"Anime 1 Week" is a weekly news report that brings together the latest anime news from the past week. From March 39th to April 5th, news that the second season of "Medalist" will be produced and the launch of a project to commemorate the 30th anniversary of "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing" were the topics of interest.
On March 30th, it was revealed that the third season of the TV anime "Shangri-La Frontier," based on the manga currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha), will be produced.
On the 30th, it was revealed that a second season of the TV anime "Medalist," based on a figure skating manga that was also selected as the No. 1 comics category in the "Next Manga Awards 2022," will be produced.
On the 31st, it was announced that the box office revenue of the theatrical pre-release version of the latest work in the popular anime series "Gundam", "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning-", exceeded 3.34 billion yen in 73 days since its screening began on January 17th. The movie has been a hit, with the number of viewers exceeding 2.02 million.
On April 1st, it was revealed that a 30th anniversary project has been launched for the anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing," which began airing on April 7th, 1995. A 30th anniversary commemorative visual featuring Heero Yuy and Relena Dorian dressed up was released, and a special website was opened. An official book commemorating the 30th anniversary, "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing & Endless Waltz 30th Anniversary Official Book - Operation 30th-," will also be released.
On the 2nd, it was announced that the TV anime "In a World Full of Zombies I'm the Only One Who Doesn't Get Attacked, " based on a popular light novel from the novel posting site "Nocturne Novels" and other sites, will be broadcast on AT-X in 2026.
On the 3rd, it was announced that the manga "Osananajimi to romankome ni nai" (Don't Become a Romantic Comedy with My Childhood Friend), which is currently being serialized on Kodansha's web manga app "Magazine Pocket (Magapoke)", will be adapted into a TV anime and broadcast in 2026. The anime will be produced by CyberAgent's animation label "CyberAgent ANIME", and Tezuka Productions will produce the anime.
On the 4th, it was announced that the second season of the TV anime " Dandadan ," based on the popular manga by Yukinobu Tatsu that is currently being serialized on Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump +," will be broadcast nationwide simultaneously from July 3rd on the MBS/TBS late-night anime slot "Super Animeism TURBO."
On the 4th, it was announced that the sequel to the 13th installment of the popular anime "PreCure" series, " Witchy Pretty Cure!", "Witchy Pretty Cure!!! ~MIRAI DAYS~", will be broadcast every Wednesday at 8pm starting from April 16th. The sequel to "Witchy Pretty Cure!", which has been aired for the first time in about 8 years, was broadcast on ABC TV and TV Asahi's late-night anime slot "ANiMAZiNG!!!" from January to March, but will now also be broadcast on TOKYO MX.
On the 5th, an advance screening of the TV anime "mono", based on the manga by Afro, known for "Laid-Back Camp", was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), with voice actors Kazuki Mikawa, Aoi Koga, Hikaru Tono, Reina Reina Ueda, and Maki Kawase in attendance. Mikawa spoke of the appeal of the show, saying, "Everyone is moving! It's a great show that's packed with the goodness of the original and the goodness of the anime!" Koga, who plays Ann Kiriyama, nodded and said, "I felt the attention to detail and playfulness, and I'm looking forward to episodes after the first one." As twisted fried food appears in the anime, the voice actors excitedly said, "It makes me want to eat twisted fried food!"
