The Princess and the Pilot (2011)

Original title

とある飛空士への追憶

Directed by

Jun Shishido

Genre

fantasy

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG12

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 141 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A skilled pilot is hired to secretly escort a princess across an ocean full of enemy warships. The two strangers must work together and survive the dangerous journey while their bond grows.

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What happens

The Princess and the Pilot (Japanese: とある飛空士への追憶, Hepburn: To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku; "Recollections for a Certain Pilot") is a Japanese light novel written by Koroku Inumura and illustrated by Haruyuki Morisawa. It was published by Shogakukan under its Gagaga Bunko imprint in February 2008. A manga adaptation by Maiko Ogawa was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday from August 2009 to February 2011, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes. An anime film adaptation, a joint production by Madhouse and TMS Entertainment, directed by Jun Shishido, premiered in October 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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