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A key visual and main trailer has also been revealed on social media.
The fourth instalment of the Princess Principal: Crown Handler movie series finally has a definitive release date. On February 13, 2025, it was announced on the official X (formerly Twitter) account of the anime that the movie is set to be released in Japanese theatres on May 23, 2025. This movie is the fourth instalment in a series of six movies that have been planned. A key visual has also been revealed.
As per Comic Natalie, under Actas production, the movie is being directed by Masaki Tachibana. Noboru Kimura is in charge of the scripts while Kimitake Nishio and Yukie Akis are the character designers. Nishio is also the chief animation director. The original character designs are done by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. The Mechanical designer for the movie is Fumihiro Katagai with colour designer Yuko Tsumori, and art director Miho Sugiura. Yuu Wakabayashi is the photography director while Yuki Kajiura is handling the music.
Moreover, a lot of voice actors are reprising their roles from the previous movies. This includes:
- Aoi Koga (Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-Sama: Love is War and Shoko Komi in Komi Can’t Communicate) as Ange
- Akira Sekine (Saki Aoi in Senpai is an Otokonoko and Elfaria Alvis Serfort in Wistoria: Wand and Sword) as Princess Charlotte
- Yō Taichi (Akane Sawatari in Chainsaw Man and Guideau in The Witch and the Beast) as Dorothy
- Akari Kageyama (Mukuro Hoshimiya in Date A Live IV and Yamashita in How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno) as Beatrice
- Nozomi Furuki (Miwa Yamamura in Barakamon and Chess Belle in Seraph of the End) as Chise Tōdō
The original Princess Principal anime series came out back in 2017. It follows five young girls who work as undercover spies in an alternate 20th-century England. The sequel film series, Princess Principal: Crown Handler was first announced in 2018. The first part of the six-part series came out in February 2021, with the second following in September 2021. The third movie was also released in April 2023.
