“Anime 1 Week” is a comprehensive introduction to the news of the week’s anime. This time (June 19-25), the info that the box office revenue of “Mobile Suit Gundam Cucurus Doan Island” exceeded 850 million yen and TAMASHII NATIONS STORE TOKYO in Akihabara, Tokyo The open topics attracted attention.
On the 19th, the new chapter of the TV anime “Tokyo Revengers” based on Ken Wakui’s manga “Tokyo Revengers” serialized in “Weekly Shonen Magazine” (Kodansha) will be released in 2023 1. It will be broadcast on MBS, TV Tokyo, AT-X, and others from the month. It was also announced that voice actor Masaya Fukunishi would play Draken Ryuguji.
On the 20th, the box office revenue of the movie version animation “Mobile Suit Gundam Cucurs Doan Island,” was directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who was in charge of animation director and character design of the spirit “Mobile Suit Gundam,” exceeded 850 million yen. I found out that I did. The number of spectators mobilized exceeded 430,000.
On the 20th, it was revealed that the manga “My Home Hero,” written by Naoki Yamakawa and drawn by Masashi Asaki, will be made into TV animation. It was announced in the 29th issue of the serialized magazine “Weekly Young Magazine” (Kodansha), released on the same day.
On the 21st, it was revealed that Misaki Takamatsu’s manga “Skip and Loafer,” which is being serialized in “Monthly Afternoon” (Kodansha), will be made into TV animation. Kotomi Deai, such as “The Rolling Girls,” is the director and is also in charge of the series composition. Produced by P.A.WORKS such as “Ya Boy Kongming!”, “SHIROBAKO” and “The Aquatope on White Sand.”
On the 21st, it was revealed that Miyuki Tonogaya’s manga “Ice Attribute Boys and Cool Colleague Girls” serialized on the web service “Gangan pixiv” will be made into TV animation. It was also announced that Yui Ishikawa would play the role of Fuyutsuki, and Chiaki Kobayashi will play the role of Himuro-Kun as the main character cast.
On the 22nd, it was revealed that the movie version animation “Estab-Life His Revengers Road” of the original project “Estab-Life” directed by Goro Taniguchi, who is known for the “Code Geass” series, will be released in 2023. .. a fantastic video with a severe atmosphere different from the TV anime version was also released on YouTube. Taniguchi himself writes the movie version.
On the 22nd, it was revealed that the movie version animation “BLUE GIANT,” based on the jazz-themed manga of Shinichi Ishizuka, known for “Gaku,” will be released on February 17, 2023. Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa, such as “Detective Conan, His Zero Enforcer” and “Mob Psycho 100,” and produced by NUT, such as “The Saga of Tanya the Evil.” NUMBER 8, who has been the editor in charge since the beginning of the serialization of the original and has been the story director since the European edition “BLUE GIANT SUPREME,” will be in the order of the script.
On the 23rd, TAMASHII NATIONS TOKYO in Akihabara, Tokyo, moved to a directly managed store of the adult toy brand “Tamashii Nations,” such as Bandai Spirits figures. Moved to the GUNDAM Cafe TOKYO BRAND CORE site in front of JR Akihabara Station, and the store name was changed to TAMASHII NATIONS STORE TOKYO. The store will be about three times as large, and the floor area will be about 243.2 tsubos, aiming to display products and expand events. More than 400 products such as “Gundam,” “Kamen Rider,” “Ultraman,” and “Dragon Ball” will be exhibited.
On the 23rd, the movie version of the popular anime “KING OF PRISM” series “KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm” will be distributed for free on the official YouTube channel of Amazon Prime Video’s anime-only channel “Anime Times” from July 1 to 5th. It turned out that. It was also announced that the “online cheering screening” of the same work would be held. It will be premiered on YouTube for three consecutive nights from 9 pm on July 1-3, and participants can send cheering comments.
On the 23rd, Nao Iwamoto’s manga “Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni” was selected as No. 1 in the female edition of the guidebook “Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2017” (Takarajimasha), was animated in the spring of 2023. It turned out to be published in. Kotono Watanabe, such as “BTOOOM!”, Will be the director, and Fumi Tsubota, such as “Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live” and “HUG! Precure,” will be in charge of the script. Produced by Madhouse, such as “Summer Wars.”
On the 24th, it was revealed that Cygames and P.A.WORKS would team up to produce a new original TV animation, “Akihabara War.” Soichi Masui will be the director, Nohhiro Hiki will be in charge of the series composition, and Manabu Nii will be the order of character design and animation director. Reina Kondo will play the peace character, and Rina Sato will play the character of Mannen Arako. A girl who came to Akihabara dreaming of her maid seriously faces her “her job” and grows up.
On the 24th, the first part “Go! Core Fighter” and the second part “Berli Attack” of the movie version “G Reconguista” (Director Yoshiyuki Tomino) of the TV anime “Gundam Reconguista in G.”, Part 3 “Heritage from Space” has been revealed to be broadcast on Bandai Channel, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, etc. from July 1. It was also announced that Yoshiyuki Tomino’s masterpiece will be distributed free of charge on YouTube’s Gundam Channel, Sunrise Channel, entitled “Yoshiyuki Tomino World Selection.”
On the 25th, it was revealed that the 5th season of the TV animation “Date A Live V” of the anime “Date A Live” series is, based on the famous light novel of Fujimi Fantasia Bunko (KADOKAWA), will be produced.
On the 25th, it was revealed that a new animation of the anime “Kaguya-sama wants to tell” based on Akasaka Akasaka’s popular romantic comedy manga serialized in “Weekly Young Jump” (Shueisha) would be produced.