The winter 2019 anime series Quintissential Quintuplets revealed back in May 2019 that a second season was coming and that arrived with January 7th, 2021 debut for it on TBS. We learned at the end of March 2021 that a third season is coming as a sequel season has gotten the green light. No details regarding it were released with the announcement at the time.
Now, the official site has updated again and made the news during an event this weekend that the sequel season is more a sequel film that will arrive in 2022. No details as to why the shift has happened or if it changes who will be involved in the production from the TV series.
The second season has Kaori directing the series and that Bibury Animation Studio has taken over the production for it. The main cast are all returning.
The first season was directed by Satoshi Kuwabara based on the series composition by Keiichiro Ochi. Michinosuke Nakamura and Miyabu Uta are handling the character designs with Tezuka Productions working on the animation.
The Japanese cast includes Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Futaro Uesugi, Kana Hanazawa as Ichika Nakano, Ayana Taketatsu as Nino Nakano, Miku Itō as Miku Nakano, Ayane Sakura as Yotsuba Nakano, Inori Minase as Itsuki Nakano, Natsumi Takamori as Raiha Uesugi, and Satoshi Hino as Isanari Uesugi.
The series comes from creator Negi Haruba which began in August 2017. Kodansha Comics picked up the rights to the Quintissential Quintuplets manga for domestic release back in June 2018.
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『五等分の花嫁』続編制作が決定いたしました💛💜💙💚❤️
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This one features the opening theme song “Gotobun no Katachi” by The Nakano Family Quintuplets while the ending them has them also performing “Hatsukoi” for it.
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Plot Concept: 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!! A-and 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!
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