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Date A Live F Last Date Anime Reveals Film Format, March 26, 2027 Opening in Teaser Video
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The "Fantasia Bunko Grand Thanksgiving Festival 2026 Online" event on Sunday revealed the anime film format and March 26, 2027 opening date for Date A Live F Last Date, the latest anime project for the Date A Live franchise. The announcement confirms the film is the "concluding arc" for the anime series. The event also revealed the film's teaser trailer, second teaser visual, and additional returning staff members.
Scriptwriter Fumihiko Shimo and character designer Naoto Nakamura, both from Date A Live IV and Date A Live V, return for the film. ANIMEC is distributing the film.
Junji Nishimura (Vladlove, Extreme Hearts, Mechanical Marie) is directing the anime at Fugaku.
Nobunaga Shimazaki, Marina Inoue, Misuzu Togashi, Ayana Taketatsu, Iori Nomizu, Asami Sanada, Maaya Uchida, Sarah Emi Bridcutt, Minori Chihara, Ayumi Mano, Hitomi Nabatame, Akari Kageyama, and Aya Endō all return from previous anime installments of the franchise to reprise their roles.
The Date A Live V television anime premiered in April 2024. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired and also streamed an English dub.
The first season of the Date A Live television anime adaptation aired 12 episodes and premiered in 2013. The second season aired 10 episodes and premiered in 2014. Funimation streamed the first and second seasons as they aired in Japan. The company also released the first season on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in June 2014 with an English dub, and released the second season on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in March 2016. The Gekijōban Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment anime film opened in Japan in August 2015.
The third season premiered in January 2019 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and Funimation offered a simuldub. The anime's fourth season premiered in April 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and it is also streaming an English dub. The anime was originally slated to premiere in October 2021, but was then delayed to April 2022 for "various reasons."
Koushi Tachibana launched the original light novel series in March 2011 with illustrations by Tsunako. Kadokawa's Fantasia Bunko imprint published the 22nd and final volume in March 2020. Yen Press is releasing the novels in English.
The light novels have inspired several manga and video games.
Yuichiro Higashide's Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet spinoff novels inspired a two-part theatrical anime adaptation in 2020.
Tachibana and Tsunako's King's Proposal (Ōsama no Propose) light novel series has an anime adaptation in the works.
Source: Press release
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