Dame x Prince Anime Caravan

Inako is a minor country, enclosed by two superior countries: the militaristic Milidonia, with its goal of conquering as much land as possible, and the monotheiestic Selenfalen, devoted to the deity Saint Philia. Ani Inako is the sole princess of her country, and in order to eliminate hostility between the three countries, she is sent as Inako's representative to a peace treaty signing in Selenfalen. However, Ani's hopes of a smooth ceremony are shattered when she meets the eccentric princes from her rival countries.

With the treaty binding the three countries together, Ani and the princes must learn to overcome their differences. Together, they search for common ground on which to develop their friendship.

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Selen el Phiriazar, Mare Main

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Ischl de Milidonia, Narek Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Inako, Ani Main

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Selen el Phiriazar, Ruze Main

Saitou, Souma Japanese

von Lomzard, Vino Main

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Colton, Teo Main

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Rem, Chrom Supporting

Takemoto, Eiji Japanese

Guard 3 Supporting

Tsuchida, Reiou Japanese

Volte, Riot Supporting

Takeuchi, Shunsuke Japanese

Guard 1 Supporting

Kajiwara, Gakuto Japanese

Kitazawa, Shiryuu Producer

Ichii, Miho Producer

Oomura, Keiichi Producer

Oomori, Shinji Producer

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Jan 2, 2024

DLaney

Recommended

This show is laid-back, entertaining and fun. It delivers a steady dose of comedy throughout, enough to keep a smile a going, dotted with random hilariousness. (Especially if you pay attention to what's going on in the background too).
I found this to be very refreshing compared to the turn anime has taken in recent years.

I love the silly or stupid comedy in this. It reminds me of old school animes like Host Club and Fruits Basket and not just because it's a reverse harem. Comedy like this is hard to find anymore. I feel as if they aren't as concerned with all the hyper ... critical comments people put out these days or their unreasonably high expectations of the plot or graphics. It feels like someone had fun and enjoyed themselves when creating this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 8, 2020

NekoMinSeo

Recommended

I'm absolutely shocked and outraged this anime got only a 6.62 rating on MAL at the time of this review. I can only explain it with two reasons:

1. People gave this a try and dropped it the moment they figured out it was a reverse harem.
2. The comedy just didn't work for them.

Both of those reasons are fair in a way, you are free to not like reverse harems, even though I think they always come with an unfair prejudice I don't feel harem shows (generally directed to straight men) are subjected to the same treatment even if they can equal in ... shittiness at times; and comedy is subjective so obviously it can't always land. But if you go into this with an open mind and don't expect too much of a plot besides just having a good time, watching DamePri might be the best decision of the day you could possibly make.

First of all, I'm an avid otome game fan and I can't deny I've been often displeased with otome games adaptations and a lot of reverse harems. Mostly lately it just feels the joy of making a good reverse harem (no matter the actual result) is dead, so it's way easier to push out all the ikemen idol shows and cliche otome game premises with absolutely zero effort. This is where DamePri shines.

DamePri is fully self-aware of its genre, of its tropes, of its character stereotypes and definitely doesn't shy away from it, it glorifies it and exaggerates it tenfold, also sometimes breaking the 4th wall. Prince Narek is one of the best examples of this. Go figure his introduction is basically "You there, woman! I see you admiring my gloriousness!", then, upon the heroine's utmost confusion at this weird claim, soon followed by "OMG! how can she not know the magnificent beast that it is I..??! Oh i know! You're so struck that I made you lose your memories!" leaving everybody including me either shaking their heads in utter shame or laughing their asses off. I definitely reflected both of those states at the same time. Honestly I don't know about you, but that's peak comedy for me. Especially when the rest of the characters are equally exaggerated: the flirt, the childhood friend/knight, the pretty-as-a-flower-bishonen, the emo depressive shut-in sprinkled with the mysterious sadist and the rigid duty-is-all-that-matters older man.

And it brings me to the heroine. If you are looking for competent heroines, LOOK NO MORE FOR YOUR WISH WAS GRANTED! Ani is everything that I wished for in a reverse harem/shoujo heroine. She can be nice and oblivious but also very smart and competent. She often acts as the straight-woman of the situation everytime she's surrounded by the quirky princes/nobles that make up the cast of love interests for this show. She thinks what any normal person would think when surrounded by, albeit very handsome, weirdos, who in any normal situation would be called creeps, if they just weren't part of a reverse harem lol. (maybe with the exception of Teo, Teo is an angel).

And there is more! Don't dismiss DamePri as a just a comedy show that goes nowhere either, the characters have substance and go past their initial stereotypes, they have character arcs, they change and they evolve. By three quarters in you'll actually find yourself immersed in a story of betrayals, of loyalty, of friendship and what it means to take things in your own hands instead of remaining a passive bystander, either too preoccupied with one's selfish ego or too insecure to take a step by yourself without anybody else's control.

I admit the pacing isn't always that good, some jokes do become old, especially if you binge this show, characters sometimes reach convenient conclusions at the right time, but as far as I'm regarded it is ultimately all justified and nothing could impede my enjoyment of this anime. In the end, it just doesn't have to be taken that seriously when it isn't taking itself that seriously either and giving it the benefit of the doubt when it tries to actually move things forward in a more serious manner.

It is definitely one of the best reverse harem shows out there and seeing it being dismissed and this underrated hurts my soul. So I'm going to join the people that left mostly positive reviews for it in hope that it might persuade more people to check it out. Please, do check it out!

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jul 19, 2019

Curiouswanderer

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

The only reason I got to watch this anime was because most of the other MAL reviews were positive which involved mostly the comedy and I badly needed a laugh so there ya go!

Although while it did have the humour in there , it wasn't that interesting or been taking seriously in regards to telling at least a deep creative depth of the storyline as well as the characters. I felt Princess Ani might as well be Anna from Frozen in the way she acts and looks. I can actually imagine Disney making a reverse harem anime like this one, no wonder they lack imagination ... in creating new original films nowadays!

Yeah I'm disappointed with this anime that it turned out to be rather boring then highly entertaining throughout!

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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