The Fantasia Bunko Grand Thanksgiving Festival 2026 Online event held on Sunday announced that Date A Live F Last Date — the latest anime project in the Date A Live franchise — will be released as a theatrical film opening on March 26, 2027. The announcement officially confirms the film as the “concluding arc” of the anime series. The event also unveiled a teaser trailer, a second teaser visual, and additional returning staff members.
Staff & Direction
Junji Nishimura (Vladlove, Extreme Hearts, Mechanical Marie) is directing the film at studio Fugaku. Fumihiko Shimo returns as scriptwriter and Naoto Nakamura as character designer, both having previously worked on Date A Live IV and Date A Live V. ANIMEC will distribute the film.
Returning Cast
The following voice actors reprise their roles from previous installments of the franchise:
- Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Marina Inoue
- Misuzu Togashi
- Ayana Taketatsu
- Iori Nomizu
- Asami Sanada
- Maaya Uchida
- Sarah Emi Bridcutt
- Minori Chihara
- Ayumi Mano
- Hitomi Nabatame
- Akari Kageyama
- Aya Endō
Series History
The Date A Live anime franchise began in 2013 with a 12-episode first season, followed by a 10-episode second season in 2014. The theatrical film Gekijōban Date A Live: Mayuri Judgment opened in Japan in August 2015. A 12-episode third season aired in January 2019, and a fourth season followed in April 2022 — originally scheduled for October 2021 before being delayed. The most recent television series, Date A Live V, premiered in April 2024, with Crunchyroll streaming the series simulcast alongside an English dub.
Source Material
The original light novel series was written by Koushi Tachibana with illustrations by Tsunako, launching in March 2011 under Kadokawa’s Fantasia Bunko imprint. The 22nd and final volume was published in March 2020. Yen Press publishes the novels in English. The franchise has also inspired multiple manga adaptations and video games.
The spinoff novel series Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet by Yuichiro Higashide received a two-part theatrical anime adaptation in 2020. Meanwhile, Tachibana and Tsunako’s King’s Proposal (Ōsama no Propose) light novel series also has an anime adaptation currently in development.
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