TV anime of sequel novel, OVA of previously unanimated manga chapters
“The Quintessential Quintuplets Special Event 2026 in Toyota Arena Tokyo” announced on Saturday both a new television anime based on the Gotōbun no Hanayome: Shunkashūtō (The Quintessential Quintuplets: The Four Seasons) sequel novel series, and a new original video anime based on the manga chapters that have yet to be animated.
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The new television anime adapts Hajime Asano’s sequel novel series under the full supervision of original creator Negi Haruba, and it covers what happens after the original story. The novel series also has a manga adaptation in the works.
Haruba launched the original manga series in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2017, and ended the manga in February 2020. The manga has over 20 million copies in circulation.
The television anime’s first season premiered in January 2019 and aired for 12 episodes. The anime’s second season aired from January 2021 to March 2021.
The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie opened in Japan in May 2022. The film serves as the finale for the story at the time. It sold about 1.7 million tickets for about 2.24 billion yen (about US$14 million at the time). Crunchyroll screened the film in the United States and Canada with English subtitles and with an English dub in December 2022.
The manga also inspired a stage play adaptation in 2024, starring fourth generation members of the idol group Hinatazaka46.
Source: Press release
