Karakuri no Kimi (Puppet Princess)

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Synonyms: The Clockwork Ones

Japanese: からくりの君

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 24, 2000

Producers: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, TOHO

Licensors: Media Blasters

Studios: TMS Entertainment

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Themes: Historical, Martial Arts, Samurai

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 41 min.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 6.47¹ (scored by 3,263 users)

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Ranked: #7068²

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Popularity: #6747

Members: 8,699

Favorites: 13

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In an obscure corner of feudal Japan, a clumsy young girl carrying a massive box searches for a legendary ninja. That girl is Rangiku Ayawatari—the sole survivor of the Ayuwatari clan—and she seeks revenge against Lord Sadayoshi Karimata, the man who slaughtered her family and stole the secrets of her father's prized puppet collection. However, in place of the legendary ninja, Rangiku finds Yasaburou Manajiri, a vagabond who is being pursued by "deathless ninjas"—strange, fearless warriors who can survive seemingly fatal blows. Upon discovering that they share a common enemy, the pair team up to defeat the cruel lord and rid the world of strange puppets that conceal a horrible secret.

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Ayawatari, Rangiku

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Yajima, Akiko
Japanese

Manajiri, Yasaburou

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Wakamoto, Norio
Japanese

Narrator

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Mugihito
Japanese

Head of the Deathless Ninjas

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Aono, Takeshi
Japanese

Karimata, Sadayoshi

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Nakata, Kouji
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Takaya, Hirotoshi

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Kobayashi, Katsuyoshi

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Wada, Kaoru

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Fujita, Kazuhiro

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Dec 19, 2011

barcaman101

Recommended

I felt satisfied after watching this,a very short but worthwhile watch.After her family is killed and her kingdom was destroyed by rival forces a young princess called Rangiku embarks on a journey to get revenge on her enimies.Along the way she seeks the aid of the legendary samurai Manajiri to join her in her quest.what make this anime so good is that unlike todays anime this female character is more than just big breasted fan-service,on the contrary she is a reasonably interesting character as she is both nice and at the same time being a bumbling cluts.she carries around her fathers finest ...

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Jul 30, 2023

IzzyMarrie

Mixed Feelings

It's short and has charm, so watch it if the premise appeals to you. But don't go into it thinking it'll be on par with series like Ninja Scroll, the Kage OVA, or Vampire Princess Miyu in terms of either fights or beautiful animation. It's got style, but at a fraction, but it's definitely got some things going for it that make it a classic.

Animation was alright, and I'm not just saying that for the time this came out. It feels like, surprisingly, despite this OVA being an almost 1:1 shot of the one-shot it was based off of, that the manga did it better. ...

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Nov 12, 2023

RyanSpring

Not Recommended

We've fallen on dark, desperate times when I somehow find myself watching and subsequently writing a review for a 41 minute, quarter-century old anime movie that no one else has heard of and there are FOUR reviews for prior to my own. That's about one every five years!

Puppet Princess isn't the worst of the worst, but talking plainly it came out in 2000, looks like it came out in the mid 90s at best or even the late 80s, is short, doesn't have time to develop characters or plot points or provide any emotional depth whatsoever and might as well not have a soundtrack at ...

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