by “Anime 1 Week” brings you a roundup of anime news from the past week. From August 3rd to 9th, the news that the box office revenue of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Castle Arc Chapter 1 – Akaza Returns” exceeded 17.6 billion yen, and the topic of the production of a new short film for “Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans” attracted attention.
On the 3rd, it was announced that Season 3 of the new TV anime series “Kinnikuman: Perfect Superhuman Ancestor Arc” based on the popular fighting manga “Kinnikuman” will be produced.
The series will depict the aftermath of the battle between Kinnikuman, Buffaloman, and the Allied Forces of Justice and Devil, and Nemesis and the Perfect and Infinite Forces in the special ring at the Tottori Sand Dunes. It was also announced that a character song for “Perfect Superhuman Ancestor Arc” will be produced.
On the 3rd, it was announced that Uchida Maaya and Sakura Ayane will be appearing as voice actors in the movie version of the 22nd installment of the popular anime “PreCure” series, “You and Idol PreCure♪”: “You and Idol PreCure♪ The Movie: Sorry to Keep You Waiting! A Sparkling Life for You!” Uchida will play Terra, a girl who hates idols, and Sakura will play Amas, a legendary goddess.
This will be Uchida’s first appearance in the “PreCure” series since her role as Kaiserin Anderg (girl) in “Spreading Sky! PreCure”. This will be Sakura’s first appearance in the “PreCure” series.
On the 4th, it was announced that Akane Hanashi, a manga themed around rakugo currently serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha), will be adapted into a TV anime and will air in 2026 on TV Asahi’s anime slot IMANimation.
Watanabe Ayumu will direct the series, which Zexxs will produce. Nagase Anna will play the main character, Sakurazaki Akane, and Eguchi Takuya will play the role of Nerima Karashi, and Takahashi Rie will play the role of Takaragi Hikaru. Rakugo performer Hayashiya Kikuhiko will be in charge of supervising the rakugo.
On the 4th, the main visual and official trailer for the fourth chapter, “Sasha,” of “Yamato Forever REBEL3199,” the latest installment in the remake series of the popular anime “Space Battleship Yamato,” were released. The main visual features, Susumu Kodai, Yuki Mori, Yamato, Sasha, and Desler, also appear in the trailer.
