The new Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE movie, called Gekijoban Utano☆Princesama♪ TABOO NIGHT XXXX will be released in Japan on May 9, 2025.
Takeshi Furuta, who worked on other Utano☆Princesama films, is the chief director, while Akiko Seki will direct the anime at A-1 Pictures.
Character designs will be by Chinatsu Kuruhana, with Maki Fujioka as the main character designer and Hiroshi Nakajima leading the CG team.
The music will be composed by Elements Garden, which has been a key part of the series’ sound. Shochiku will handle the movie’s distribution.
The film will focus on the idol group QUARTET NIGHT, with voice actors Showtaro Morikubo, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Shōta Aoi, and Tomoaki Maeno.
The group’s new single, TABOO NIGHT XXXX, along with an insert song titled JINN-Ω-RAY, will be released on December 25, 2024.
Before this upcoming movie, Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE ST☆RISH Tours hit theaters in Japan in September 2022 and had strong success.
It ranked seventh during its opening weekend and sold over 86,500 tickets, nearly reaching one billion yen in its first month.
The film, which centered on the idol group ST☆RISH, became popular enough to receive an encore screening in October 2023.
In addition, a one-hour special aired in July 2022 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first season of Utano☆Princesama Maji Love 1000% and to promote the movie.
The Utano☆Princesama series started as a dating simulation game aimed at female players, where the main character goes to a performing arts school with future idols.
The anime version began in 2011 with Maji Love 1000%. The series follows seven male idols who form the group ST☆RISH, and later seasons continue their rise in the entertainment world.
With its blend of romance, comedy, and music, the show gained a lot of fans and spawned multiple seasons and films, including the 2019 movie Maji Love Kingdom.
