Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi Anime “Propose Chapter” to Get Theatrical Release in February 2020

The official website for the anime adaptation of Shungiku Nakamura’s boys-love manga series Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi – World’s Greatest First Love announced today that its upcoming all-new episode “Propose Chapter” will get an event screening in theaters in February 2020.

It is also confirmed that the theme song for the new episode is performed by 39-year-old anison singer Shuhei Kita, who has worked on all of the theme sons for the previous Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi anime series since the first TV anime in 2011. Its CD single is set to be released on February 19, 2020, simultaneously with the 14-song album “Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi Collector’s Vocal Album” (tentative title).

The new anime is produced as the fifth anniversary project for Kadokawa Shoten’s boys love-themed magazine Emerald, in which the manga has been serialized.   

Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi has been adapted into two OVAs, two TV anime, and one middle-length film as listed below. All of them were directed by Chiaki Kon, who also worked on the anime adaptations of the author’s another popular BL manga series Junjo Romantica, at Stuido Deen.

• OVA “Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: Ritsu Onodera no Baai” (20 minutes/March 2011) 
• TV Anime “Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi” (12 episodes/April – June 2011) 
• OVA “Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: Hatori Yoshiyuki no Baai” (20 minutes/September 2011)
• TV Anime “Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi 2” (12 episodes/October – December 2011) 
• Movie “Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai” (50 minutes/March 15, 2014)

Source: “Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi – World’s Greatest First Love” anime official website / Twitter

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