by “Anime 1 Week” brings you a summary of the latest anime news from the past week. From January 19th to 25th, news of the first solo event for ” Himitsu no Aipri ” and the strong start of ” Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-” were all the rage.
On the 20th, it was revealed that the theatrical pre-release version of the latest work in the popular anime series Gundam, “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuX -Beginning—” recorded a box office income of approximately 599 million yen in three days since its screening began on the 17th.
The number of moviegoers was approximately 352,500, ranking it the top movie audience (according to Kogyo Tsushinsha) from January 17th to 19th. The film got off to a good start. On the 17th, it began screening in 426 theaters, including IMAX screenings.
On the 20th, it was announced that the TV anime “Ame to Kimi to,” based on the popular manga by Nikaido Yuki that is currently serialized in “Young Magazine” (Kodansha), will begin airing in July.
On the 20th, it was revealed that the first animated feature film, ” Project Sekai: The Broken World and Miku Who Can’t Sing” (directed by Hata Hiroyuki), based on the popular smartphone game “Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (ProSeka),” which features Hatsune Miku, has exceeded 300 million yen in box office revenue in the three days since its release on the 17th.
The film attracted an audience of approximately 230,000 people, ranking second in attendance rankings from the 17th to the 19th. It got off to a good start with a screen average (box office revenue per screen) exceeding 2.07 million yen. The film was released in 148 theaters on the 17th.
On the 21st, it was announced that a screening event for the movie version of “Yakunitomo Mug Cup Mo” – Anime Compilation – Welcome Home, a TV anime based on a free comic set in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, themed on the traditional craft of Mino ware, will be held at the Valor Cultural Hall in the city on March 22nd. This will be the first time a movie version of the work has been produced, and it will be a compilation of the first season of the TV anime.
