"Anime Week" summarizes the week's anime news. From April 5th to 11th, notable topics included the launch of the 30th anniversary project for "After War Gundam X" and the release of the second teaser trailer for the sixth chapter of "Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199," "The Blue Labyrinth."
On the 5th, it was announced that a 30th-anniversary project for the TV anime "After War Gundam X," which began airing on April 5, 1996, has been launched. A 30th-anniversary start visual was released, featuring the protagonist Garrod Ran , the heroine Tiffa Adill, the moon, and Gundam X.
On the 5th, it was announced that a theatrical anime film, "Detective Precure! The Movie," based on the 23rd installment of the popular anime "Precure" series, "Detective Precure!", is in production and will be released on September 18th.
On the 6th, it was announced that a third season of the TV anime "How Not to Summon a Demon Lord," based on a light novel from Kodansha Light Novel Bunko (Kodansha), will be produced. The title of the third season will be "How Not to Summon a Demon Lord ULT," and a visual announcing the third season, featuring Diablo, Shera, and Rem, was also released.
On the 7th, a Teaser trailer for "THE ONE PIECE," a brand new anime series based on Eiichiro Oda 's popular manga "ONE PIECE," was released on YouTube. Produced by WIT STUDIO, known for works such as "SPY×FAMILY," the project will animate the East Blue arc of the original manga with completely new animation. The teaser trailer consists of character design sketches and image boards.
On the 7th, it was revealed that the "HELLO, HARO" project has begun, which will operate "Minna no Haro," an autonomous space robot modeled after Haro from the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam," on the International Space Station (ISS). Minna no Haro, designed by Kunio Okawara, a mechanical designer known for "Mobile Suit Gundam," will be launched to the ISS and will stay in the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo for an extended period. The project aims to complete the robot by 2026 and launch it by next spring.
On August 8th, it was revealed that a new installment of Hiro Mashima 's popular manga "FAIRY TAIL" will begin a short, concentrated serialization in the combined 36th and 37th issues of the manga magazine "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha), which will be released on August 5th. This will be the first time "FAIRY TAIL" has been serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" in approximately nine years, since the series ended in July 2017. It will also be the first time a new installment has been published in the magazine in approximately two years, since the special one-shot in July 2024.
On the 9th, it was revealed that the popular anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" and McDonald's popular Chicken Tatsuta burger will be collaborating. A brand new original anime TV commercial produced by Sunrise, featuring a special Gundam Chicken Tatsuta, titled "Chicken Tatsuta 'Mobile Suit Gundam: The Invincible Burger' Episode," will begin airing on the 14th.
On the 10th, it was announced that the new theatrical film " Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie - Infinity Castle Arc Chapter 1: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Return," based on the popular manga by Koyoharu Gotouge , had surpassed 117.9 billion yen in worldwide box office revenue, including Japan, and attracted over 98.52 million viewers. This marks the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time worldwide and places it 7th in total worldwide box office revenue for films released in 2025.
On the 10th, it was revealed that a completely new anime series, " Date A Live A Date A Live F Last Date," based on the popular light novel from Fujimi Fantasia Bunko (KADOKAWA), is in production. The new series will see Shido Itsuka and his friends entering their final battle.
On the 10th, the second teaser trailer for the sixth chapter, "The Blue Labyrinth," of " Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199, " the latest installment in the remake series of the popular anime " Space Battleship Yamato, " was released. The trailer depicts the Yamato appearing in modern-day Japan in 2026 after passing through a spacetime nodal point, and the departure of the Galaxy, which had been stranded on the moon.
On the 11th, it was announced that " Detective Conan: Fallen Angel on the Highway," the 29th film in the popular anime series "Detective Conan ," based on the manga by Gosho Aoyama , had surpassed 1.13 billion yen in box office revenue on its opening day, the 10th. The number of viewers exceeded 739,000. This represents approximately 107% of the box office revenue of "Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback," which was released last year and grossed approximately 14.74 billion yen, marking the biggest hit opening in the series' history.
