A website opened on Tuesday and announced that the new Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE film is titled Gekijōban Utano☆Princesama♪ TABOO NIGHT XXXX (read: TABOO NIGHT KISSES) and will premiere in Japan on May 9, 2025. The website also announced the film's staff.
Image via Utano☆Princesama♪ franchise's X/Twitter account
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Takeshi Furuta (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Visual Prison) is the chief director of the film, and Akiko Seki (Hypnosis Mic-Division Rap Battle-Rhyme Anima, Lycoris Recoil episode director) is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures. Chinatsu Kuruhana, the original character designer for several Utano☆Princesama films and series, is once again credited as the original character designer for the film, and Maki Fujioka (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST ☆RISH Tours) is designing the characters. Hiroshi Nakajima (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) is the CG director, Takeshi Ōkawa (Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours, NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a) is the assistant CG director, and Katsuyoshi Miyajima (Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours) is the character modeling director.
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As previously announced, Elements Garden is composing the music. Shochiku will distribute the film. Noriyasu Agematsu is credited as the original creator with Broccoli.
The film features the QUARTET NIGHT unit and stars:
The unit QUARTET NIGHT's new single and the movie's main theme song “TABOO NIGHT XXXX” and insert song “JINN-Ω-RAY” will be released on December 25.
Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours, the latest film in the series, opened in Japan in September 2022. It ranked at number 7 in its opening weekend. The film sold 86,500 tickets and earned 140 million yen (about US$977,848 at current exchange rates) in its first three days of release. The film earned approximately 69.61 million yen (about US$486,200 at current exchange rates) on its opening day, making 63% more than the previous film in the series, Uta no Prince Sama Maji, earned on its first day in Japan. in June 2019. The film surpassed one billion yen (about US$6.98 million in current exchange) on its 33rd day at the Japanese box office. The film had an encore screening in Japan in October 2023.
The franchise also had a one-hour television anime special titled Utano☆Princesama♪ Maji Love ST☆RISH Tours: Tabi no Hajimari (The Start of a Journey) to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Uta no Prince-sama-Maji Love 1000% television anime, as well as the release of the film. The special aired in Japan in July 2022.
Uta no Prince-sama-Maji Love 1000%, the first season of the anime adaptation of Broccoli's dating simulation video game for female players, premiered in Japan in July 2011. The first season of the romantic comedy follows the female protagonist as she attends a performing arts school alongside young men who are budding idols. Subsequent seasons follow the seven young men after they form the idol group ST☆RISH. A 13-episode second season, Uta no Prince-sama-Maji Love 2000%, premiered in Japan in April 2013. A 13-episode third season, Utano☆Princesama Revolutions, premiered in April 2015. A 13-episode fourth season, Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, premiered in October 2016.
The film Uta no Prince Sama Maji later premiered in Japan in June 2019.
Source: Gekijōban Utano☆Princesama♪ TABOO NIGHT website of the anime XXXX, Anime! Anime! (仲瀬 コウタロウ)
