"Anime Week" brings you a week's worth of anime news. From November 16th to 22nd, news such as the worldwide box office revenue of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1 - Akaza Returns" surpassing 100 billion yen and the start of the retrospective exhibition "Artist, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko" attracted attention.
On the 16th, 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 begin airing in April 2026. It was also announced that Tomokazu Sugita will appear in the role of Reid Astrea, the first sword saint who was active approximately 400 years ago and the founder of the Astrea family.
On the 16th, it was revealed that the fifth episode of the final chapter of the popular anime "Girls und Panzer(Garupan)" will be screened in theaters in 2026. This will be the first new episode since the fourth episode, which was screened in theaters in October 2023.
On the 17th, it was announced that a new anime series based on Shigeru Mizuki Mizuki's manga "Akuma-kun" will be broadcast on TOKYO MX and other channels from January Getsuku , 2026. The anime, which began streaming on Netflix in November 2023, will be broadcast on terrestrial television for the first time.
On the 17th, it was announced that the box office revenue of the anime film " Chainsaw Man Chainsaw Man : Reze Arc," based on the popular manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto , had surpassed 8.7 billion yen. The film recorded an audience of approximately 5.72 million people. In the weekend audience rankings for the 14th to 16th (according to Kogyo Tsushinsha), it rose to the top spot, up from 4th place the previous week.
On the 17th, it was announced that the new film adaptation of the popular anime " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Koyoharu Gotouge " anime, " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1: Akaza Returns," based on the popular manga by Koyoharu Gotouge, had grossed approximately 106,370,560,000 yen worldwide, including Japan, as of the 16th, making it the first Japanese film to surpass 100 billion yen in global box office revenue. The film has attracted over 89.17 million viewers, making it a global smash hit. In Japan, the film grossed 37,927,580,000 yen and attracted over 26.04 million viewers in the 122 days since its release on July 18th.
On the 18th, a retrospective exhibition of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, known for his character designs for the anime Mobile Suit Gundam and active as a manga artist, entitled "Yoshikazu Yasuhiko ," opened at the Shibuya Shoto Museum of Art (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo). The exhibition has also been held in Kobe, Shimane, Aomori, and Hokkaido, and will now be held in Tokyo. It will run until February 1, 2026.
On the 18th, it was announced that the animated film " 100 Meters ", based on the manga by Uoto , who is also known for " Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Chi: Chikyu no Undo ni Tsuite), " which was adapted into a TV anime, has surpassed 700 million yen in box office revenue in the two months since its release on September 19th. The film has been a hit, with audience numbers exceeding 470,000.
On the 18th, the 1995 animated film "Ghost in the Shell" (directed by Mamoru Oshii) celebrated its 30th anniversary, with director Oshii commenting, "Before I knew it, 30 years had passed. I believe the reason this work continues to be loved even after changing media, from film to video to DVD, is thanks to the power of the original work and the support of everyone."
On the 19th, the Voice Protection and Multilingualization Association (VIDA) held a kickoff press conference in Tokyo. VIDA was established with the aim of utilizing cutting-edge voice AI technology to protect human voices and promote "voice multilingualization," which will support the global expansion of anime, dramas, and movies. At the press conference, the association announced an initiative to use AI to translate Japanese voice actors' voices into over 30 languages in collaboration with Eleven Labs, a company specializing in AI voice generation technology. This initiative aims to promote the overseas expansion of content that utilizes multilingual voices, as well as combat the recent controversy over piracy and the problem of AI generating voices of voice actors and actors without their permission.
On the 20th, it was announced that singer-songwriter milet will be performing the ending theme "The Story of Us" for the second season of the TV anime " Frieren: Beyond Journey's End," which is based on the manga currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan). milet will be performing the ending theme for the first season, following on from the first season. As with the ending theme for the first season, "Anytime Anywhere," the arrangement will be handled by Evan Call, who also worked on the anime's in-game music.
On the 20th, it was announced that the first-ever worldwide character popularity poll, "DRAGON BALL THE ONE," will be held as part of the 40th anniversary project of the popular manga "Dragon Ball" by the late Akira Toriyama. Voting began on the special website at noon on the same day.
On the 21st, it was announced that the romantic comedy manga "Drawing Naruueha," currently being serialized on the Young Animal (Hakusensha) website, will be adapted into a TV anime. It was also revealed that Ayumu Murase will be playing the role of Uehara Yuki and Sayumi Suzushiro will be playing the role of Miyamoto Niina.
On the 21st, it was announced that to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the anime adaptation of "Wings of Rean" by director Yoshiyuki Tomino, a screening with a talk show will be held at Shinjuku Piccadilly on December 14th. Jun Fukuyama, who plays A$AP Suzuki, Director Tomino, character designer Kudo Masafumi, and producer Kawaguchi Yoshitaka will be in attendance, with setting production director Taniguchi Hirojiro serving as MC.
On the 21st, it was announced that the first large-scale exhibition of Nagano Mamoru, known for the manga "Five Star Stories" (KADOKAWA), "DESIGNS Nagano Mamoru Design Exhibition," will be held at Sunshine City Exhibition Hall B in Ikebukuro, Tokyo from December 19th, and that the animated film "Flower Poetess Gottimaed," which Nagano also worked on, will be screened at TOHO Cinemas Ikebukuro (Toshima-ku, Tokyo) from December 19th to 25th.
On the 22nd, it was announced that the new film, "Expelled from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart," a sequel to the animated film "Expelled from Paradise," which was released in November 2014, will be released on November 13, 2026. It was also announced that Ayane Sakura will be playing Gabriel, a third-class agent from the Security Bureau, Saori Hayami will be playing Alma, Yoshino Aoyama will be playing Danel, and Sally Amagi will be playing Raguel, an employee of the Environmental Investigation Bureau.
On the 22nd, it was announced that a new anime adaptation of Akumi Agitogi's novel "My Happy Marriage," published by Fujimi L Bunko (KADOKAWA), will be made into a three-episode series and will be broadcast as a TV anime in 2026. It will also be distributed worldwide on Netflix.
