Princess Tutu (2002)

Original title

プリンセスチュチュ

Directed by

Shogo Koumoto, Junichi Sato

Genre

magical girl, comedy anime and manga, drama anime and manga, romance anime, fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 38 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A duck is transformed into a magical ballerina named Princess Tutu. She must collect pieces of a prince's shattered heart by dancing in a fairy tale world.

whimsicalmelancholicgracefuldreamliketenderlyricalpoignantfairy-tale-like

What happens

Princess Tutu (Japanese: プリンセスチュチュ, Hepburn: Purinsesu Chuchu) is a Japanese anime television series created by Ikuko Itoh and directed by Junichi Sato and Shogo Koumoto. Inspired by ballet and fairy tales, particularly The Ugly Duckling and Swan Lake, its story follows a duck who is transformed into the mythical ballerina Princess Tutu in order to save the shattered heart of a storybook prince come to life. The series aired from August 2002 to May 2003, with 26 episodes across two seasons, and was also adapted into a two-volume manga series. Both the manga and anime series were licensed for distribution in North America by ADV Films in 2004, then by AEsir Holdings; Sentai Filmworks distributed the Blu-ray release of the anime series, as the latter two are parts of Section23 Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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