"Anime 1 Week" brings you a week's worth of anime news. From February 22nd to 28th, news that "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash - The Witch of Circe" has surpassed 2.24 billion yen in box office revenue, and "Onegai AiPuri" will be broadcast from April, were some of the topics that attracted attention.
On the 23rd, it was announced that a TV anime adaptation of "A Certain Dark Side Girl Symbiosis (Item)," a spin-off of the "A Certain" series, centered around Kazuma Kamachi's popular light novel "A Certain Magical Index Magical Index," will be broadcast in 2026. Tatsuyuki Nagai will serve as director, and Kimoto Shigeki will handle character design. It will be produced by JCSTAFF, which has worked on the "A Certain" series of anime up to now.
On the 23rd, it was announced that a completely new series of the popular anime series "Evangelion" will be produced. Kazuya Tsurumaki and Toko Yatabe will serve as directors, and Studio Khara and CloverWorks will produce. Yoko Taro will be in charge of series composition and scriptwriting, and Keiichi Okabe will be in charge of music.
On the 24th, it was announced that the original anime film "Super Kaguyahime!", which is the first feature-length film directed by Seigo Yamashita, has grossed approximately 291.22 million yen and attracted approximately 148,000 viewers in the four days since its theatrical release on the 20th. Despite only being released in 19 theaters, it debuted in 5th place in the weekend audience rankings (according to Kogyo Tsushinsha).
On the 24th, it was announced that the theatrical version of the short anime "Galaxy Express Milky Subway," "Galaxy Express Milky Subway: Local Train to the Theater," had grossed 400 million yen and attracted over 300,000 viewers in the 18 days since its release on the 6th. In response to the success, it was announced that the number of theaters showing the film will be expanded from March 6th. 75 new theaters will be added to the current 76, "almost doubling" the number of theaters showing the film.
On the 24th, it was announced that the manga "The Duke-to-be, who said 'I have no intention of loving you,' but for some reason is doting on me," which is currently being serialized on the web manga service "COMIC Polaris" (Flex Comics), will be made into a TV anime and will be broadcast on TV Asahi and BS Asahi from July.
On the 25th, it was announced that the third Domannaka Anime Film Festival will be held at Midland Square Cinema (Nakamura Ward, Nagoya) in May. In addition to works from the 1980s, which have been the focus of the festival so far, the festival will also expand its scope to include works released in the 2000s.
On the 26th, it was announced that the latest TV anime in the popular Pretty Series, which includes anime and games, "Onegai AiPuri," will be broadcast on TV Tokyo every Sunday at 9:30 am starting from April 5th. This latest installment in the Pretty Series, following "Himitsu no AiPri," follows the double protagonists Yoshimi Inori and Yumemiya Aoi, who make everyone's wishes come true through a live performance by the idol princesses, AiPuri. Ogawa Hana will play Yoshimi Inori, and Kanaya Rika will play Yumemiya Aoi.
On the 27th, it was revealed that Misato Matsuoka.
On the 27th, it was announced that the new theatrical version of the popular anime "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," "Puella Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Walpurgis no Kaiten," will be released on August 28th.
On the 27th, it was announced that "Danderaion," the debut work of manga artist Sorachi Hideaki, known for the popular manga "Gintama," will be adapted into an anime. The seven-episode anime series will be exclusively distributed worldwide on Netflix from April. The main cast will include Kobayashi Chikahiro as Tetsuo Tanba and Megumi Han as Misaki Kurogane. The series will be directed by Mataga Daisuke and produced by NAZ.
On the 27th, it was announced that the TV anime "GATE SEASON 2: Thus the JSDF Fought in His Sea (GATE 2)," based on the popular light novel series "Gate" by Takumi Yanai, will be broadcast in 2027.
On the 28th, it was announced that the second chapter of the popular Gundam anime series, "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash" (directed by Murase Shukou), titled "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash: Circe's Witch," had grossed over 2.24 billion yen in the 29 days since its release on January 30th. The total number of moviegoers exceeded 1.34 million. The first chapter, released in June 2021, grossed approximately 2.23 billion yen, surpassing the first chapter's record in just one month after its release.
