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The Quintessential Quintuplets Specials 2 Anime Listed With November 23 Fan Screening in the Philippines
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Pony Canyon previously revealed that the film will have limited screenings in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, and Thailand.
The anime had a three-week limited screening in Japan beginning on September 20. The film ranked at #5 in its opening weekend. The anime earned 154,182,270 yen (about US$1.06 million) in its first three days.
Pony Canyon describes the story:
The long-awaited honeymoon episode, based on an original concept by Negi Haruba and under his complete supervision, is brought to life on screen. We bring you the daily lives of Futaro and the quintuplets as adults! Futaro, who successfully guided the academically struggling and study-averse quintuplets as their part-time tutor until their "graduation." Though each achieved their dreams and walked their own paths, it seems they each carry some worries... Amidst this, Futaro and the quintuplets plan a Hawaii trip doubling as their honeymoon. Just as preparations were going smoothly, an incident occurred, causing a great panic! And even in Hawaii, their honeymoon destination, they find themselves caught up in troubles...!? A 500% adorable quintuplet romantic comedy, the honeymoon edition──!!
Masato Jinbo (The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie) directed the anime at Bibury Animation Studio, and was in charge of series scripts. Haruba is credited for collaborating on the scripts, and Masato Katsumata (The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬, The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie) designed the characters.
Haruba launched the original manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2017, and ended the series in February 2020. The manga has over 20 million copies in circulation.
A new light novel was announced in April, for which Haruba is also drafting the original story concept and Hajime Asano (Mayo Chiki!, Lapis Re:LiGHTs) is penning. The light novel follows a part of the daily life of the quintuplets thus far not covered in the original manga.
The anime's first season premiered in January 2019 and aired for 12 episodes. The anime's second season aired from January 2021 to March 2021.
The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie opened in Japan in May 2022. The film served as the finale for the story at the time. It sold about 1.7 million tickets for about 2.24 billion yen (about US$14 million). The film also opened in Southeast Asian territories throughout summer 2022.
The Quintessential Quintuplets ∽ anime special opened in theaters in July 2023 and aired in September 2023.
