Princess Lover!

Following an automobile accident that claims the life of his parents, Teppei Arima is taken in by his grandfather and introduced to the world of the rich and the elite. Compared to his humble upbringing, Isshin Arima's lavish lifestyle surprises and stuns the young teenager. In return for the gracious hospitality, Teppei is expected to continue the family business by replacing his grandfather as the head of Arima Financial Combine, and to prepare him for these responsibilities, he is enrolled into an esteemed high school. Along with his recently acquired celebrity status and affluence, Teppei is informed of an arranged marriage with the equally prosperous Sylvia van Hossen, thus, beginning the thrilling escapades of his new life!

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van Hossen, Sylvia Main

Toyoguchi, Megumi Japanese

Hazelrink, Charlotte Main

Yuzuki, Ryouka Japanese

Arima, Teppei Main

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Houjouin, Seika Main

Katou, Emiri Japanese

Fujikura, Yuu Main

Matsuoka, Yuki Japanese

van Hossen, Maria Supporting

Miyake, Kaya Japanese

Nezu, Haruhiko Supporting

Shiraishi, Minoru Japanese

Alfred Supporting

Akimoto, Yousuke Japanese

Josephine Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko Japanese

Hossen, Vincent van Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Sakurai, Yuuka Producer

Kishimoto, Reigo Producer

Fukao, Satoshi Assistant Producer

Kanazawa, Hiromitsu Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Dec 8, 2019

azaziel666

Recommended

Honestly, looking back at this at 2019, I can say without qualification that this is a really good anime. Sure, the story may have seen really generic with little to no substance, but the show really makes it up by doing good animation and likeable characters (mostly the heroines). It was really enjoyable.

When I compare the animation quality in 2019 with those in the 2000s, it is obvious that the animation industry has gone through a lot of changes and unfortunately, these changes are not positive. The animation execution quality really took a hit in the 2010s with the implementation of horrendous CG to ... save some costs. Its a sad state of affair. I really hope that the Japanese begin to reflect on the better anime era in the 2000s and change their current practices.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 9, 2022

B-O-D

Mixed Feelings

As much as some people have tried to make this sound like not another harem anime, it is another harem but is not another crappy one, reliant on harem alone.

Unlike others have mentioned there are plenty of uncensored versions out there, which to its credit, if you're going to do ecchi, actually have human-shaped breasts, not truncated pyramids like some animes to please channels they are shown on. I am glad they managed this from a harem/ecchi point of view. The art was honestly great that way.

The story was a nice idea, of someone adjusting to the high life, trying to ... fit into a new society, and meeting new people, which of course, was the typical OP MC style, which we see to a degree here. Despite sucking when against Silvie with a sword. And the drama/action combined in with the harem, pushed the story.

It did feel a bit tropey with the male hero, helpless princess tsundere Saika, etc Also the way people even if interested interacted in typical harem style, with neither getting particularly jealous or angry enough as if they actually really loved him. This is where it feels like just another harem, with 4 people basically for his affections. Often i wonder if anyone who writes these animes has ever had a partner to feel that jealous rage.

The truth is we see obvious ways out of paths, chances to kill enemies, instead, we see stupid paths of forgiveness, etc which just feels unrealistic, no army, secret service, etc really preventing things, and society using its own private security mainly.

We understand the rich live in a different world, and how there are different types of rich people, and this anime touches on it, even if lightly, I didn't find it particularly comical as some, and neither did it feel really developed, the title kinda said a lot of where things seemed to go, and the anime followed on that sadly. So for all the harem-esque elements, you expect to know who he is leaving with.

As much as a school romance anime may have worked better, the truth is the harem-ness meant there was not enough of a storytelling mind in the author's mind, and why it wanted the action and drama.

So sadly I was disappointed, it was something you can watch to serve a void in time, but was pretty much average mediocre as a story and enjoyment for me.
The art was great, the sound was fine, they even tried to develop the enemy characters, so it was enough to be enjoyed and entertain, but little more. If it wasn't for the harem element, would get a lot less viewers though.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 23, 2022

Neimaj

Not Recommended

I already finished this show and I just now looked at how many users Princess Lover has. Holy Jesus! Did I miss something? Over 100,000 users! I feel like I'm out of the loop here. And the score is not all that great, considering the large amount of people who watched this. Princess Lover is serviceable. I legitimately had fun with the show, but at it's core, it all just feels very shallow. I mean, I already had that idea going into it. On the surface it looks like any other generic late 2000's ecchi series, and it was just that, sorta. I'm conflicted, because ... I had a good time with the show, but I can't say a lot positive things about it.

Teppei Arima loses his parents in a terrible accident and he is forced to move in with his well off grandfather. He transfers to a prestigious highschool of snobby rich kids, and slowly learns they way of the wealthy life. It's like that one scene in The Great Gatsby, Teppei adopts many of the fancy mannerisms to fit in with his peers and over time, he adapts to his new environment. He encounters this beautiful girl who looks just like the vampire chick from Rosario to Vampire, named Charlotte Hazerlink. She's a cute little princess who quickly falls in love with Teppei and yada yada yada. She's not my favorite girl in the group, that honor goes to Syliva van Hossen. She's a perfect example of how this show puts a lot emphasis on big ass. It's very rare that an anime does that, they mostly focus on the tits. I greatly appreciate that. Sylvia is Teppei's fiancée and she has a great respect for Teppei, because while other boys were financially successful and had parents, he was studying the blade. He's also a good sparring partner for her in fencing. She's a cute tomboy with a deep voice and is definitely best girl, fight me.

And then you have the rejects, I MEAN, other girls you should care about. Like Seika Houjouin. When Teppei first transfered to the school, Seika immediately saw him for who he truly was, a commoner, and treated him as such. During the early parts of the show she had a very rotten personality and has these two sidekicks that stay by her side all of the time. And guess what, as the series goes on she falls in love with Teppei and becomes slightly less of a spiteful meanie. She's okay. And the last one I'll mention because I'm already sick of talking about these characters,  Yuu Fujikura. She's the head maid of the Arima estate. A soft spoken and mild mannered girl who would've been my favorite if Syliva wasn't there.

Shockingly, the show is well made and I got in a few laughs, but other than that, I can't say many positive things about it. Alfred (Charlotte's butler) was an absolute riot to watch. His obsession with Charlotte was very entertaining and how he acts like an overprotective grandfather. There's a goofy scene that happens later in the show where Teppei and Alfred do rock, paper, scissors in the middle of the action to see who gets to ride the motorcycle and chase after Charlotte. It was a scene that made me smile for how out of nowhere it all was. The girls are unbelievably cute and they all have nice asses which I mentioned earlier. Almost forgot about these two guys that were working with the villain who were incredibly kind to Charlotte. They also went to medical school and play a semi-important role later on. It was fun watching them be goofy.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand that's it. That's all I can say about Good Old Fashioned Princess Lover Boy. It's not offensively bad in anyway, it's just nothing substantial. Nothing happens for most of the show and it's not until the last four episodes when the plot kicks in. The villain was lame. His actions were a little predictable, and the reveal in the last episode I also called relatively early. Just like writing this review, watching this show felt pointless. Why am I still writing? Why are you still reading this? Is anyone even listening to me? Please leave.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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