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Uta no Prince-sama Film's 2nd Special Video Streamed
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, the anime film in the Uta no Prince Sama franchise, began streaming a second special promotional video for the film on Monday. The video shows portions of the concert scenes in the film.
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.
The film earned more than 432 million yen (about US$4.01 million) and has sold 249,000 tickets as of Wednesday, 13 days after the film opened.
Sentai Filmworks licensed the film, and the film will have a premiere screening on July 5 at this year's Anime Expo event. Voice actors Takuma Terashima (Otoya Ittoki) and Mamoru Miyano (Tokiya Ichinose) will be in attendance. Sentai Filmworks will also screen the film in U.S. theaters at a later date.
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.
Sources: Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom's website
