Crunchyroll announced that they will screen The Quintessential Quintuplets movie in theaters. The movie will serve as a sequel anime film to the first and will be available in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub. The company also streamed an English-subtitled trailer.
The film is described as having a fully returning English cast and crew from the anime. Crunchyroll will also screen the film in the following countries:
- Italy- October 31st.
- France- November 3rd-4th
- Spain- November 18th-19th
- Australia- December 1st
- United Kingdom and Ireland- December 7-8th
- Germany- March 28th
- Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, and Hungary- Early 2023
The Quintessential Quintuplets film first opened in Japan on May 20th with a runtime of over 130 minutes. It serves as a finale for the overall story. As of July 31st, the film has earned a total of about 2.1 billion yen (about $16.47 million USD).
The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie: Ending a Quirky Rom Com
The anime’s first season premiered in January 2019 and aired for a total of 12 episodes. The Quintessential Quintuplets anime’s second season aired from January 2021 to March 2021.
Kodansha Comics released Negi Haruba’s original manga digitally and in print in North America. The story for the manga is currently described as:
“One day, a poor high school second-year named Futaro Uesugi comes across a private tutoring gig with good pay. But his pupils are his classmates!! And they’re quintuplets!! They’re all gorgeous girls, but they’re also troublemakers who hate to study and are on the verge of flunking out! And his first task is simply gaining the sisters’ trust?! Every day is a party! The curtain is rising on the Nakano quintuplets’ quirky romantic comedy with five times the cute!”
The original manga launched in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine in August 2017. As of February 2020, the manga has ended.
The Quintessential Quintuplets movie will be available in the U.S and Canada on December 2nd. Currently, The Quintessential Quintuplets anime is available to stream on Crunchyroll and Funimation.