I found Princess Tutu short time after finishing PMMM, just like a lot of people surely did, PMMM left a mark on me and i wanted to experience another similar animes, being Princess Tutu one of those series that is in the podium when it comes about Mahou Shoujo animes, later when i started watching this i realized that this anime has a lot of occidental influence in many aspects, this is actually good since people who are not fond to anime can enjoy it. (and should watch it since most of the occidental animated series these days are nothing but crap).
When i started this anime i was expecting something kind of dark but heartwarming at the same time and i was correct but i must say i never expected to find an anime with such an incredible story, and even when i didn't feel like i got 100% attached to it it can't be denied that this anime is an absolute 10/10 in terms of story at least.
Unluckily not everything is as perfect or amazing as the story we are introduced at the beginning. Let's start with the characters. Even when they are not bad at all definitely i didn't felt much sympathy for them at least at the beginning, i couldn't really find them truly human or relatable, the way they acted made no sense to me sometimes, even when the evolution they receive is good. This anime uses multiple times the same joke which is very funny at the beginning but starts to become boring and predictable later on.
Let's talk about the audiovisuals.
The animation is very decent considering how old this anime is, the dance sequences are absolutely gorgeous 10/10.
The music, this anime uses the legendary work of the god Piotr Tchaikovsky as the choice for it's music, technically the music would be a 12/10 but for obvious reasons it would be unfair, so i don't think i can just give it a 10, on the other side the OP is one of the best i've seen in my entire life, it's unique and magic, sadly the ED is forgettable and insipid.
The colour palette is not the wisest choice but it works nicely.
What i mentioned early are small problems this anime has, the real problem with this anime is it's pacing. at the beginning of the second part of the anime the series struggles really, really, really hard to keep going, we have episodes that barely help to the development of the plot and have a repetitive and predictable formula: Kraehe or Myuuto try to bring yummy delicious nutritious food (human hearts) to the evil crow then our heroes come and save the day at the very last moment, doesn't help the fact that some of these secondary characters that are introduced are not important at all or are boring as hell. Princess tutu at this point has to introduce multiple characters to get out of the hole and be able to move again, at least 3 characters have to appear to save this anime, but i gotta say this anime redeems itself at the last 4 episodes, the closer you get to the end the better it gets, you start to feel closer to the main characters and to understand their struggle and desperation.
I would say this anime suffers from the common affliction "being too long for it's own good".
I would recommend this anime if you are looking something unique with a remarkable story.
