Date A Live F Last Date, the series' final chapter, opens in Japanese theaters on March 26, 2027
A second teaser visual and teaser trailer dated the closing film of Koshi Tachibana's franchise, made at studio Fugaku under director Junji Nishimura. A Tsunako art ticket set is on sale, and a Sunshine City exhibition follows in April.
Date A Live will finish in cinemas. Date A Live F Last Date, presented as the franchise's last chapter, reaches Japanese cinemas on March 26, 2027. The release date was revealed on October 25 alongside new promotional material, a second teaser visual plus a teaser trailer carrying the line "Now, let us begin our final war, our final date."
The film is an all-new story that carries the main storyline into its last phase, with Shido Itsuka and the Spirits heading into the decisive stretch of their fight. Junji Nishimura directs from a screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo, Naoto Nakamura designs the characters, and studio Fugaku animates; ANIMEC distributes. No cast has been listed yet.
Tickets and a countdown
Advance sales have already begun. One premium set bundles a MoviTicket with a framed print reproducing a Tsunako original, the novels' illustrator, and costs 7,650 yen with tax; orders opened at 19:00 that evening and close at 23:59 on November 29. Regular MoviTickets using the earlier teaser art go on sale October 30.
The production is also running a "Countdown Fair" that drops new merchandise and collaboration news on the first day of every month, fronted by new idol outfits designed for the Spirits.
An exhibition two weeks after release
DATE A LIVE Exhibition: Spirit Memorial, billed as the series' first big exhibition, takes over Exhibition Hall A at Ikebukuro's Sunshine City in Tokyo from April 9 through April 25, 2027, after a pre-festival day on April 8. Artwork on display, spots for photos, events visitors can join and goods sold only there are planned, and fuller details are due in January 2027.
How the series got here
Koshi Tachibana's light novels, illustrated by Tsunako and published by Fujimi Shobo, ran to 22 volumes and concluded in 2020; Yen Press releases them in English. The premise has high schooler Shido meet a girl at the center of a spacequake and learn that she is a Spirit, one of many beings he can only seal by making them fall in love with him.
The anime began in spring 2013 at AIC PLUS+ under director Keitaro Motonaga. Production IMS and J.C. Staff each took a turn on later seasons, and GEEKTOYS made the two most recent. Date A Live V, the fifth TV season, premiered in April 2024, two and a half years before this date reveal. Along the way the franchise added a theatrical film, Date A Live Mayuri Judgement (2015), and spin-offs including Date A Bullet. On Crunchyroll, viewers can find every TV season so far plus Mayuri Judgement and the Date A Bullet OVA.
