Anime Week brings you a roundup of the week's anime news. From August 17th to 23rd, news that the box office revenue of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1 - Akaza Returns" exceeded 25.7 billion yen, and the release of the Gundam model kit "HG 1/144 Mandala Gundam" attracted attention.
On the 17th, it was announced that the band Porno Graffitti will be performing the opening theme "THE REVO" for the 8th and final season of the TV anime " My Hero Academia ," based on the manga by Kohei Horikoshi that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha). The band performed the opening theme "THE DAY" for the first season of the TV anime that aired in 2016, and after about nine years, they will now be performing the opening for "FINAL SEASON."
On the 17th, it was revealed that approximately 250,000 people visited Comic Market (Comiket) 106, Japan's largest doujinshi sales event, over two days. Comiket 106 was held on the 16th and 17th at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto Ward, Tokyo).
On the 18th, it was announced that the new movie version of the anime " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Yaiba" based on the popular manga by Koyoharu Gotouge, " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie : Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1: Akaza Returns," has grossed over 25,782,650,000 yen in the 31 days since its release on July 18th. The total number of moviegoers has exceeded 18,270,000.
On the 19th, it was announced that "Kekkaishi no Ichirinka" (KADOKAWA), a novel by Kureha Kureha, who is also known for "Demon Bride", will be adapted into a TV anime. It will be produced by TROYCA, the studio behind "Arnodoor Zero".
On the 20th, a preview was held for BANDAI SPIRITS' new plastic model production factory, the Bandai Hobby Center New Factory (Shizuoka City), and the museum, "BHC PDII MUSEUM." The new factory was built on a site of approximately 14,724 square meters adjacent to the main building of the Bandai Hobby Center with the aim of ensuring a more stable production system. The museum within the new factory has the theme of "Designing the Value of Plastic Models," and visitors can tour the new factory and enjoy the "Be Your Own Plastic Model Designer Experience." The museum will open on September 2nd.
On the 20th, it was announced that the first film adaptation of the action adventure game "SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE" (FromSoftware), which depicts the battles of ninjas at the end of the Warring States period, will be a fully hand-drawn 2D anime called "SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT." Kenichi Kutsuna will serve as director, and Qzil.la will produce the animation.
On the 21st, it was announced that "LV999 no Murabito," a light novel by Hoshizuki Koneko that originated on the novel submission site "Shosetsuka ni Naro," will be adapted into a TV anime in 2026.
On the 21st, it was announced that the Mandala Gundam Gunpla from the anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam would be released as the "HG 1/144 Mandala Gundam" from Bandai Spirits' "HG" series. On the same day, pre-orders began on Bandai Namco Group's shopping site, Premium Bandai, and it quickly sold out, proving to be a huge hit.
On the 21st, it was announced that a 4K remastered version of "Angel's Egg," the legendary OVA (original video animation) directed by Oshii Mamoru and released in 1985, will be released exclusively in Dolby Cinema from November 14th. It will be released nationwide from November 21st. The 4K remastered version was selected for the Classics category at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May, and had its world premiere prior to its release in Japan. A poster visual has also been released ahead of the release. The visual features an illustration drawn by Amano Yoshitaka, the original creator and art director, for the first time in about 40 years.
On the 22nd, the second key visual for the second season of the TV anime " Dandadan ," based on the popular manga by Yukinobu Tatsu currently being serialized on Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump+," was released. The visual features a slightly rough design and shows a robot and what appears to be a monster facing off against each other. Behind them, the face of new character Kinta Sakata is faintly visible, with Momo, Okarun, Turbo Granny, Aira, and Jiji, who are posing for some reason, looking up at them. It was also announced that Daichi Fujiwara will play the new character Kinta Sakata.
On the 23rd, it was announced that Kenjiro Tsuda , a voice actor and actor, will be appearing in the " Doraemon Birthday Special" of the popular anime " Doraemon " (TV Asahi). This will be Tsuda's first appearance in " Doraemon," and he will be narrating the secret gadget, the Movie Can, that appears in the original episode "Treasure of the Castle in the Sky! ~Legend of the True Hero~," which is set in the world of the movie. The "Birthday Special" will be broadcast from 6:56 PM on September 6th. Tsuda will also be appearing in the regular episode "Want to be in a Movie!? Doraemon," which airs from 5 PM on the same day. In the episode in which Doraemon transforms into a cool character using a secret gadget, Tsuda will play the role of "Cool Doraemon."
