Murder Princess

After a sudden coup d'etat by the court scientist Dr. Akamashi results in the king's death, Princess Alita Castilia Arago Forland is forced to flee the capital. During her mad dash for survival deep into the forest, Alita collides with the brutal and temperamental bounty hunter Falis, which causes the two women to magically switch bodies.

Using her original body as collateral, Alita convinces Falis—and her henchmen Dominikov and Pete—to help take back the capital from the treasonous scientist by pretending to be the real princess. However, while the plan was initially successful, the only diplomacy Falis knows is with her sword. Alita must now work hard to make sure the kingdom is not trading one royal scandal for another, all while the two displaced women look for a way to return to their original bodies.

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Falis

Main

Park, Romi
Japanese

Forland, Alita Castilia Arago

Main

Koshimizu, Ami
Japanese

Dominikov

Supporting

Yao, Kazuki
Japanese

Yuna

Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa
Japanese

Kaito

Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Ana

Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa
Japanese

Armstrong, Pete

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Takase, Akimitsu
Japanese

Entolasia, Jodo

Supporting

Ishimori, Takkou
Japanese

Cecilia

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Toyoguchi, Megumi
Japanese

Dr. Akamashi

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Tsuchida, Hiroshi
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Cook, Justin

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Maru, Ryouji

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Kurokawa, Tomoyuki

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Takakuwa, Hajime

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"Hikari Sasuhou" by BACK-ON

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"Naked Flower" by Romi Paku

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Sep 5, 2007

MrGaz

Recommended

For a short series with non-stop action and an adventure with a twist, there is no need to look further than Murder Princess. Personally, when I heard about the title, I was thrilled because the idea of a killer princess is something new and different when its brought upon a series. No doubt, instantly I knew it was gonna be a good series just from the title itself. What was your thought when you first heard about it?

Anyway, in moving along, as summaries in the synopsis, Princess Arita just witnessed the death of her king and now fleeing from unknown assassins, she accidentally ...

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Jan 22, 2008

Arilayna

Mixed Feelings

I felt this series could have been much better. There was a lot of potential to have good character development and an interesting story, but six episodes just didn't do it. The synopsis of the series sounded compelling, but the "magical accident" is little more than a one-line myth designed to explain away something the writers clearly couldn't think of a better reason for. The same with the story between Cesilia and Falis. The connection between the two is weak and cliche...which is something I found myself saying about the plot in general as well. It was very predictable. ...

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Jul 2, 2017

jinneverland

Not Recommended

I watched Murder Princess when I was first getting into anime. So you would think that I would been ignorant to its shortcomings and enjoyed it. Wrong. Even as a rookie anime viewer, this anime left me beyond pissed and haunted me for a good month. Why was I pissed? Short story: Murder Princess gives you false hope and then crushes it.

Story: 3

With only 6 episodes, it is a rather short story. Therefore, I can cut it a little slack. But since it is still a story, Murder Princess needed to have been a comprehensive and complete unit - much like a movie or ... a fairy tail. I'll elaborate on that later. Concept wise, there is nothing original. This is not necessarily a bad thing as long as those concepts are either dealt with differently or executed in an effective storytelling manner. What got me interested in Murder Princess to begin with was the body-switching and a royal trying to defend his/her homeland tropes. These two tropes complemented each other, especially with the contrasting personalities of the two main characters, and were the best part of the show. You wanted to see the characters overcome these obstacles. Now here lies Murder Princess's greatest sin - most of the obstacles are not resolved by the "ending." The "ending" feels more like the end of a story arc than an ending to an independent story. Sadly, even the manga ends there so this cheating the audience was intentional. Other than the gaping ending, other problems with the story include: sloppily introduced and uninteresting sci-fi elements, painfully predictable plot points, weak ideas, and plot holes.

Art: 5

It was nice enough, but average. It didn't hamper or boost the anime.

Sound: 7

The OP is excellent. The rock style, heavier guitars, and fluid rapping supporting vocals created a great effect. The ED is also pleasant. As for the OST and voice acting, neither stands out to me as excellent of bad.

Character: 6

Overall the characters are stereotypical and bland. Most of the supporting characters could have been cut from the story all together and it wouldn't have impacted the story at all. You have your evil with scant motives villain, the brainwashed sidekick, the gruff warriors, etc. I did like the relationship between the bounty hunter and princess though. Although the princess was rather plain and devoid of a strong personality, she contrasted with the bounty hunter's stronger personality to make their interactions at least interesting to watch. The bounty hunter was the best character in the story because of her stubborn, driven, and yet secretly sympathetic demeanor. Watching her have to live a princess life and then proceed to trample all over its customs was rather entertaining.

Enjoyment: 2

Despite my fondness for the main characters and certain tropes, the clumsy and unnecessary story elements and bland supporting characters inhibited my enjoyment of Murder Princess. However, these things would have just made me rank it as average. The nail in the coffin for Murder Princess is its lazy and empty ending. I've watched 170+ anime since this one, but Murder Princess's ending is still in my top 10 worst anime endings.

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