The film caps off the anime's story with a grand finale.
The “Fantasia Bunko Great Appreciation 2026 Online” livestream held on 25 October unveiled new details regarding the final movie for the Date A Live series, “Date A Live F: Last Date”, which includes a new trailer, a new visual, and a Japanese theatrical premiere of 26 March, 2027.
The trailer:
Date A Live F: Last Date
Premiere date: 26 March, 2027
Animation studio: Studio Fugaku
What do we know about Date A Live F: Last Date?
Date A Live F: Last Date is a direct continuation of the 2013 anime series Date A Live, and serves as the final chapter to the adapted storyline. It is likely that the film will adapts Volumes 21 and 22 of the original light novel series.
The main cast members will be reprising their roles from the anime series:
- Shido Itsuka: Nobunaga Shimazaki
- Tohka Yatogami: Marina Inoue
- Kurumi Tokisaki: Asami Sanada
- Kotori Itsuka: Ayana Taketatsu
- Origami Tobiichi: Misuzu Togashi
- Yoshino Himekawa: Iori Nomizu
- Miku Izayoi: Minori Chihara
- Natsumi Kyouno: Ayumi Mano
- Kaguya Yamai: Maaya Uchida
- Yuzuru Yamai: Sarah Emi Bridcutt
- Nia Honjou: Akari Kageyama
- Mukuro Hoshimiya: Hitomi Nabatame
- Reine Murasame: Aya Endou
Junji Nishimura is directing the finale film at Studio FUGAKU, marking another shift in production for the franchise. Season 4 and 5 was originally produced by Geek Toys.
Fumihiko Shimo writes the scripts, with Naoto Nakamura providing the character designs.
What is Date A Live about?
Date A Live is a Japanese light novel series written by Kochi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. The series is comprised of 22 volumes, all published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. The light novel series also received five manga adaptations, and a spin-off light novel series titled Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet, which published in 2017.
The first season of the anime, produced by AIC Plus+, premiered in 2013, and was followed by a Season 2, produced by Production IMS, which aired in 2014. Season 3, produced by J.C.Staff, premiered in 2019, while Season 4, which came out in 2022, and Season 5, which came out in 2025, was produced by Geek Toys.
Crunchyroll streams the anime, plus its Mayuri Judgement movie and Date A Bullet spinoff OVA, and describes the story as:
Ordinary high school boy Shido discovers a mysterious girl at ground zero of a recent spacequake. Shido learns, through his sister Kotori, that the girl is one of the Spirits: mystical creatures responsible for the spacequakes. Shido is recruited to help “seal” the sprits and end their threat to mankind. There’s just one catch: the only way to seal a spirit—is to make her fall in love with you.