Underplayed Gems

Shamanic Princess (1996)

Shamanic Princess poster
Original title
シャーマニックプリンセス
Genre
magical girl anime and manga, drama anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga
Country
Japan
Rated
TV-14
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young woman from a magical realm is sent to retrieve a stolen artifact from a man on Earth. She must navigate her relationships and her own memories as events unfold out of sequence.

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What happens

Shamanic Princess (Japanese: シャーマニックプリンセス, Hepburn: Shāmanikku Purinsesu) is a six episode OVA series developed by the Princess Project creative collective and produced by Animate Film in association with Triangle Staff starting in June 1996 and continuing over a two-year period. Central Park Media (CPM) licensed the series for its North America release through CPM's US Manga Corps in 2000. Following the closure of Central Park Media, the series has been re-licensed to Media Blasters for a 2013 release. The OVA later premiered on Toku in the United States in January 2016 and was added to Tubi in 2019 with its 2013 DVD's cover art. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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