HIDIVE has announced that The Dangers in My Heart: The Movie is getting a U.S. theatrical release this February 16th and 18th, and—against all known laws of anime distribution—it’s arriving at the same time as Japan.
Ticketing information is available here.
Yes, this is one of those extremely rare moments where American anime fans are not treated like they live several time zones and one calendar year behind everyone else. The film will screen on February 16 (English subtitled) and February 18 (English dubbed) as part of a limited theatrical run in ten U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, and Fairfax. In other words, if you don’t live near one of these cities, this announcement is both thrilling and personally insulting.
Excitement for the film has been quietly snowballing since a sneak-peek panel co-hosted by HIDIVE and TV Asahi at Anime Expo 2025, where fans learned that this wouldn’t just be a simple recap cash-grab. Instead, the movie stitches together Seasons 1 and 2 of the anime while adding brand-new animation, continuing the painfully earnest love story between Kyotaro Ichikawa and Anna Yamada—two characters who have mastered the art of romantic tension through awkward silence and catastrophic overthinking.
Tickets go on sale January 23, which gives fans just enough time to rewatch both seasons, re-experience every emotionally charged glance, and convince themselves they’re “just going for the story” and not because this series has them in a chokehold.
For anyone wondering why this franchise keeps hitting so hard, the anime is adapted from the long-running manga by Norio Sakurai, first launched in 2018 and now spanning 13 volumes. The series is directed by Hiroaki Akagi, written by Jukki Hanada, features character designs by Masato Katsumata, and is produced by Shin-Ei Animation—aka a production lineup that knows exactly how to emotionally ruin viewers with surgical precision.
If you somehow missed the phenomenon entirely, Seasons 1 and 2 are currently streaming on HIDIVE, where they remain readily available to turn skeptics into believers and casual viewers into people who suddenly have very strong opinions about shy middle-school romance.
In short: the wait is almost over, the feelings are about to return, and anime theaters this February will once again be filled with people pretending they’re not wiping their eyes during a rom-com movie.
