The My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie is coming to theaters in Japan after more than two years since the project was announced back in September 2021, just shortly after the conclusion of anime's second season, Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X. The first season aired from April 2020 to June 2020, and the second season aired from July 2021 to September 2021. Studio Link was in charge of the animation for the anime series, and now, they are back to produce the anime movie, with Asmik Ace distributing the film.
Two teaser visuals have been released for My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie:
The story is based on the light novel series written by Satoru Yamaguchi and illustrated by Nami Hidaka. As of October 2023, thirteen volumes have been released. The series also received a manga adaptation with art by Hidaka, and it has been serialized in the Monthly Comic Zero Sum magazine since August 2017. It has been collected in seven tankobon volumes, and Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series in English.
The movie is directed by Keisuke Inoue, and the script was written by Megumi Shimizu and Megumu Sasano, who both adapted an original story by Yamaguchi. If you want to know more about the upcoming anime film, here's everything you need to know about The My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie, including its release date, plot, voice cast, and trailer.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie Release Date
December 8 Update: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie has been released in theaters in Japan on December 8, but there are no plans for North American theatrical release.
Update: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie had its world premiere in New York City on November 19, 2023.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie is scheduled to release in theaters in Japan on December 8, 2023. Unfortunately, there are currently no major plans to release the anime film internationally. It's possible that the production team will announce a theatrical release date for North America, Europe, and other regions within a few months, but if they end up releasing then in the U.S., it'll likely be released in select theaters.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie Trailer
You can watch the trailer for My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie here:
The trailer, which was released by Asmik Ace's official YouTube channel, teases the mysterious boy that Catarina Claes will meet.
Several character trailers have also been released for Catarina Claes, Mary Hunt, Sophia Ascart, and Maria Campbell.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie Plot
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! is an isekai harem rom-com that follows the story of Catarina Claes, the young daughter of a noble family, who one day bumps her head and regains memories of her past life as a 17-year-old Japanese otaku girl. That's when she realizes that she has been reborn into the world of the otome game Fortune Lover as the game's villainess, Katarina Claes, who, regardless of what path the player took in the original game, is doomed to be either murdered or exiled.
In order to avoid these tragic routes that lead to her doom, she begins to use her knowledge of the game and her own wiles, starting with breaking off this engagement with the prince. This, however, ends up having surprising consequences on her relations with the other characters of the game's world. Will Katarina survive trying to escape her character's fate?
In My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie, Catarina Claes meets a mysterious boy while visiting the shows and dancers brought by merchants from a distant country, which leads to an unprecedented event for her.
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie Cast
Maaya Uchida will be reprising her role as Catarina Claes along with the cast of the TV anime series adaptation of the light novel returning to reprise their roles.
Here's the list of the talented cast of My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie:
Maaya Uchida as Katarina Claes
Shouta Aoi as Geordo Stuart
Tetsuya Kakihara as Keith Claes
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Alan Stuart
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Nicole Ascart
Miho Okasaki as Mary Hunt
Inori Minase as Sophia Ascart
Saori Hayami as Maria Campbell
Where to Watch My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie
As previously mentioned, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie will be released in theaters in Japan, and there are currently no plans to release it in North America and other regions. Since the two seasons of the My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! TV series are available to stream on Crunchyroll, fans are expecting to see the movie release on the platform, and it looks like Crunchyroll has plans.
As X anime news account Shoujo Crave reported, the anime film will make its way to Crunchyroll, but as of early November 2023, the streamer hasn't officially announced when My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie will arrive on their platform.
