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The Irregular at Magic High School: Yotsuba Succession Arc Film to Play in U.S., Canada in November

Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it and Sony Pictures Entertainment will release The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc - (Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Yotsuba Keishō-hen) anime in theaters in the United States and Canada on November 1, 3 and 4. The film will have screenings with English subtitles or an English dub.

Returning cast members included Yūichi Nakamura as Tatsuya Shiba, Saori Hayami as Miyuki Shiba, Chiwa Saitō as Maya Yotsuba, and Emiri Katō as Fumiya Kuroba. New cast members included Daisuke Ono as Katsushige Shibata and Ai Kayano as Yuuka Tsukuba.

Jimmy Stone directed the anime at 8-Bit. Taku Iwasaki composed the music. Tsutomu Satou is credited for the original story, and Kana Ishida is credited for the original character design.

The staff also included:

• Script: Munemasa Nakamoto (WriteWorks)
• Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Kana Ishida
• Color Key Artist: Sakura Komatsu
• Prop/Gimmick Design: Wataru Inada
• 3D CG Producer/Modeler: Kazuki Amenomiya
• Art Design: Yūho Taniuchi
• Art Directors: Shunichirō Yoshihara, Ji Xin Zhou, Ayumi Satō
• Background Art：Goofy, Studio Naya
• Visual Director/Compositing Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka (Nexus)
• Editing: Kashiko Kimura (MADBOX)
• Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
• Sound Effects: Yuji Furuya
• Casting Manager: Kumiko Suzuki
• Distribution: Animec

LiSA performed the theme song "YES."

The film opened in Japan on May 8 after an April 28 premiere in Tokyo.

Tsutomu Satou's The irregular at magic high school (Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei) light novel series launched in 2008, and ended with the 32nd volume in September 2020. Two sequels shipped in October 2020 and January 2021.

The irregular at magic high school TV anime premiered in April 2014 and aired for 26 episodes. A second season, titled The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc, premiered in October 2020 and ran for 13 episodes. The anime franchise also includes the The irregular at magic high school The Movie: The Girl Who Summons the Stars film, which opened in Japan in June 2017. The Honor Student at Magic High School manga inspired a 13-episode TV anime that premiered in July 2021.

The irregular at magic high school anime's third television season premiered in April 2024. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired with English subtitles and an English dub.

Yen Press publishes the original The irregular at magic high school light novel series and Yu Mori's The Honor Student at Magic High School spinoff manga.

Source: Crunchyroll (Kyle Cardine)