"Anime Week" summarizes the week's anime news. From March 22nd to 28th, notable news included the production of the "Final Season" of "MF Ghost" and the production of the third season of "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End," titled "The Golden Land Arc."
On the 22nd, it was announced that a second season of the TV anime "The Yusha Party wo Oidasareta Kiyobinbo, " based on the light novel by Miyako Shinju, will be produced.
On the 22nd, it was announced that a second season of the TV anime " Hana-Kimi, " based on the popular shojo manga by the late Hisaya Nakajo (which was also adapted into a live-action drama), will be produced.
On the 23rd, it was announced that "Demon's Crest" (KADOKAWA), the latest work by Reki Kawahara, known for popular light novels such as "Accel World" and the " Sword Art Online(SAO)" series, will be adapted into an anime in 2026.
On the 24th, it was announced that a second season of the TV anime "Tune In to the Midnight Heart," based on the romantic comedy manga by Masakuni Igarashi which is serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha), will be produced.
On the 24th, it was announced that the box office revenue for "Super Princess Kaguya!", the first feature-length animated film directed by Shingo Yamashita, had surpassed 1.3 billion yen. The number of viewers had exceeded 670,000.
On the 25th, it was announced that "Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash: The Witch of Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash " (directed by Shuko Murase), will be screened in the United States starting May 15th.
On the 26th, it was announced that a third season of the "completely new anime" based on Rumiko Takahashi's hit manga "Ranma 1/2" is in production and will begin airing on Nippon Television in October.
On the 26th, it was announced that a completely new OVA (Original Video Animation) for the popular anime "Magical Princess Minky Momo," the first in approximately 32 years, is being produced and will be screened in theaters in 2026. The new title is "Magical Princess Minky Momo: Towards a Dream of Longing, A Duo of Sincerity," directed by Ayumu Watanabe and produced by Ashi Productions.
On the 26th, it was announced that a fourth season, "Final Season," of the TV anime "Oshi no Ko," based on the popular manga serialized in "Weekly Young Jump" (Shueisha), will be produced.
On the 27th, it was announced that the third season of the TV anime "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, " based on the manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan), titled "The Golden Land Arc," will be produced and broadcast on Nippon Television Network starting in October 2027.
On the 27th, it was announced that a "Final Season" of the TV anime " MF Ghost, " based on the successor to Shuichi Shigeno's popular manga "Initial D, " will be produced.
On the 28th, it was announced that a new TV anime series based on the popular manga " Magic Knight Rayearth" by the manga creation group "CLAMP" will air on TV Asahi's anime block "IMAnimation W" every Wednesday at 11:45 PM starting in October. The main cast members who will play the three main Magic Knights were also announced, with Hikaru Shidou Sakura as Ayane Sakura, Rumi Okubo as Umi Ryuuzaki , and Rie Takahashi as Fuu Hououji .
On the 28th, it was announced that "Honoo no Toukyuujo Dodge Danko," a TV anime based on the legitimate sequel to Tetsuhiro Koshita's popular dodgeball manga "Honoo no Toukyuuji Dodge Danpei" from the 1990s, will begin airing in July on TOKYO MX, MBS, and BS11.
