by Unexpected new anime are announced one after another.
It has long been said that the anime bubble will soon burst, but even now, many anime are being broadcast, and new anime productions are announced almost weekly. This is a happy situation for anime fans, but there are some trends when you look at the lineup of new works announced. Some are surprising and make you wonder, “Why is this being made into an anime now?”
In a sense, it’s natural. Famous works from other media: Many works currently broadcast as TV anime have original works. The works are mainly pushed by magazines, sites, and novel labels. However, in the manga, various rankings… primarily works that rank high in the ranking book “This Manga is Amazing!” announced yearly at the end of the year are often made into anime. For example, 8 of the top 10 works in the 2022 edition of the men’s version have been made into anime.
The number one work, ” Look Back, “has expressions and themes unique to the medium of manga, so some people may have been surprised when it was announced that it would be made into an anime movie (released on June 28, 2024).
However, the fact that a work ranks high on Konoman proves it is popular. Recently, anime adaptations of “Ikoku Nikki,” “Darwin Incident,” and “Trillion Game” have been announced, and many people may have predicted this, as all of these are famous works that are often seen in manga rankings, such as Konoman.
New developments in works that are popular overseas In recent years, it has become impossible to imagine the development of anime without the overseas market, and this is evident in the robot anime “Grendizer U,” which will be broadcast this summer.
The work is a reboot of “UFO Robot Grendizer,” which has been broadcast since 1975, and this previous work is prevalent in Arab countries. With this background, the production of the new job is deeply involved with the Saudi Arabian content production company “Manga Productions,” and it is known that the country’s scenery will appear in the work.
Furthermore, there are cases where sequels have been made due to the high popularity in China, such as “Date A Live,” whose fifth season is currently airing, and the live-action film “Voltes V Legacy,” a version of “Voltes V,” produced in the Philippines, will be released in Japan. Although the development method varies, overseas popularity significantly influences anime adaptation.
Animation of related works of famous works and specific genres Anime adaptations related to popular works are also prominent. An easy example is that “YAIBA,” an early hit work by Gosho Aoyama, the original author of “Detective Conan,” whose annual movies continue to be massive hits, will be animated for the second time.
The latest movie version, “Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five-Point Star,” also included “YAIBA” material, but is it too much to think that it was just a “hint”? In addition, “MONSTERS, “a short story by Eiichiro Oda, who also wrote “ONE PIECE,” was animated in January 2024 as ” MONSTERS: One Hundred and Three Joys Hiryu Samurai Kyoku. “
In addition, in recent years, serialized manga in boys’ magazines have a strong tendency to become popular anime. The animation of somewhat dark works that have been serialized in young men’s magazines and have also been made into live-action films, such as “My Home Hero,” “Under Ninja,” and “The Fable, “is also noticeable. Tezuka Productions produced the animation for all these works, and the company may be deliberately reaching out to these genres. The anime industry has long lacked original works, so we may continue to see challenges in these unexplored genres.
Why is “To You in Full Bloom” becoming an anime now? There are also other new series of “Kinnikuman” to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the anime and the re-animation of “Fist of the North Star” to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original work’s birth. Hence, announcing new works that coincide with “anniversaries” makes sense.
There are various reasons for announcing new anime. Still, it is also interesting that there are works that make you wonder, “Why now?” such as “To You in Full Bloom,” which was announced to be animated for the first time in May 2024 (of course, “To You in Full Bloom” is exciting and well-known among a particular generation or older…).
There may be circumstances that are not obvious from the outside when unexpected works are made into anime. Still, when you come across information about new anime, you may find it interesting differently if you consider the reasons for its animation and the content.
