"Anime 1 Week" is a site that brings together anime news from the past week. From July 6th to 12th, news items that drew attention included the release of an experimental video based on "Combat Mecha Xabungle" and the holding of a "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" event, "Prayer for the arrival of many fans just before the release."
On the 6th, it was announced that the second season of the TV anime "Wisteria of the Cane and Sword," based on the manga written by Fujino Omori, who is known for the popular light novel "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon (DanMachi)," will be broadcast in 2026.
On the 6th, it was revealed that Arakawa Hiromu's latest work "Yomi no Tsugai", known for popular manga such as "Fullmetal Alchemist" and "Silver Spoon", will be made into a TV anime. It was also announced that the TV anime will be produced by Square Enix, Aniplex, and Bones.
On the 6th, it was announced that an experimental video called "BLUE GALE XABUNGLE SIDE R" based on the robot anime "Combat Mecha Xabungle" that was broadcast in 1982-83 will be released this fall. This is a follow-up to "BLUE GALE XABUNGLE SIDE L" released in May, and a young creator will be creating a video that "reinterprets Combat Mecha Xabungle from a different perspective." He will provide a new song written specifically for the work to the idol unit "After School Climax Girls" from "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors."
On the 7th, it was announced that a new TV anime, "Ascendance of a Shosetsuka ni Naro of a Bookworm: I'll Do Anything to Become a Librarian," which is available on the novel submission site "Let's Become a Novelist," will be produced and will be broadcast nationwide on the Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV networks every Saturday at 5:30 pm from spring 2026. It will also be broadcast on TOKYO MX. WIT STUDIO, the studio behind "SPY×FAMILY" and "Attack on Titan Season 3," will be producing the anime.
On the 8th, it was announced that the TV anime "Chiikawa ," based on Nagano's popular manga, will resume airing new episodes from the 15th. The series suspended regular broadcasts from April as a preparation period for the production of a new series, and revived episodes that received a great response. This will be the first time it has resumed in about three months.
On the 9th, it was announced that a special program titled "Gundam Connects the Universe and the Future at Osaka- Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Expo 2025 GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION In-Depth Analysis SP," about the "GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION," a pavilion for the popular anime series "Gundam" at the 2025 World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Expo), will be broadcast on TV Tokyo from 4 pm on August 2nd.
On the 9th, it was announced that Hisamakumako's four-panel manga "One Tatami Room Full of Life!", which is currently serialized in "Manga Time Kirara" (Houbunsha), will be made into a TV anime.
On the 10th, it was announced that Kimura Fuuta's manga "The Rewinder of Fate," currently being serialized in "Monthly CoroCoro Comic" (Shogakukan), will be adapted into a TV anime. The theme is "time leap x action," and the popular work achieved the feat of being ranked number one in the magazine's popularity survey for 12 consecutive months, an unprecedented feat. The anime will be directed by Matsumoto Rie, known for "Blood Blockade Battlefront" and "GOTCHA!". It will be the first time Matsumoto has directed a TV anime series in about 10 years, since "Blood Blockade Battlefront." It will be produced by Bones Film, and the staff from "Blood Blockade Battlefront" and "GOTCHA!" will be reuniting. It will be produced by STORY inc., which also produced "Suzume."
On the 10th, it was announced that Me-Tele and Bandai Namco Filmworks will be holding a screening of robot anime produced by Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), "Me-Tele x Sunrise World Robot Anime Screening," on October 18th at Higashi Betsuin Hall (Naka-ku, Nagoya). Three works that were broadcast from 1982 to 1985, "Combat Mecha Xabungle," "Aura Battler Dunbine," and "Heavy Metal L-Gaim ," will be screened, and MIQ (then MIO), who participated in the songs of the three works, will be invited as a special guest to perform a mini live concert.
On the 11th, it was revealed that "Dodge Danko: The Ball Girl of Flame", the official sequel to "Dodge Danpei: The Ball Boy of Flame", a dodgeball manga by Tetsuhiro Koshita that was popular in the 1990s, will be made into a TV anime in 2026.
On the 11th, a "Prayer for the Return of Akaza" just before the release of the new movie version of the anime " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba : Infinity Castle Arc no Yaiba" based on the popular manga by Koyoharu Gotouge was held at Koyoharu Gotouge (Minato Ward, Tokyo). Thirteen voice actors who play the Demon Slaying Corps soldiers and pillars, including Natsuki Hanae Natsuki, who plays Tanjiro Kamado, gathered at the event. They donated lanterns to Zojoji Temple and prayed for the success of the first movie, which will be released on the 18th.
