by “Anime 1 Week” is a comprehensive introduction to the news of the week’s anime. This time (January 30 to February 5), the information that the voice actor of “Mobile Suit Gundam Kukurus Doan no Shima” was announced and “Yamato yo eternal (towa) his REBEL (level) 3199” The topic where the catchphrase was announced attracted attention.
On January 30, it was revealed that the new feature-length animation “Eternal 831” directed by Kenji Kamiyama, known for “Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.” and “Eden of the East,” will be released in theatres on March 18. This work was broadcast and distributed on the same day on WOWOW Prime and WOWOW On-Demand as a work commemorating the 30th anniversary of the opening of WOWOW.
On the 30th, the 9th episode of “TV Anime” Kimetsu no Yaiba “Yukaku Hen”, a new work of the anime “Kimetsu no Yaiba” based on Koyoharu Gotouge’s manga, “First String” “If you defeat the demon” was broadcast on Fuji TV. The average audience rating (household) was 8.2% (Video Research survey, Kanto area). In the 9th episode, a fierce battle scene between Uzui Tengen, the sound pillar of the demon slaughter corps, and Gyutaro, the demon of the land of the first string, is drawn, and on Twitter, ” “Mr Umeda” became a hot topic such as entering the trend.
On the 31st, it was revealed that a project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the anime “Kuroko’s Basketball” based on the popular basketball manga started. In addition to the first anime original painting exhibition, plans such as producing an anniversary song and a music video (MV) with new animation images were announced.
On February 1, it was revealed that the cumulative circulation of the famous light novel “Mushoku Tensei-If you go to another world, you’ll be serious” (KADOKAWA) had exceeded 10 million copies. About eight years after the publication of light novels started in January 2014, it has surpassed the 10 million mark.
On the same day, a meeting of Japan’s largest anime event, “AnimeJapan 2022”, to be held at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-Ku, Tokyo) in March, was born in Tokyo, and details of the stage event were announced. Rice field. Stages of famous works such as “Kimetsu no Yaiba”, “Jujutsu Kaisen”, “SPY x FAMILY”, “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean”, “HUNTER x HUNTER”, and “Kantai Collection -KanColle-” will be held. To. The stage pattern will also be distributed online.
On the same day, the cumulative circulation of the comics of Shinichi Fukuda’s manga “My Dress-Up Darling (Bisque Doll) is in love” was serialized in “Young Gangan” (Square Enix) exceeded 4.5 million copies. It turned out. The TV anime, which started broadcasting in January, was also a hot topic, and the cumulative circulation at the beginning of the broadcast was 3.5 million. The number of followers on the official Twitter account of the anime has also exceeded 100,000.
On the 3rd, it was revealed that the original TV animation “Onipan!” WIT STUDIO, such as “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress” and “Attack on Titan”, was produced and broadcast in 2022. Masahiko Ohta, such as “Minamike” and “Yuruyuri”, will be the director. Set in a world where demons and humans live together, it is a story of monsters (demon children) struggling to improve the image of demons.
On the 3rd, it was revealed that Kazushi Hagiwara’s “legendary” fantasy manga “BASTARD !! -Dark Destruction God-“, which started serialization in “Weekly Shonen Jump” (Shueisha) in 1988, will be animated. .. The title is “BASTARD !! Dark Destruction God”, and it will be simultaneously distributed worldwide on Netflix in 2022 as an anime series. This work was produced as an OVA (original video animation) from 1992 to 1993 and will be animated for the first time in about 30 years. Takaharu Ozaki, such as “Goblin Slayer”, is the director, and Yosuke Kuroda, such as “My Hero Academia”, is in charge of the series composition. It was produced by Liden Films such as “Tokyo Revengers”.
On the 3rd, it was revealed that the movie version animation “Mobile Suit Gundam Kukurus Doan no Shima” was directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who was in charge of the character design of the energy “Mobile Suit Gundam”, will be released on June 3. It was also announced that Satomi Arai would play Mirai Yashima and Tomofumi Ikezoe will play Sleggar Law.
On the 4th, it was revealed that the new TV anime “Shoot! Goal to the Future” based on Tsukasa Oshima’s popular soccer manga “Shoot!” Will be broadcast on TOKYO MX, TV Shizuoka, BS Fuji and others from July. The main cast will also be announced, with Chiaki Kobayashi playing the main character Hideto Tsuji, Yuichiro Umehara playing Atsushi Kamiya of the former Kakegawa High School Soccer Club, and Kosuke Toriumi playing Yoshiharu Kubo, who was once the captain of the Kakegawa High School Soccer Club. It was also announced that Shunichi Toki would play the character of Toryu Kurokawa, Yuki Ono would play the character of Naru Fuma, and Shimba Tsuchiya would play the character of Kohei Kokubo.
On the 4th, a catchphrase of “Yamato Yo Forever His REBEL 3199”, the latest remake series of the popular anime “Space Battleship Yamato” series, was announced. The catchphrase is “Change the future. The enemy is … Space Battleship Yamato.” This work is a sequel to “Space Battleship Yamato 2205 New Departure”, and details will be announced in the future.
On the 5th, the first solo live event, “DressingPafe Special Event” Dressing Ready Show !! “by PriPara” of the team “DressingPafe” appearing in the anime “PriPara” and “Idol Time PriPara” will be held on April 2. It turned out that it will be held at Nakano Sun Plaza (Nakano-Ku, Tokyo).
