For Western fans, the news has landed that may actually draw some people back to the country to see it considering the series significance when it debuted back in the winter of 2011. With the TV series getting its home video release in the US next week completed, new information has landed regarding the theatrical adaptations in Japan. The news came via the latest issue of Newtype in Japan where it’s been revealed the the first film will arrive on October 6th, 2012. It’s going to be a long wait for the second one though as that one will hit a week later on October 13th, making it easy to fly in for a week and take it all in.

This method does make sense as the first two films are condensed retellings of the TV series itself while the third film, undated at the moment, will be an original work done by the writer of the TV series. The first film is titled as Hajimari no Monogatari (The Beginning Story) while the second is titled Eien no Monogatari (The Eternal Story).