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It adapts the 15th and final volume of Hajime Kamoshida's novel series, with Soichi Masui directing at CloverWorks and the main cast returning.","whyItMatters":"The three-day booking is a limited run for a film that shares its name with the final novel volume, so the North American release is being handled as an event rather than an open-ended theatrical run.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe North American dates follow a Japanese opening on October 16 and an advance screening at Tokyo\u0026#39;s Shinjuku Wald 9 on October 4. Crunchyroll is also streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the film.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoichi Masui returned to direct at CloverWorks, with Masahiro Yokotani writing the script and Satomi Tamura designing characters. Kaito Ishikawa and Asami Seto lead the returning cast as Sakuta and Mai. Aniplex distributes in Japan, and the film carries the same title as the 15th and final volume of Kamoshida\u0026#39;s novels.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend adapts the 15th and final light novel volume, which makes this the end of the anime's source material rather than another arc to draw from.","twitterPost":"Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend covers the final novel volume. There is no further Kamoshida source past this film.","threadsPost":"Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend adapts the 15th and final volume of Hajime Kamoshida's novels, so Soichi Masui and CloverWorks are closing the series rather than continuing it. The three U.S. and Canada dates are a run at the end of the source, not a stop along the way.","newsletterBlurb":"Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will screen Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend in the U.S. and Canada for three days: February 21, 23 and 24. The film opened in Japan on October 16 and shares its name with the 15th and final volume of Hajime Kamoshida's novels. 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