It has been announced that additional screenings will be held at some theaters currently showing the new film "The Quintessential Quintuplets*," based on the popular romantic comedy manga by Haruba Negi. The film was scheduled to be screened for three weeks from September 20 to October 11 ahead of its TV broadcast, but some theaters will be screening it after October 11.
It was also announced that, as the third special gift for moviegoers, mini colored paper (5 types in total) featuring original illustrations of the high school quintuplets will be given away from October 4. Polaroid-style stickers featuring the anime's 5th anniversary visual will also be distributed at the same time.
"The Quintessential Quintuplets" depicts the story of a high school student living a poor life, Futaro Uesugi, who becomes a tutor to quintuplets with unique personalities who are on the verge of failing their classes, and his struggles to guide them to graduation. It was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha) from August 2017 to February 2020. The comic series has sold over 20 million copies in total.
The first season of the TV anime aired from January to March 2019, and the second season, "The Quintessential Quintuplets ∫∫," from January to March 2021. The animated film "The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie" was released in May 2022 and was a hit, grossing approximately 2.24 billion yen and attracting approximately 1.7 million viewers. "The Quintessential Quintuplets ∽," a film adaptation of episodes from the original work that had not previously been depicted in the anime series, was screened in theaters in July 2023.
