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Uta no Prince-sama Film Earns 1.72 Billion Yen After 17 Weeks

Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, the anime film in the Uta no Prince Sama franchise, has earned more than 1,724,600,000 yen (about US$16 million) and has sold 1,103,942 tickets as of September 29, after its 17th weekend at the Japanese box office. The film's character designer and chief animation director Maki Fujioka drew the illustration below to celebrate the milestone.

The anime film opened in Japan on June 14, and ranked at #6 in its opening weekend. The film sold more than 100,000 tickets and earned 222.7 million yen (about US$2.05 million) from Friday to Sunday of its first weekend. The film has earned more than 1,407,654,000 yen (about US$13.23 million) as of August 11.

Sentai Filmworks held a premiere screening of the film at Anime Expo on July 5. Voice actors Takuma Terashima (Otoya Ittoki) and Mamoru Miyano (Tokiya Ichinose) attended the screening. The film screened in select theaters in North America on September 13.

Utano☆Princesama Legend Star director Takeshi Furuta returned as chief director, and Utano☆Princesama Legend Star episode director Tomoka Nagaoka directed at A-1 Pictures. Hiroshi Nakajima (Fate/Apocrypha, Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV) served as CG director. Maki Fujioka returned to design the characters based on Chinatsu Kurahana's original designs. Fujioka was also the chief animation director. Katsuyoshi Miyajima (Cyborg 009 Call of Justice, AKB0048 next stage) was the character modeling supervisor. Elements Garden returned to compose the music. Mamoru Miyano performs the film's theme song "Encore."

The film's cast members reprised their roles from previous anime in the franchise.

Source: MoCa News