaki Yuko who plays Miranda, animation director Sano Hirotoshi, and animation staff Kawamoto Toshihiro, Katsuhide Uekusa who plays Hiro will be appearing as a special guest.
On the 30th, a new key visual was released for the live concert "SANKYO presents MACROSS 7 30th Anniv. FIRE BOMBER LIVE 2025 ~BURN! BURN! BURN!~" by the band "FIRE BOMBER" from the popular anime series "Macross". It features Basara Nekki, Mylene Flare, Jenius, and others.
On the 31st, it was announced that the "Winter Limited 24-25 Ver." of the life-size statue of the Nu Gundam from the popular anime series "Gundam" installed at Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Fukuoka (Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City) will be lit up on November 24th. Based on the theme of the 45th anniversary of the "Gundam" series, the statue will be illuminated in the tricolor colors that symbolize Gundam. It will run until February 16th, 2025. A completely new wall video, "Mobile Suit Gundam ALC ENCOUNTER," will also be shown. The theme is "A Gundam no one has ever seen before," and the anime will be set in LaLaport Fukuoka. Voice actors Toru Furuya, Shuichi Ikeda, and Saori Hayami will appear.
On November 1, it was announced that a new work in the popular anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED," "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO," will be produced. The announcement was made during a stage greeting at the special edition of the movie version of the series, "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM," held at Grand Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro (Toshima-ku, Tokyo) on the same day. According to director Mitsuo Fukuda, it will be a "follow-up story" to "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY," and a prequel to "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM." It was originally planned as an OVA (original video animation), but the medium is currently "undecided."
On the 1st, it was announced that "Isekai no Sata wa Shachiku Dattai" (KADOKAWA), a comic adaptation of Hachigatsuhachi's novel on the theme of "other world BL", will be made into an anime.
On the 1st, it was announced that the opening (OP) video for the popular anime "Doraemon" (TV Asahi) will be renewed for the first time in about five years. A special OP video commemorating the 45th anniversary of the theatrical anime "Doraemon the Movie" series will be broadcast from November 9th.
