Crunchyroll has announced the international (non-Asia) release dates for the The Quintessential Quintuplets movie, with Italy being the first in line via an October 31 special screening.

The other countries with 2022 release dates are:

• France: November 3 and 4 (limited release)

• Spain: November 18 and 19

• Australia and New Zealand: December 1

• U.S. and Canada: December 2

• U.K. and Ireland: December 7 and 8

Some European countries will have to wait until 2023 to see Futaro and the Nakano sisters on the big screen. They include:

The The Quintessential Quintuplets movie premiered in Japan earlier this year on May 20. It is a sequel to the two-season anime series which began in 2019. Crunchyroll describes the plot as:

When five lovely young girls who hate studying hire part-time tutor Futaro, he guides not only their education but also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and Futaro. As they finish their third year of high school and their last school festival approaches, they set their sights on what’s next. Is there a future with one of them and Futaro?

The movie’s main staff includes Masato Jinbo (Restaurant to Another World 2) as director, Keiichirou Oochi (The Quintessential Quintuplets 2 series composer) as scriptwriter, and Masato Katsumata (The Quintessential Quintuplets 2) as character designer. Bibury Animation Studios is the animation production company.

Meanwhile, the cast includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Uesugi Futaro, Kana Hanazawa as Ichika Nakano, Ayana Taketatsu as Nino Nakano, Miku Itou as Miku Nakano, Ayane Sakura as Yotsuba Nakano, and Inori Minase as Itsuki Nakano.

The Quintessential Quintuplets is based on the manga by Negi Haruba, which began in 2017 and ended in 2020 with 14 tankoubon volumes. The manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine and is published under the Kodansha Comics label. 

Source: Press release