Princess Princess

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Synonyms: PuriPuri, PriPri

Japanese: プリンセス・プリンセス

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 6, 2006 to Jun 22, 2006

Premiered: Spring 2006

Broadcast: Thursdays at 03:10 (JST)

Producers: TV Asahi

Licensors: Media Blasters

Studios: Studio Deen

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Themes: Crossdressing, School

Demographic: Shoujo

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.98¹ (scored by 28,773 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #4171²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2529

Members: 62,778

Favorites: 251

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Tooru Kouno's attractive appearance draws unexpected attention on his first day at an all-boys school. Having to transfer to a school without girls has been bad enough, but adding to his list of frustrations are boys staring at him all day long. However, he hopes that there may be girls around, since he ran into a lovely pink-haired girl on campus earlier that day.

After being escorted to his dorm by his classmate, Yuujirou Shihoudani, he meets a student named Mikoto Yutaka, who looks eerily similar to the girl he saw previously. To his shock, he realizes Mikoto is the girl and confronts him about this revelation. Yuujirou divulges that he and Mikoto crossdress as part of their job: a school tradition in which attractive first years are chosen as idols called "Princesses" in order to boost the morale of the students—and because of his looks, Tooru has been chosen by the student council as their third Princess!

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Characters & Voice Actors

Shihoudani, Yuujirou

Main

Park, Romi
Japanese

Kouno, Tooru

Main

Fukuyama, Jun
Japanese

Yutaka, Mikoto

Main

Kakihara, Tetsuya
Japanese

Yoshikawa, Megumi

Supporting

Takeuchi, Junko
Japanese

Sakamoto, Akira

Supporting

Hoshi, Souichirou
Japanese

Arisada, Shuuya

Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

Sakamoto, Harumi

Supporting

Nojima, Kenji
Japanese

Harue, Wataru

Supporting

Terashima, Takuma
Japanese

Sakamoto, Fuyuki

Supporting

Watanabe, Akeno
Japanese

Sakamoto, Natsuru

Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuu
Japanese

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Watanabe, Takashi

Producer

Motonaga, Keitarou

Director

Ebina, Yasunori

Sound Director

Sokuza, Makoto

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Opening Theme

"Kimi to Deatte Kara (キミと出逢ってから; Because I Met You)" by Atsushi Miyazawa

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Ending Theme

"Hohoemi wo Agetai (微笑みをあげたい; I Want to Give You a Smile)" by team-F

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Feb 1, 2009

ilhoon

Recommended

To watch Princess Princess you have to keep in mind, it's a bit weird.

First off, the story. If we're really being honest here, it's kind of something out of a fangirl's mind. A prestigious all-boys school where a 'lucky few' are picked to dress up as princesses. Yes, you did hear that right, boys dressing up as princesses is the basic idea of this anime. And is there any more story than that? Not really. There's a bit of character development, one actual relationship involving one of the main characters and a teeny bit of shounen-ai to make the fangirls, who are undoubtedly watching, happy. ...

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Apr 27, 2008

Smithy

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Clearly intended and marketed as a yaoi/shounen-ai series, “Princess Princess” will no doubt find most of its fans in that demographic, but those not akin to that genre will surely enjoy the series too purely for its comedic value. While not as a funny as “Ouran High School Host Club” or using offbeat humor like “School Rumble”, “Princess Princess” still delivers solid comedy.

To really enjoy “Princess Princess”, you do have to accept its somewhat ridiculous premise, an all-boys school where the most effeminate and pretty boys of the first year students get designated as 'hime' (aka princess) and cross dress as girls in order to ... boost the morale of the boys all round the school, much like some sort of cheerleaders. While the princesses have many chores and duties, they do get benefits so one could view it as a paid part-time function.
Then again, such a premise isn't all that silly if we look at that of “Ouran High School Host Club” for instance. Anime series have their share of silly premises one must accept to enjoy them.

“Princess Princess” focuses on Shihoudani, Mikoto and Tooru, how they live their year as princesses and reconcile with this rather peculiar job.
Even excluding the comedic scenes, Tooru and Shihoudani are brought forth as a possible romantic pairing and part of the plot is spent on their relationship which may be more than friendship. It is never explicitly stated they are or will become involved, but it's a clear possibility. Even those who are not into the yaoi/shounen-ai genre will not mind it one bit as it's handled well.
With the main plot focus being on Tooru's character development and past, Shihoudani's character is also sufficiently fleshed out so they're less two-dimensional and their respective past experiences helps in set up the believability of their mutual understanding and bond.
Mikoto's character provides a nice contrast, being the most effeminate of the three yet also the one who opposes his job as a princess the most, and who has a heterosexual relationship. Regardless, he does seem to fantasize about wearing matching female attire with his girlfriend Megumi. (No one would mind, they'd definitely look gorgeous together.)
Other than that he gets little background for his character, one could say even Sakamoto, a friend of the three, gets more character development than Mikoto.

The student council was another matter, they were so blatantly gorgeous, perfect males and aimed at the yaoi/shounen-ai fan demographic that it did bother me at some times and put off some of the comedic aspect of the student council presidents shenanigans and plots. But one might rack them up as pure fanservice.
Sayaka's character is another matter entirely, largely used as plot development vehicle for Tooru, it's hard to try to understand her perspective. Even though one could imagine her parents' dire situation in how to deal with a daughter's predicament like Sayaka's, often you wonder why they simply do not get her professional help.

Speaking of fanservice, all the scenes of Shihoudani, Mikoto and Tooru cross-dressing as girls are off course, purely aimed at that. One mustn't fear to recoil at seeing cross-dressing males appear on-screen, in those scenes Shihoudani, Mikoto and Tooru are simply drawn as girls in typically frilly, gothic-esque girl attire. And yes, they do look very cute as girls in their princess appearances.

The animation in “Princess princess” is decent, most budget and effort clearly having been put into the above mentioned fanservice scenes. Other scenes are visually unremarkable, backgrounds are very simple and plain. The lackluster animation will not put off enjoying the series, but it does not add positively in any way either.
The same applies to the soundtrack, which is unremarkable, standard fare as well.

One will no doubt enjoy “Princess Princess” as a comedy, and if you're into yaoi/shounen-ai, then you've probably already watched this series.

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Aug 12, 2007

dnt

Recommended

Princess Princess,

Story:
The story is interesting... Makes me wonder if an all boys school actually does that... It's an interesting storyline but I really can't complain. Humor, humor, humor is basically what this anime tries to get you with. It does a good job, and it compensates for the man on man atmosphere. If your looking for some shoujo-ai you will be sadly disappointed.

Art:
Art is good, no repeat scenes... thank god.

Sound:
Sound is good, no problems. Character voices are perfect.
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