Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend Film Unveils 2nd Trailer, Theme Song Artist

Tōko Kirishima performs "Suihei-sen wa Boku no Furukizu finale"

The official website for Seishun Buta Yarō wa Dear Friend no Yume o Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend) film, the latest anime of Hajime Kamoshida's Rascal Does Not Dream (Seishun Buta Yarō or Aobuta) novel series, presented on Sunday the second full trailer, key visual, character visual for Miori Mitō, theme song, and information on an advance screening.

The trailer announces and previews the theme song "Suihei-sen wa Boku no Furukizu finale" (The Horizon Is My Old Wound: Finale) performed by the character Tōko Kirishima. 

The staff will hold an advance screening of the film with the cast on October 4 at the Shinjuku Wald 9 theater in Tokyo.

The film will open in theaters in Japan on October 16. The new film is teased as taking the story towards its finale. (The film shares the same name as the 15th and final novel volume.)

The film's returning cast includes:

• Kaito Ishikawa as Sakuta Azusagawa

• Asami Seto as Mai Sakurajima

• Sora Amamiya as Uzuki Hirokawa

• Aya Yamane as Ikumi Akagi

• Konomi Kohara as Sara Himeji

• Manaka Iwami as Miori Mitō

• Reina Ueda as Nene Iwamizawa

• Nao Tōyama as Tomoe Koga

• Atsumi Tanezaki as Rio Futaba

• Maaya Uchida as Nodoka Toyohama

• Yurika Kubo as Kaede Azusagawa

• Inori Minase as Shōko Makinohara

Sōichi Masui returns to direct the film at CloverWorks. Masahiro Yokotani is also back to oversee and write the script, and Satomi Tamura is again designing the characters. The band fox capture plan also returns to compose the music. Aniplex is once again distributing the film.

Tōko Kirishima also performs the song "Turn the World Upside Down" in the film.

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Girl-senpai no Yume wo Minai), the first television anime based on the light novel series, premiered in Japan in October 2018 and aired for 13 episodes. The anime adapts the story up to the fifth novel volume. Aniplex of America streamed the series on Crunchyroll, Funimation, and other services.

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Yume-Miru Shōjo no Yume wo Minai), the anime 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. Crunchyroll began streaming the film in June 2025 with both English subtitles and dub.

The first film Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out opened in Japan in June 2023. The film sold 118,108 tickets in its first three days and earned 175,648,924 yen (about US$1.28 million) to rank #4 in its opening weekend. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid, the second film, opened in Japan in December 2023, and ranked at #4 in its opening weekend. The film sold 119,000 tickets and earned 164,594,554 yen (about US$1.11 million) in its first three days.

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus (Seishun Buta Yarō wa Santa Claus no Yume wo Minai), the television anime adapting the light novel series' "University Student Arc," premiered on July 5. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and is also streaming an English dub.

The original novel series has over 3 million copies in circulation. The Yen On imprint of Yen Press publishes the novel series, and Yen Press publishes Tsugumi Nanamiya's manga adaptation. Yen On published the Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend novel volume on January 6.

Sources: Rascal Does Not Dream anime's website, Comic Natalie