"Anime 1 Week" is a weekly news report that brings you all the Takopi's Original Sin " on June 28th.
On the 18th, it was announced that the TV anime "Rascal Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus " series (Dengeki Bunko), will be broadcast on TOKYO MX and other stations from July 5th. The "College Student Arc" will be the first TV anime series in about seven years. The second key visual, depicting the back of Sakurajima Mai, now a college student, and a miniskirt Santa, was also released.
On the 19th, it was announced that the box office revenue of the movie "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-," an animated film based on the music-based character rap project "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- (Hypnosis Mic)," has exceeded 1.5 billion yen. The film was released on February 21st, and the winner of the rap battle in the film is decided by the audience's votes through a smartphone app. The film is garnering attention as Japan's first "interactive film," with 48 different screening patterns and 7 endings based on the votes cast a total of 5 times during the screening.
On the 20th, it was announced that the anime " Takopi's Original Sin", based on the manga by Taizan5, which was serialized on Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump +", will begin streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, ABEMA and other video streaming services on June 28th. It was also announced that the anime will have a total of 6 episodes.
On the 21st, it was revealed that the Gundam model kit "HG 1/144 Exabe Custom Gyan (Hakuji Equipment)" (Bandai Spirits) from the latest work in the popular anime "Gundam" series, "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (Zeke Axe)," will be released in July. 2,860 yen. The product name had been kept secret up until now as "HG Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX New Product C (tentative)," but it was announced that it is a Gundam model kit of the Rick Dom Gaia/Ortega.
On the 21st, it was announced that Ishii Shinji's novel "Toritsukare Otoko" (Shinchosha) will be adapted into an animated feature film and released in the fall of 2025. The film will be produced as a musical anime, directed by Takahashi Wataru, who has worked on "Crayon Shin-chan Shin-chan the Movie: Robo and Ichi-chan Strike Back," with Miura Naoyuki in charge of the script and Arakawa Shinji in charge of character design. Shin-Ei Animation will produce the anime.
On the 22nd, it was announced that the total number of copies of the popular light novel series "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon (DanMachi)" by Fujino Omori of GA Bunko (SB Creative) has exceeded 20 million. This is the first time that the total number of copies of a GA Bunko work has exceeded 20 million.
On the 22nd, it was discovered that a layout of the heavy cruiser Maya drawn by Hideaki Anno when he participated as an animation staff member in the theatrical animation "Grave of the Fireflies" was discovered, and it will be exhibited for the first time at the exhibition "Takahata Isao Exhibition - The Man Who Created Japanese Animation" of the late director Isao Takahata. Harmony cels (cells drawn with a painting-like touch) based on the layout will also be exhibited. The harmony cels were created by Noriko Higuchi. The exhibition will be held from June 27th to September 15th at Azabudai Hills Gallery (Minato-ku, Tokyo).
On the 24th, it was announced that the fourth season of the TV anime "Re:Zero(Re:ZERO)", based on the light novel by MF Bunko J (KADOKAWA), will be broadcast in 2026. The second teaser visual featuring the new character Shaula was released, and it was also announced that Fairouz Ai, who plays Shaula, will appear.
On the 24th, a special exhibition for the theatrical pre-release of "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX", "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-", opened at Anime Tokyo Station (Toshima-ku, Tokyo). Looking back on famous scenes, the exhibition features character and mobile suit standees such as the protagonist Amate Yuzuriha (Machu), photo spots that recreate scenes, and valuable production materials such as scripts. There will also be a corner where you can take AR photos with the characters. Until August 11th
