The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (映画 五等分の花嫁) is a 2022 Japanese animated romantic comedy film based on the manga series The Quintessential Quintuplets by Negi Haruba and a sequel to the 2019–2021 anime television series adaptation. Produced by Bibury Animation Studios and distributed by Pony Canyon, the film is directed by Masato Jinbo from a script written by Keiichirō Ōchi, adapting the 11th to 14th volumes of the original manga, and stars Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kana Hanazawa, Ayana Taketatsu, Miku Itō, Ayane Sakura, and Inori Minase. In the film, Futaro Uesugi plans to confess his love to one of the Nakano quintuplets during their final school festival.

A continuation of the anime series was announced in March 2021, followed by the confirmation of the project as a film in April. The cast and staff for the film were revealed in October and December 2021, respectively.

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie was released in Japan on May 20, 2022. The film has grossed over US$18million worldwide and received nominations at the Newtype Anime Awards.

Plot

Following their summer vacation, Futaro Uesugi and the Nakano quintuplets Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, and Itsuki, now third-year high school students, prepare for the upcoming school festival. On the day of the festival, Futaro invites the quintuplets to a room and confesses his love to them, but he tells them to wait until the end of the festival to know whom he has chosen among them. During her acting work on the second day of the festival, Ichika learns that one of her sisters has collapsed and rushes to a hospital, where she sees Futaro and Nino visiting. Ichika strolls outside with Futaro, during which she kisses him at a park. On the second day of the festival, Nino is expecting the quintuplets' father Maruo to visit the school but is unable to find him among the crowd. Futaro approaches her with a video confirming her father's attendance. Nino and Futaro visit her father in the hospital, where she cooks a pancake for him. After the successful meeting, Nino kisses Futaro and thanks her father for choosing him as the quintuplets' tutor.

On the first day of the festival, Miku is accompanied by Futaro in approaching the boys' takoyaki stand, where she promises that the girls supporting the pancake stand are going to enjoy their food. Later, Miku returns to the stand with the girls but finds the place on fire. On the third day of the festival, Miku invites Futaro to a rooftop, where they find two of their classmates arguing about the takoyaki stand incident. After reprimanding her classmates, Miku confronts Futaro out of jealousy from his meeting with an unknown girl yesterday and kisses him. Since the start of the festival, Yotsuba is overworking in helping different clubs. On the second day of the festival, she collapses due to exhaustion. While in a hospital, Yotsuba learns from Futaro that some of the students she has helped before offered their assistance during her absence. On the third day of the festival, Yotsuba kisses a resting Futaro. Itsuki is studying on the first day of the festival when her teacher Mudō reveals his history with her mother. The next day, she learns that Mudō is the quintuplets' biological father and gets angry at him for leaving her mother alone when she was pregnant. On the third day of the festival, Futaro visits Itsuki in the house and motivates her to keep on following her dream of being a teacher. Later, Maruo, Futaro's father Isanari, and Miku (disguised as Itsuki) meet with Mudō. Itsuki tells Mudō that he is not suitable to be the quintuplets' father after failing to see through Miku's disguise.

At the end of the festival, the quintuplets advise Futaro to approach one of them, currently separated from each other in a building, as his way of confession. Futaro meets with Yotsuba and confesses his love, but she rejects him as she sees herself as unfit for him. As she runs away from him, Yotsuba recalls her first meeting with Futaro and the promise they made to each other. In the end, Futaro catches up to her and manages to convince her and confess her true feelings toward him. Yotsuba decides to address the feelings of her sisters first before dating Futaro. After reconciling with her sisters, Yotsuba begins dating Futaro, during which he suddenly proposes to her for marriage at the park with a swing they visited before. Five years later, Nino and Miku, now owners of a cafe, reunite with Ichika, an actress, Itsuki, a teacher, and Yotsuba, who is about to get married. As a wedding gift, Yotsuba's ears get pierced to wear her mother's earrings. On the day of the wedding, the quintuplets play their final game to Futaro, in which he needs to guess who the bride among them is, but he instead identifies them one by one. After the success of the wedding, the quintuplets discuss the best country for the newlywed's honeymoon.

Voice cast

Production

The staff of the second season of The Quintessential Quintuplets revealed in March 2021 that the production on a sequel had begun.[15] The sequel was confirmed to be a film in April 2021.[16] It would serve as the finale for the anime series,[17] adapting the final four volumes of The Quintessential Quintuplets manga series by Negi Haruba.[18] Pony Canyon was revealed as the film's distributor in October 2021, with Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kana Hanazawa, Ayana Taketatsu, Miku Itō, Ayane Sakura, and Inori Minase reprising their respective voice roles as Futaro Uesugi and the Nakano quintuplets Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, and Itsuki from the anime series.[19] In December 2021, Masato Jinbo was revealed as the director, Keiichirō Ōchi as the screenwriter, Masato Katsumata as the character designer, Akihito Ougiyama as the art director, Aiko Matsuyama as the color designer, Daisuke Chiba as the cinematographer, and Mutsumi Takemiya as the film editor at Bibury Animation Studios.[20] In October 2022, Crunchyroll revealed the English dub cast for the film.

Music

Hanae Nakamura and Miki Sakurai were confirmed to be composing The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie in December 2021.[20] The Nakano Family Quintuplets, comprising the voice actresses of the quintuplets, performed the film's theme music "The Tracks of the Quintuplets" (五等分の軌跡) and the ending theme music "The Quintessential Quintuplets: Thank You Flowers" (五等分の花嫁～ありがとうの花～).[21] The original soundtrack and the CD The Tracks of the Quintuplets EP (五等分の軌跡 EP), which features the two theme music and the insert song "Love☆Vacation" (ラブ☆バケーション), were released in Japan by Anchor Records and Pony Canyon, respectively, on May 25, 2022.[22][23]

Marketing

A trailer announcing the production for the sequel of The Quintessential Quintuplets anime series and a teaser visual were released in March 2021.[15] The first key visual for The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie was published in October 2021.[25] The film received its first trailer and the second key visual in December 2021.[26] In February 2022, Mages announced a video game based on the film titled The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie: Five Memories of My Time with You (映画「五等分の花嫁」～君と過ごした五つの思い出～), which was released in Japan on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on June 2.[27] In March 2022, Weiß Schwarz announced a new set of collectible cards based on the film for a September 9 release in Japan,[28] but it was moved to September 16.[29] The third key visual and the second trailer for the film were released in March 2022.[30][31] Volume 14.5 of the manga series, which includes a bonus chapter taking place after the events of the original ending, was announced in April 2022 as a gift for moviegoers on the film's premiere.[32]

Release

Reception

Continuation

In April 2024, a new anime project based on an original story drafted by Haruba, titled The Quintessential Quintuplets* (五等分の花嫁*), was announced, which would recount the honeymoon trip between Futaro and the Nakano quintuplets.[71] In September 2024, the English title for the anime was revealed by Pony Canyon as The Quintessential Quintuplets Specials 2.[72] It premiered in Japan on September 20, 2024, which lasted for three weeks, before its television broadcast.[73]

External links

• The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie at TBS Television