Anime 1 week:The momentum of "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX" is unstoppable. "Idol PreCure with You" debuts as an idol

"Anime 1 Week" brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From January 26th to February 1st, news items that drew attention included the box office revenue of "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-" exceeding 1.43 billion yen, and the debut of the Idol PreCure from "Kimi to Idol PreCure♪."

On January 26th, it was announced that the second season of the TV anime " Go! Go! Loser Ranger! ", based on the manga by Negi Haruba , who is also known for the popular manga " The Quintessential Quintuplets ", will be broadcast on the CBC TV/TBS anime slot "Agaru Anime" every Sunday at 11:30 pm starting from April 13th. The main visual with the tagline "Expose the madness" was also released.

On the 27th, it was announced that the box office revenue of "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-", the theatrical pre-release version of the latest work in the popular anime series "Gundam", "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX (Zeke Axe)", has exceeded 1.43 billion yen. The number of moviegoers exceeded 856,000. The film has been a hit, topping the movie attendance rankings (according to Kogyo Tsushinsha) for two consecutive weeks from January 17th to 19th and January 24th to 26th. On the 25th and 26th, the box office revenue was 107.6% compared to the previous week, and the number of moviegoers was 106.8%, showing no signs of slowing down.

On the 27th, it was revealed that the first animated feature film "Project Sekai: The Broken World and Miku Who Can't Sing" (directed by Hata Hiroyuki), based on the popular smartphone game "Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (ProSeka)," which features Hatsune Miku, had grossed over 570 million yen in the 10 days since its release on the 17th. The film has been a hit, with audience numbers exceeding 390,000 (Miku).

On the 28th, it was announced that the 4K remastered versions of the animated feature films "Innocence" and "Ghost in the Shell", based on Masamune Shirow's popular manga "Ghost in the Shell", will be screened at TOHO Cinemas from February 28th. "Innocence", which was released in theaters in 2004 and celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, will be released on the big screen for the first time in about 20 years. This will be the first time that the 4K remastered version of "Innocence" will be screened in theaters.

On the 28th, it was announced that the TV anime "Bad Girl", based on Nikumaru's four-frame manga currently being serialized in "Manga Time Kirara Carat" (Houbunsha), will begin airing in July. The main cast was also announced, with Tachibana Ansaki playing Yuya Yu, who starts acting like a delinquent without breaking the school rules after entering high school in order to attract the attention of Atori, whom she worships as a god; Hanamiya Hatsuna playing Mizutori Atori, who is popular with both boys and girls and has a Madonna-like presence; Matsuoka Misato playing Suzukaze Ryo, who is often mistaken for a delinquent; and Hanai Miharu playing Ruriha Rura, who works as a beauty YouTuber and reader model.

On the 29th, visuals of professional heroes All Might , Eraserhead, Present Mic, Midnight, Ingenium and others who will appear in the TV anime "Vigilante - My Hero Academia ILLEGALS -," an official spin-off of the popular manga " My Hero Academia Kohei Horikoshi (Hiroaka)" by Horikoshi Kohei, were released. Following "Hiroaka," Kenta Miyake Kenta will play All Might /Yagi Toshinori, Suwabe Junichi Suwabe/Aizawa Shota, Yoshino Hiroyuki will play Present Mic/Yamada Hizashi, Watanabe Akino will play Midnight/Kayama Sui, and Kitada Riichi will play Ingenium/Iida Tenharu.

On the 30th, it was announced that the TV anime "Strong and New Saga", based on the light novel written by Masayuki Abe and illustrated by Ryuta Fuse, will be broadcast on TOKYO MX and ABC TV from July. The series was scheduled to start broadcasting in July 2023, but was postponed due to various circumstances.

On the 31st, it was revealed that the movie version of "Attack on Titan: The Last Attack," the final chapter of the TV anime "Attack on Titan on Titan," based on the popular manga by Isayama Hajime, has exceeded 1 million viewers. The film was released on November 8, 2024, and was scheduled to be screened for a limited period of three weeks, but due to its popularity it became a long-run screening. To commemorate the 1 million viewership, a new cut from "Attack on School Caste" was released.

On the 31st, the second episode of the third and final chapter of the new spin-off of the "Mobile Fighter G Gundam" series, "Mobile Fighter G Gundam: Sankyo Shinden ~Touhou no Tama~," was released on the official website of the series. In the second episode, Master Asia's son Master Junior and H, who are pursuing Domon Kasshu, are confronted by Michelo Chariot, who once stood in the way of the Shuffle Alliance. It is revealed that H is the daughter of Domon and Rain, and he tells the story of the events that took place after the 13th Gundam Fight.

On February 1st, Cure Idols Cure Aink and Cure Kyun Kyun from the 22nd installment of the popular anime series "PreCure" "Idol PreCure with You♪" debuted as Idol PreCure. The first event for Idol PreCure, which aims to "meet 1 million of you!", "Ohirome Debut Live" was held on the same day at Sakata Seed Garden Square in Yokohama Landmark Tower (Nishi-ku, Yokohama), and Cure Idols Cure Aink, Cure Kyun Kyun, and singers Ami Ishii, Akane Kumada, and Chihaya Yoshitake appeared. They debuted the opening and ending themes of the anime, as well as each PreCure's stage songs.