Princess Principal: Crown Handler Movie 1

A failed assassination attempt on the Kingdom of Albion's queen causes spies on all sides to be questioned on their loyalty to their respective alliances. Amid the increasing tensions, Ange le Carré, Dorothy, Charlotte, and Chise Toudou have returned with a new assignment: to collect an antique bookstore owner held captive at the kingdom's prison. However, this simple mission is soon followed by fear when Control assigns the team to investigate a suspected double agent within the royal family.

Ange and the other members of Team White Pigeon must face betrayal and bloodshed as they attempt to make contact with another spy while aware of only one thing: their codename, Bishop.

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le Carré, Ange Main

Koga, Aoi Japanese

Dorothy Main

Taichi, You Japanese

Charlotte Main

Sekine, Akira Japanese

Toudou, Chise Main

Furuki, Nozomi Japanese

Beatrice Main

Kageyama, Akari Japanese

L Supporting

Sugou, Takayuki Japanese

7 Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Richard Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Bishop Supporting

Tobita, Nobuo Japanese

Dollyshop Supporting

Honda, Hiroyuki Japanese

Maniwa, Kenzou Producer

Tachibana, Masaki Director

Iwanami, Yoshikazu Sound Director

Takada, Jun Episode Director

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May 26, 2021

ACasualViewer

Recommended

There are series that tend to fade into obscurity when they are finished, whether it be because their sequel took to long or perhaps they never generated a large following to begin with. Princess Principal is a series that falls into the latter category, though it has fairly high production values and arguably a very interesting setting, it never gained much traction. Personally I actually really do enjoy this series, a lot even, and as such I decided that it would be worth reviewing the first of the new movies. This review will look at the various qualities that an anime requires to be good ... and consider how this movie performed.

The story seems to involve another regular mission for the commonwealth spies, they are attempting to stop a major disaster from occurring and give their side an edge again. Nothing about the plot is particularly deep but its executed decently enough, don’t have any complaints, the character growth in the first movie isn’t really there but it is just the first movie and it should get better later on.

Visuals and soundtrack were the strong suits of the first season and this movie continues to deliver, from an aesthetic and catchy opening to a very detailed steampunk world, Crown Handlers continues to build on what the original series gave us. Characters, as expected, looked cute and attractive, while the fights were fluidly animated and chisato’s swordplay is an impress as ever, though not to the level of the train scene in the original season.

Character wise, it’s the same adorable cast, nothing particularly new with them or any notable growth, but its great getting to see them again and they certainly felt done right similar to the first season with no significant out of character behavior or decline in quality.

In short, this movie is worth watching if you liked the first princess principal and want to see more of their world and watch the other movies in the future. As it’s the first movie and nothing to notable occurred, I will have to give it a lower rating than the first season at an 8, but its still a good watch if you enjoyed this series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 26, 2021

ThatGuyAgain42

Recommended

First of all, if you haven't watched the anime yet, do that before watching this or else you won't understand some important plot points in this movie.

Now, if you're reading this I'm assuming it's because you want to know if the movie is worth watching and the answer is, it depends.

Now since I don't know what you particularly liked/disliked from the anime I'll just tell you what I liked and disliked about the film.

Things I liked:
+ Same epic, steampunk, espionage action from the anime
+ The soundtrack (I relistened to LIES & TIES like 8 times now)
+ Some of the expressions in certain scenes are priceless
+ ... The art is just as good if not better than the anime (Definitely making some wallpapers out of a couple scenes)

Things I disliked:
- It's kinda short at almost an hour long
- Nothing TOO exciting happens. There were moments that had me on edge for sure but, the threats just didn't feel that threatening to me

Random note: Ange does have a different voice actor if anyone feels like she sounds off.

Overall, if you liked the anime, you'll probably enjoy this movie... but not as much as the anime. It's only an hour so you don't have much to lose by watching it.

Maybe my expectations were higher since the release was delayed due to the pandemic, making a long wait even longer, but they did a pretty great job all things considered.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 27, 2021

SanaeK10

Mixed Feelings

A das Finale style staggered movie release, one VA change, plus several delays later, we are finally at the first part (out of six) of the sequel series to Princess Principal, four years after its initial release. So how exactly does Princess Principal das Finale part 1 fare? Does it fulfill its premise of "spies and lies"? Do the two turtledoves consummate their relationship in Casablanca? Does it meaningfully build upon its unique Victorian era Cold War London setting?

The answer to all of these is "No". But it's still a pretty fun CGDCT show.

It's effectively the first two episodes of a hypothetical season ... 2 to Pripri, with relatively low stakes and a simple enough thread to follow through the however many years this film series will take.

Plotwise it's pretty basic, but I'm a sucker for Twin Switches in plots and Part 1 certainly utilizes this aspect more than the original series did. It's nice to see the main cast back in action, though Beato was surprisingly absent for most of the runtime. The few action sequences in this were fun and accompanied by the same-ish score from Kajiura from S1. The shift to a feature length production doesn't result in necessarily better animated or directed action sequences compared to S1, but they're still fine.

So long as you temper your expectations and come into this knowing it's the first two episodes of a CGDCT series and not a spy thriller, you'll enjoy the film. It remains to be seen whether the rest of the film series will live up to the foreshadowing and the expectations set by part 1.

And let's hope it's a one/more films per year kind of deal and not a GuP-style one film per two years kind of thing.

6/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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	is this a secuel? Umbreon20 - Mar 21, 2022	3 replies	by WatchTillTandava »» Nov 7, 2023 11:02 AM
	The whole story is wrong IOANNIS1940 - Aug 23, 2023	6 replies	by APolygons2 »» Oct 5, 2023 5:10 AM
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