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Rascal Does Not Dream Franchise Gets Anime Adapting University Student Arc
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for franchise's "University Student Arc" is getting an anime adaptation. The announcement did not specify what type of anime. The Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid film screenings in Japan feature a special promotional video after the ending credits.
Original character designer for the franchise Keeji Mizoguchi drew the below celebration illustration.
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid opened in Japan on December 1 in 103 theaters in Japan, and debuted at #4 in its opening weekend. The film sold 119,000 tickets to earn about 163 million yen ($11.12 milion) in its first three days.
The sequel anime project adapts the eighth and ninth novels in the franchise: Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid.
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out sold 118,108 tickets in its first three days and earned 175,648,924 yen ($1.28 million) to rank #4 in its opening weekend.
Funimation, and other services.
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (film that adapts the the sixth and seventh light novel volumes in the franchise, opened in Japan in June 2019. Aniplex of America and Funimation Films screened the anime in the United States.
releasing the novel series in English.
Sources: Rascal Does Not Dream anime's website, Comic Natalie, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
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