The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (Japanese: 映画 五等分の花嫁, Hepburn: Eiga Go-Tōbun no Hanayome) 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, and stars Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Kana Hanazawa, Ayana Taketatsu, Miku Itō, Ayane Sakura, and Inori Minase.
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.
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.
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 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.
[20] 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.
[21] 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.
[24][25] A trailer announcing the production for the sequel of The Quintessential Quintuplets anime series and a teaser visual were released in March 2021.
[28] 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～, Eiga Gotōbun no Hanayome: Kimi to Sugoshita Itsutsu no Omoide), which was released in Japan on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on June 2.
[32][33] 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.
[56] Deadline Hollywood noted the film was "not a crowd pleaser to its demo like previous titles from [Crunchyroll]", with its opening day earning $266,000 from 910 theaters.
[60] Phil Hoad at The Guardian gave The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie 4 out of 5 stars, stating that the film was "a fairly charming, if stridently sentimental and moralistic romantic fantasy that, with its clever structure, even manages to pick at the mysteries of identity."
Hoad lauded how director Masato Jinbo depicted each of the quintuplets' individuality over the story's three-day school festival.
[61] Simon Abrams of TheWrap felt the film had "all of the melodramatic revelations and puppy-love intrigue of the preceding anime series", stating that "[i]f you like unabashedly corny teen romances, there's a fair chance that the sheer too-much-ness of The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie will appeal to you.
"[16] Courtney Lanning of Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette felt the film was "cute, heartfelt and funny at times" and praised the "bouncy and colorful" art handled by Bibury Animation Studios.