Jewelpet the Movie: Sweets Dance Princess
Development. The movie was first announced in February 2012 and it formally introduces the Sweetspets, who first appeared in the anime "Jewelpet Sunshine", as well as other characters exclusively created for the movie. A short 30 second trailer of the film was streamed on March 1, 2012. A press conference of the film was held on March 30, 2012 which occurred at the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo to promote the film. Along the guest stars were child actress Mana Ashida and the designer of Hello Kitty, Yuko Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi stated that Ashida's singing and  dancing is both cute and energetic and fits well with the movie's theme. When released in cinemas, the movie was double-billed with the short film Onegai My Melody Yu & Ai. Plot. Ruby and some of her friends are all headed to Sweets Land, the home of the Sweetspets, to celebrate her birthday with a special dance. However, during the preparations, a strange thing falls from the skies, containing a Sweetspet boy named Gumimin. Unknown to everyone, he may be the only one who can save Sweets Land from impending chaos, and eat all the sweets in Sweets Land  to help save it. Music. The music was composed by Wataru Maeguchi, who composed the soundtrack in the anime series Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Off You and Suzy's Zoo Daisuki! Witzy. The movie's opening song is titled and the ending theme is titled , both performed by the Japanese Child Actress and Singer Mana Ashida. "Friends Forever and Ever" is also the ending song of the fourth Jewelpet Series Jewelpet Kira☆Deco! that was released on May 16, 2012 while "Magic of Dreams" is an entirely new song especially composed for the movie . The movie's official soundtrack album, titled was released on August 8, 2012. Reception. The film was a box-office failure, scoring at No. 14 on Box Office Mojo's chart and earning US$355,395 on 106 screens from August 11–12. It then fell from the list a week later.