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Sentai Licenses Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE Kingdom; Plans Anime Expo 2019 Premiere


Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Kingdom VisualOn May 18, Sentai Filmworks announced that they acquired the rights to Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE Kingdom. Sentai will host the film’s United States premiere on July 5, at 1:00PM Pacific at Anime Expo 2019. A limited theatrical run is planned to follow the premiere, though no details have been announced as of press time.

Utano☆Princesama Maji LOVE Kingdom hits Japanese theaters on June 14, 2019.

Takeshi Furuta (The Comic Artist and His Assistants) is returning as chief director, while Tomoka Nagaoka directs at A-1 Pictures, with Maki Fujioka (ItaKiss, La Corda D’Oro – primo passo) providing character designs. Elements Garden is scoring the soundtrack.

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Shō Kurusu: Hiro Shimono
  • Ren Jingūji: Junichi Suwabe
  • Masato Hijirikawa: Kenichi Suzumura
  • Natsuki Shinomiya: Kishō Taniyama
  • Cecil Aijima: Kousuke Toriumi
  • Tokiya Ichinose: Mamoru Miyano
  • Otoya Ittoki: Takuma Terashima
  • Ai Mikaze: Shouta Aoi
  • Reiji Kotobuki: Showtaro Morikubo
  • Ranmaru Kurosaki: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
  • Camus: Tomoaki Maeno
  • Sion Amakusa: Daiki Yamashita
  • Kira Sumeragi: Daisuke Ono
  • Van Kiryūin: Hidenori Takahashi
  • Eiichi Ōtori: Hikaru Midorikawa
  • Yamato Hyūga: Ryohei Kimura
  • Nagi Mikado: Tsubasa Yonaga
  • Eiji Ōtori: Yūma Uchida

The fourth season of Utano☆Princesama aired in the Spring 2016 broadcast season. Sentai Filmworks currently holds the rights to Utano☆Princesama Legend Star. Crunchyroll describes the show as:

In this new season, the stars and heavens collide once more as our vibrant vocalists delve deeper into the competitive and turbulent idol world. With HE☆VENS on the rise, ST☆RISH and Haruka must up their game to bring their performances to sparkling new heights!

Source: Sentai Filmworks (Press Release)

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