Egao no Daika


The Price of Smiles

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Synonyms: The Cost of Smiles
Japanese: エガオノダイカ
English: The Price of Smiles
German: The Price of Smiles
Spanish: The Price of Smiles (Egao no Daika)
French: The Price of Smiles
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 4, 2019 to Mar 22, 2019
Premiered: Winter 2019
Broadcast: Fridays at 21:30 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: MechaMecha, MilitaryMilitary
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.031 (scored by 1390813,908 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #96762
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3749
Members: 38,840
Favorites: 44

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Synopsis

On a world far removed from the Earth, there is a certain kingdom that's brimming with smiles. Fate thrusts young Princess Yuki, filled with idealism, joy, and innocence, into a station in life for which her most endearing qualities are ill-matched. Her kingdom faces grave danger as the Empire threatens the realm's security. Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the conflict, an imperial soldier known as Stella Shining hides behind a facade. However, a time may come where her mask cracks, potentially costing her everything. Princess Yuki and Stella's paths will cross, and the fate of nations will follow.

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Background

Egao no Daika (The Price of Smiles) was created to commemorate Tatsunoko Production's 55th anniversary.

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"Egao no Kanata (エガオノカナタ)" by Chiho feat.majiko
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Ending Theme

"Kono Sekai ni Hanataba wo (この世界に花束を)" by Kimi no Orphee (キミノオルフェ)

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Jul 8, 2024
This is a great anime about mechas & war in general. One of the best actually. The creators of this show for some reason tried to market it as a some kind of Macross-like drama, while it is anything but. For the same reason the low overall score - mecha fans can't find this anime(or dismiss it as being different genre), and teary shoujo-drama fans are dissapointed that this show doesn't have (or barely have) what they were looking for.

The story overall is interesting but it is not what makes this anime so great. It is the mecha fights & war story.

The mecha fighting in ...
Sep 5, 2022
Mixed Feelings
The Price of Smiles focuses on two young women living on a distant planet with both their kingdoms at war. The first, Yuki, is the princess of the kingdom of Soleil and national symbol following the loss of her parents, who has an idealistic belief in wanting the best for everyone while oblivious to the true reality of war. The second, Stella Shining, is a soldier within the Grandiga Army attempting to find purpose in her life after having been raised as an orphan and has difficulty expressing her true emotions to others due to her rough upbringing.

To start things, I'll just say first impressions ...
May 28, 2022
Generic Shounen-ish feels this time, embodied in female mc in a fantasy-sci-fi and military genre. Contains cliche moments where triggers are not pulled at crucial moments. Heck the only reason I finished till the end is cuz it's one of the very few sci-fi genre not focused much on mecha ace 1v1/showcase fights and has giant battleships that uses artillery weapons (fire sounds) instead of plasma/lasers.

For story setting, it did well on portraying each sides (kinda the feels of there's no necessarily good or bad sides in war just bunch of jerks and terrible decisions

Overall some may find it to their liking but ...

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