"Anime 1 Week" brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From February 16th to 22nd, news of the conclusion of "MF Ghost " and the holding of "GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE -FINAL-" attracted attention.
On the 16th, it was revealed that the 10th anniversary project of "Shinkalion", a project in which a Shinkansen transforms into a robot, will be launched. To commemorate the 10th anniversary, a visual featuring all the previous E5 Hayabusa trains was released.
On the 16th, it was announced that the fourth season of the TV anime " A Certain Scientific Railgun Scientific Railgun," a spin-off of the popular light novel series " A Certain Magical Index Magical Index" by Kazuma Kamachi, will be produced. It was also announced that the series' spin-off "A Certain Dark Side Girl Symbiosis (Item)" will be made into a TV anime.
The 12th issue of the manga magazine "Young Magazine" (Kodansha), released on the 17th, marked the final chapter of " MF Ghost ," the successor to the popular manga " Initial D " by Shuichi Shigeno , bringing the series to a close after about seven and a half years of serialization since its start in September 2017. It was also announced that the 3rd season of the TV anime of the same work will be broadcast in 2026.
On the 18th, it was announced that the domestic release date of the new animated film " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Arc, " based on the popular manga " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba : Kimetsu no Yaiba" by Koyoharu Gotouge , will be March 1st. A special program "Soldier Gathering" will be streamed on YouTube, and an event will be held.
On the 18th, it was announced that Akai Matsuri's light novel " My Status As an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's(My Status As an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's)" from Overlap Bunko will be adapted into a TV anime and will begin airing in October. The story follows Oda Takeo Otsuka and Saku Mizuno will play Oda Akira and Amelia Rose Quartz, respectively. The series will be directed by Habara Nobuyoshi and produced by Sunrise.
On the 19th, it was announced that the full CG animation "FINAL FANTASY", which was released in 2001 as a theatrical version of the popular game "FINAL FANTASY" series, will be screened at the 3rd Niigata International Animation Film Festival, a festival for full-length commercial animation films. It will be screened as part of the all-night event "A Turning Point for Japanese Anime CG".
On the 19th, it was announced that the 2nd Domannaka Anime Film Festival, a film festival focusing on 1980s anime, will be held from May 16th to 22nd at Midland Square Cinema (Nakamura Ward, Nagoya City). The official poster, featuring original artwork by Kunio Okawara, known for his designs of the mobile suits in Mobile Suit Gundam, was also released.
On the 20th, it was revealed that the program "Macross x Sunrise New Release Special," which will announce new information about the latest work in the popular anime series "Macross," will be broadcast live on ABEMA at 7pm on March 2nd. It has been announced that the latest work will be produced by Sunrise (Bandai Namco Film Works).
On the 21st, the event "GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE -FINAL-" for the popular anime series "Gundam" opened at the Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Plaza (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) on the 21st. New products such as Gunpla (plastic models) from the latest series "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX" will be on display. The event will run until the 24th.
On the 22nd, the finals of the 12th Gunpla Builders World Cup (GBWC, Gunpla World Cup) world championships, a contest to determine the world's best Gunpla builder, were held at the Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Square, and it was announced that "UNDER CONTROL" (Wu Jingmin), representing mainland China, was selected as the world's best in the OVER-21 course for those aged 21 and over.
