"Anime 1 Week" introduces the latest anime news from the past week. From April 6th to 12th, the news that the fourth chapter of "Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199", "Sasha, the Light Blue Maiden", will be screened from October 10th, and the topic of "The Boy and the Heron?" will be broadcast on Friday Road Show attracted attention.
On the 6th, it was announced that a second season of the anime "Too Many Losing Heroines!", based on the light novel from Shogakukan Gagaga Bunko (Shogakukan), will be produced.
On the 6th, it was announced that the second season of the TV anime "The Cuckoo's Fiancee", based on the romantic comedy manga by Miki Yoshikawa currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha), will start in July. It was also announced that Masakazu Hishida will be the director of the second season, and Yuzuru Aoba will be in charge of the series composition. Hina Yomiya will play the new character Ai Mochizuki.
On the 7th, it was announced that the box office revenue for the animated film "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-," based on the music-based character rap project "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- (Hypnosis Mic)," has exceeded 1 billion yen.
On the 8th, it was announced that Keigo Higashino's novel "Kusunoki no Bannin" (Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha) will be adapted into an animated feature film and released in 2026. This will be the first time that one of Higashino's works has been adapted into an animated feature film. It will be directed by Tomohiko Ito, known for the anime "Sword Art Online," and produced by A-1 Pictures.
On the 9th, it was revealed that a new anime adaptation of Akumi Agitogi's novel "My Happy Marriage" from Fujimi L Bunko (KADOKAWA) will be produced.
On the 9th, the interior of the "GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION," a pavilion for the popular anime series "Gundam" that will appear at the Expo 2025(Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan), was unveiled to members of the press. The new film "GUNDAM: Next Universal Century" that will be screened at the pavilion was unveiled for the first time, revealing that the MSN-X17 Zeong Type MA will appear and battle the RX-78F00/E Gundam.
On the 10th, it was revealed that a new project has been launched for the anime series "Date A Live," which is based on the popular light novel from Fujimi Fantasia Bunko (KADOKAWA).
On the 10th, it was revealed that "Shunkashuto Daikosha Haru no Mai" by Kana Akatsuki, who is known for the light novel "Violet Evergarden", will be made into a TV anime. WIT STUDIO, the studio behind "Attack on Titan" and "SPY×FAMILY", will be producing the anime.
On the 10th, it was announced that season 3 of the TV anime "To Your Eternity," based on the manga by Yoshitoki Oima, known for "A Silent A Silent Voice," will be broadcast on NHK General TV from October. Season 3 will move into the present world arc, several hundred years after the previous world arc depicted in seasons 1 and 2.
On the 11th, it was announced that singer Hiroko Moriguchi will release a spin-off of the "GUNDAM SONG COVERS" series, an album covering songs from the popular anime series "Gundam," called "GUNDAM SONG COVERS -ORCHESTRA-," on June 18. The final chapter of the "GUNDAM SONG COVERS" series, "3," was released in 2022, but in response to calls for an encore, a spin-off with the concept of "Hiroko Moriguchi x Gundam Songs x Full Orchestra" will be released.
On the 11th, it was announced that the "Predator" movie series will be made into an anime, titled "Predator: The Ultimate Predator Showdown," and will be exclusively distributed on Disney+ from June 6th. This will be the first animated film in the series.
On the 11th, it was announced that the fourth chapter of the latest installment of the remake series of the popular anime "Space Battleship Yamato", "Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199", "Sasha, the Light Blue Maiden", will be screened from October 10th. A teaser visual drawn by Kia Asamiya, who is in charge of the image drawings for the work, and a special trailer featuring Sasha were also released.
On the 11th, it was announced that Studio Ghibli's animated feature film "The Boy and the Heron?", directed by Hayao Miyazaki, which won the 96th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature on the 11th, will be broadcast on Friday Road Show (Nippon TV, Friday 9pm) on May 2nd. This will be the first time the film will be broadcast, and it will be shown uncut.
On the 12th, it was revealed that an anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's popular manga series "JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Adventure", Part 7, "STEEL BALL RUN", will be produced. The title is "Steel Ball Run JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Adventure", and the image visual, visuals of the main characters Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli, and a special trailer have been released.
On the 12th, it was revealed that the official title of the new TV anime series based on Masamune Shirow's popular manga "Ghost in the Shell" will be "Ghost in the Shell". Moko-chan, who served as assistant director of "Dandadan" and has participated in "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" and "The Heike Story", will be the director. This will be Moko-chan's first time as a director. Akutagawa Prize-winning author Enjo Toh will be in charge of series composition and scriptwriting, while Handa Shuhei will be in charge of character design and general animation direction. The new Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!", and it has been announced that it will air in 2026.
