Princess Principal

Princess Principal

Promotional image.
プリンセス プリンシパル
(Purinsesu Prinshiparu)
Genre Action, Spy[1]
Anime television series
Directed by Masaki Tachibana
Produced by Ryoya Arisawa
Kazuyoshi Nishikawa
Tomoyo Ueji
Hirotaka Kaneko
Takeshi Ishigaki
Takumi Ito
Written by Ichirō Ōkouchi
Music by Yuki Kajiura
Studio Studio 3Hz, Actas
Licensed by
Original network Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, BS11, AT-X
Original run July 9, 2017 – present
Episodes 5
Game
Princess Principal Game of Mission

Princess Principal (プリンセス プリンシパル, Purinsesu Purinshiparu) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio 3Hz and Actas. The series is directed by Masaki Tachibana, with scripts written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. It featured character designs by Kouhaku Kuroboshi and Yukie Akiya. The series aired on July 2017. A spin-off game titled Princess Principal Game of Mission is under development.[1]

Plot

With the discovery of a mysterious substance called "Cavorite", Albion was able to construct a fleet of airships that made Albion the dominant power in the world. However, after the London Revolution, the country was split between the Kingdom and Commonwealth of Albion.

The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London, a city within the Albion Kingdom divided into east and west by a large wall. The girls serve as undercover spies working for the Commonwealth who are enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair school. The girls make use of their individual abilities to remain active in the underground world of disguise, espionage, infiltration, and car chases.

Characters

Ange le Carré (アンジェ, Anje)
Voiced by: Ayaka Imamura[2]
The main protagonist, she is a 17-year-old genius spy with artistic skills. She is well-adept at telling lies and knowing when what she is hearing is a lie. She also possesses a special device that allows her to fly for short periods of time. It is revealed that her real name is Charlotte.
Princess (Charlotte) (プリンセス, Purinsesu)
Voiced by: Akira Sekine[2]
The niece of the Duke of Normandy and a princess of Albion Kingdom who is fourth in the line of succession for the throne. She is a 17-year-old girl with an oddball personality, but she gets along well with others. She knew Ange from ten years ago. She works with Ange in hopes that Ange will help her ascend to the throne. Her true name is Ange.
Dorothy (ドロシー, Doroshī)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi[2]
She is a 20-year-old undercover student with a playful personality and acts as a leader to the spies. She uses her feminine charm in missions and is good at shooting and driving vehicles.
Beatrice (ベアトリス, Beatorisu)
Voiced by: Akari Kageyama[2]
A 15-year-old noblewoman who serves as Princess' aide and close friend. She can mimic the voices of other people using a mechanism that her father implanted in her throat. Her father has treated her as a test subject for his experiments.
Chise Todo (ちせ, Chise)
Voiced by: Nozomi Furuki[2]
A 16-year-old exchange student from Japan. She is highly proficient in samurai-style swordsmanship and is considered the strongest of the spies. She often acts naive and has a hard time adapting to the culture differences. She is a spy for Japan tasked with observing the Commonwealth and Kingdom so that her superiors can determine which country to ally with.
L (エル, Eru)
Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo[3]
A member of Control, the intelligence unit handling Principal Team.
7 (セブン, Sebun)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[3]
A member of Control, the intelligence unit handling Principal Team.
The Colonel
Voiced by: Takumi Yamazaki[3]
A member of Control and the Commonwealth military's representative.
Duke Normandy
Voiced by: Takaya Hashi[3]
The Home Secretary of the Albion Kingdom and Princess Charlotte's uncle. He handles the Kingdom's espionage affairs, and it is his job to root out enemy spies.
Gazelle
Voiced by: Yuko Iida[3]

Anime

An original anime television series produced by Studio 3Hz and Actas has been announced.[1] The series is directed by Masaki Tachibana, with scripts written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series featured character designs by Kouhaku Kuroboshi and Yukie Akiya. The series aired on July 9, 2017.[3] The opening theme is performed by Void_Chords and MARU, while the ending theme is performed by Ayaka Imamura, Akira Sekine, Yō Taichi, Akari Kageyama, and Nozomi Furuki.[4] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime and streamed it on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. and other streaming sites elsewhere.[5]

No. Title[lower-alpha 1] Original air date
1 "Case 13 Wired Liar"  July 9, 2017
Eric, a scientist, seeks to defect to the Commonwealth. Ange and her fellow spies Dorothy, Beatrice, Chise, and Princess smuggle him to safety inside the Queen's Mayfair School, a prestigious academy where they are posing as students. However, Eric also requests that they bring his little sister Amy as well. Ange and Beatrice go to investigate Amy, and discover that she is suffering from Cavonite poisoning, which requires an expensive procedure to cure. However, after observing several clues and Eric's odd behavior, Ange concludes that Eric is in fact a double agent meant to lure them out into the open. Her suspicions are confirmed when Eric attempts to send a carrier pigeon to his handler. Dorothy, Beatrice, and Chise capture Eric's handler while Ange takes Eric to a secluded park, where she exposes his plan. Eric admits he went to the Duke of Normandy to request the funds to cure Amy, but in return he had to agree to fake his defection. Ange has Eric sign a life insurance policy before executing him. A week later, Eric's body is found and the money from the insurance policy is used to pay for Amy's operation. 
2 "Case 1 Dancy Conspiracy"  July 16, 2017
In the past, Ange begins attending Queen's Mayfair school as a transfer student. Ange links up with fellow agent Dorothy, and their primary mission is to secretly replace the Princess with Ange. That night, Ange and Dorothy attend a ball at the school and are given an impromptu mission to keep a key away from the Duke of Normandy. Dorothy approaches Morgan, who is in possession of the key, but is turned away by his bodyguards. Ange then goes over to the Princess to befriend her, while "accidentally" spilling a "drink" on her dress. While Princess waits for a new dress, Ange impersonates her to get the key from Morgan. However, Princess is already aware that Ange and Dorothy are spies, and offers a deal that if she works with them, they help her become Queen of the Kingdom. The Duke of Normandy then arrives and orders a search on everybody for the key, and when he approaches Ange, she secretly orders the bell tower to chime to distract the Duke. While distracted, Princess secretly takes the key, then immediately leaves the ballroom. The next day, Ange and Princess meet on the roof of the school, revealing that Ange was the one who tipped Princess off to her identity as a spy. It is also revealed that Ange's real name is Charlotte and Princess' real name is Ange, and that both girls had known each other ten years ago. 
3 "Case 2 Vice Voice"  July 23, 2017
It is revealed that Ange became a spy so she could cross the wall and reunite with Princess and smuggle her out of the country. However, Princess tells her that her desire to be Queen was genuine, as she wants to tear down the London Wall and create world where they both can live together without having to hide. Ange agrees to carry out her wish. Ange and Dorothy then receive a mission to board the HMS Gloucester and recover stolen printing plates. They decide to use Princess as way to board the ship, though Beatrice protests her participation in the mission. However, Beatrice's voice becomes odd as she shouts, and she flees in embarrassment. Princess reveals that Beatrice had been experimented on by her father, and her vocal chords were replaced by machinery. With Princess and Dorothy's help, Ange manages to sneak onto the airship, with Beatrice inadvertently following her. Ange assaults the agent transporting the plates but is injured and insists that Beatrice take the plates and leave her behind. Beatrice instead uses her mechanical voice-box to impersonate the agent's voice and call off the guards, giving her and Ange the time to escape together. Realizing that Ange cares as much for Princess as she does, Beatrice decides to join the spy team. 
4 "Case 9 Roaming Pigeons"  July 30, 2017
Dorothy is given a new mission by L to steal a prototype miniature Cavorite device the Kingdom has developed. L also warns Dorothy to keep an eye on Princess, as she might be a double agent. Meanwhile, Ange is training Beatrice and Chise when Princess suggests they come up with a name for their team. Dorothy informs them of their mission and they use Princess' status to infiltrate a ceremony at the mine where the Cavorite device is being held. At the ceremony, it is revealed that Chise is there to observe the Kingdom and Commonwealth on the behalf of Japan so it can determine which country to ally with, and the Duke of Normandy wants to marry Princess off to Russia to secure an alliance. Ange searches for the device but finds out it is being transported out of the city by boat. Princess volunteers to assist in the assault on the boat, which convinces Dorothy that she is not a double agent. The team is able to secure the Cavorite device and capture the entire research team. Dorothy relays the results to L, but he warns her that even though Princess may not be a double agent, she will always be a potential threat. At school, the team decides to name themselves Team White Pigeon. 
5 "Case 7 Bullet & Blade's Ballad"  August 6, 2017‎
Princess welcomes a Japanese delegation led by Lord Horikawa to negotiate a treaty with the Queen, despite the knowledge that he is being targeted by the famed assassin Todo Jubei. During the train ride to London, a stranger boards the train and Ange and Dorothy confront her, only to find out the stranger is Chise, one of Lord Horikawa's bodyguards who has a personal grudge against Jubei. Princess has Ange partner up with Chise to get the pair to trust each other more, and Chise reveals she wants to defeat Jubei since he killed her father. Meanwhile, the Duke of Normandy is secretly working with Jubei in the hopes that Princess will be caught up in the assassination attempt, since he does not want to risk her ascending the throne. Jubei and his assassins then attack the train, though Ange and Chise are able to fight them off. Princess and Ange work together to stop the train to prevent a collision with another train, while Chise duels with Jubei. Chise emerges the victor by killing Jubei, and Ange deduces that Jubei was Chise's father. Afterwards, Dorothy introduces Lord Horikawa to Control, and Chise joins the spy team as a new transfer student. 
6 "Case 18 Rouge Morgue"  

Notes

  1. ↑ All English titles are taken from Amazon Video.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Princess Principal Original TV Anime Revealed With Cast, Staff, Promo Video, Summer 2017 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Princess Principal Anime's Ad Highlights Main Characters". Anime News Network. June 26, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Princess Principal TV Anime's Video Reveals More Cast, July 9 Debut". Anime News Network. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Princess Principal TV Anime Reveals Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Princess Principal for Summer Simulcast". Anime News Network. June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
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