"Anime 1 Week" brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From December 8th to 14th, news items that drew attention included the announcement of the successor to "One Piece" and the holding of the Japan finals of the "Gunpla Builders World Cup 12th Tournament."
On the 8th, it was revealed that the sequel to " Black Butler Black Butler : Public School Arc ", an anime series based on Yana Toboso 's manga, " Black Butler : Emerald Witch Arc", will be broadcast in April 2025. Additional cast members were also announced, including Rie Kugimiya as Sieglinde Sullivan, the lord of Wolf's Valley (Wolfs Schulte), and Chikahiro Kobayashi as Wolfram, the butler who serves Sullivan.
On the 9th, it was revealed that Fuji TV's anime slot "Noitamina" will be moving to the 11pm slot on the network's nationwide network from April 2025. Noitamina is Fuji TV's anime slot that began broadcasting in 2005 and has been broadcast late at night for a long time, but it will be moving in April 2025, the 20th anniversary of its broadcast. The first work in the new Noitamina will be the TV anime "Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de," based on Atsuya Higashikawa's popular mystery novel, which will be broadcast from April 2025.
On the 9th, it was announced that "TO BE HERO X", a completely new original anime created by Aniplex and bilibili, one of China's largest video sites, will be broadcast every Sunday at 9:30 am on Fuji TV starting in April 2025. Fuji TV's 9:30 am Sunday time slot has been used to broadcast the TV anime "ONE PIECE", based on the popular manga by Eiichiro Oda, since October 2006, but it has been announced that the time slot will be changed from April 2025, and it has been revealed that the successor program will be "TO BE HERO X". The 9:30 am Sunday time slot will be an anime slot where Fuji TV and Aniplex will team up to create a new work.
On the 9th, it was Koyoharu Gotouge that the new anime film version of the popular manga "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" by Koyoharu Gotouge, "Demon Slayer : Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie : Infinity Castle Arc," will be released in 2025. A special trailer was released using a visual depicting the Mugen Castle with the tagline "This is the battlefield," as well as footage from the final episode of the TV anime "Hashira Training Arc." The "Infinity Castle Arc" is a new anime following the "Hashira Training Arc," and will be produced as a trilogy of films.
On the 10th, it was announced that the TV anime "Can Friendship Between Men and Women Be Established? (No, It Doesn't!!)" based on the light novel by Dengeki Bunko (KADOKAWA) will be broadcast from April 2025. It was also announced that Kikunosuke Toya will play the main character, Natsume Yuu, and Sayumi Suzushiro will play the heroine, Inuzuka Himari.
On the 10th, it was announced that the popular manga "Tacoppie no Gensin" by Taizan5, which was serialized on Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump+", will be adapted into an anime. The work was serialized on "Shonen Jump+" from December 2021 to March 2022, and despite being a short series, it gained popularity, recording the highest number of views among works serialized at the same time. Now three years after the start of serialization, it has been decided that it will be made into an anime. TBS Television will plan and produce the series.
On the 11th, it was revealed that the unit "Poka Poka Aeon" consisting of voice actors Nao Toyama and Kiyono Yasuno will be restarting. "Poka Poka Aeon" was formed in 2017 by Toyama and Yasuno, who are also members of the tactical musical unit "Walküre" born from the anime "Macross Delta", and released their debut single in March 2022. About three years after their debut single, their second single "Rimi" will be released on March 5, 2025.
On the 12th, it was announced that the school idol group "Liella!" from the popular "Love Live! Love Live! Superstar!!" anime series will be appearing on the NHK Educational TV information variety show "Numa ni Hamatte Kite Mita (Numa Hama)" for junior and senior high school students, which will be broadcast from 8pm on the 21st. The theme of the show is "Special feature on artists that teenagers are hooked on," and will feature Liella! and Kocchi no Kento.
On the 12th, it was announced that a new OVA (original video animation) based on the anime "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!" (KonoSuba), based on Natsume Akatsuki's light novel, "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! 3 -BONUS STAGE-" will be screened in theaters from March 14, 2025. The screening will be limited to two weeks. The new work will be a double feature of episodes not aired on TV, "Red Stream Explosion!" and "Fake Alert!". The Blu-ray and DVD will be released on April 25, 2025.
On the 13th, it was announced that a second season of the TV anime "2.5-Dimensional Temptation (LiLiSa)," based on the romantic comedy manga by Yuu Hashimoto currently being serialized on Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump + (Plus)," will be produced.
On the 13th, it was announced that Shinichiro Nariie's manga "See you tomorrow at the food court" will be adapted into a TV anime and broadcast in 2025. The work has been a hot topic on social media as a manga about "high school girls just talking."
On the 13th, a new visual for the latest work in the popular anime series "Gundam", "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX", was released. The key visual for the theatrical advance version "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-" features GQuuuuuuX and Amate Yuzuriha. It was also announced that the theatrical advance version will be screened in IMAX from January 17, 2025, the opening day of the film. This will be the first time that the "Gundam" series will be screened in IMAX. A trailer for the theatrical advance version was also released on YouTube.
On the 14th, the Japan finals of the 12th Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC, Gunpla World Cup), a contest to determine the world's best Gunpla (plastic model) builder from the Gundam anime series, were held at Gundam Base Tokyo (Koto-ku, Tokyo). In the OVER-21 course for those 21 years of age and older, FA Green's "Regeneration" won and was selected to represent Japan. In the U-14 course for those 6 years of age and older and 14 years of age and younger, Yuwashii's "To a Friend..." and in the U-20 course for those 15 years of age and older and 20 years of age and younger, Hikonatsu's "Beyond The AXIZ" represented Japan.
