Anime Week brings you a roundup of the latest anime news from the past week. From November Getsuku to 15th, news that "Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc" has surpassed 8.31 billion yen in box office revenue and the holding of "TAMASHII NATION 2025" attracted attention.
On the 9th, it was announced that Ryo Ariyama's light novel "The Romeria War Chronicles: Humanity Still Seems in Danger After Defeating the Demon King, So They Formed an Army," which originated from the novel submission site "Shosetsuka ni Naro a Novelist," will be adapted into a TV anime and will air in 2026.
On the 10th, it was announced that the theatrical version of Chainsaw Man Chainsaw Man , based on the popular manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto , had grossed over 8.31 billion yen in the 52 days since its release on September 19th. The film has been a huge hit, with audience numbers exceeding 5.43 million, and its momentum shows no signs of slowing down.
On the 10th, it was announced that the popular game "NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE" (WSS playground), which was released in 2022 and has recorded a total of approximately 3 million downloads, will be made into a TV anime and will begin airing in April 2026.
On November 11th, a screening to commemorate the production of the new TV anime "Yoroiden Samurai Troopers," the official sequel to the "Yoroiden Samurai Troopers" series that aired from April 1988 to March 1989, was held at Shinjuku Piccadilly (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), and featured appearances by Takeshi Kusao, who plays Ryo Sanada, and Tomohiro Nishimura, who plays Shureihuang. At the screening, Kusao and Nishimura made a surprise performance of their popular song "WONDER ~Toki ni Nageru Kanmon Mark~," which elicited thunderous applause and cheers from the fans gathered at the venue.
On the 11th, it was announced that the life-size statue of Unicorn Gundam from the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam UC (Unicorn)," located at DiverCity Tokyo in Odaiba, Tokyo, will be lit up for the winter season only from the 23rd. The pale green lighting is based on the theme of the anime film " Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash - The Witch of Circe," which will be released on January 30th, 2026, and a XI Gundam object will be installed as a photo spot. The lighting will run until March 6th, 2026.
On the 11th, it was announced that the Jujutsu Kaisen Jujutsu Kaisen movie " Shibuya Incident Special Edition" x "Culling Game Advance Screening" of the anime series had grossed approximately 640 million yen in the three days since its release on November 7th. The film attracted an audience of approximately 417,700 people, and got off to a good start by taking first place in the movie attendance rankings for the 7th to 9th (according to the Box Office Information Company).
On the 12th, it was announced that Kappei's manga "Hidarikiki no Ellen," which was also made into a TV drama, will be made into an anime and will be broadcast as a TV anime on TV Tokyo from April 2026.
On the 12th, it was announced that the manga currently being serialized on the manga distribution site "COMIC Meteor," "The Magical Power I Lend Will Be Forced to be Collected in Revolving Payments ~ After being deemed useless and kicked out of the party, I aim to become the strongest by utilizing the magical power I have collected with the help of a cute support fairy ~," will be made into a TV anime. The anime will be broadcast on TV Asahi and BS Asahi in 2026 under the title "The Magical Power I Lend Will Be Forced to be Collected in Revolving Payments."
On the 13th, the voice actors for Brinks Wedge, Julia Suga, Harla Morley, Betty, Rod Hein, and other members of the anti-Earth Federation Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash movement, Mufti, who will appear in the second part of the animated film "Mobile Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash " (directed by Murase Shukou), "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash: The Witch of Circe," were announced. The cast includes Hiroshi Shirakuma, Anna Nagase, Maka Yamazaki, Hinata Sato, Kazuki Kyan, Shinya Takahashi, Shinya Takahashi, Tomoaki Kanze, Shuichi Uchida, Hayato Inomata, and Taihi Kimura.
On the 14th, Bandai Spirits' figure event "TAMASHII NATION 2025" opened in Akihabara, Tokyo. New figures from "Gundam" and "Kamen Rider" were all on display. The event runs until the 16th.
On the 14th, it was revealed that the popular light novel series "The Haruhi Suzumiya" by Nagaru Tanigawa, published by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko (KADOKAWA), will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of its TV anime broadcast in 2026 with the full-scale launch of the "Haruhi Suzumiya Gratitude" project. The first part of the project will be a revival screening of the film "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" for a limited two-week period starting February 6, 2026. To commemorate the launch of the project, original author Tanigawa commented:
On the 15th, voice actress idol unit "i☆Ris" held their 13th anniversary live concert "i☆Ris 13th Anniversary Live -TITLE MATCH-" at Pia Arena MM (Nishi-ku, Yokohama). "i☆Ris" held their 12th anniversary live concert at the same venue last year, but tickets were not sold out. Tickets for their 13th anniversary live concert were sold out, so they got their revenge.
