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Princess Tutu is an anime TV-series based on and around
ballet and the art of storytelling. The show ran from August 16, 2002
to June 28, 2003 on Kids Station in Japan for 38 episodes (13 half-hour
episodes and 26 15-minute episodes which were later combined on DVD
for a total of 26 episodes). The series was created by Ito Ikuko, and
a manga version illustrated by Shinonome Mizuo ran in Champion RED Comics.
The opening and ending themes, "Morning Grace" and "Even
Though My Love Is So Small", were composed by Okazaki Ritsuko.
The television series and two-volume manga are licensed by ADV Films
for US release.
In many ways, Princess
Tutu can be categorized as a typical magical girl anime and manga. The
main character, Arima Ahiru ("ahiru" means "duck"
in Japanese), gains a special brooch that allows her to sense when something
is amiss, and turn into Princess Tutu to handle the situation. As typical
with other Magical Girl series, the chapters and episodes for the most
part follow a distinct pattern, in which the main character transforms
into Princess Tutu and saves the day with her dancing. However,
although the anime is in many senses a magical girl show, it is also
both fairy tale and meta-fairy tale, which adds a twist to the formal
structure. It draws together many disparate elements of myth, fairy
tale, ballet, and opera. Like many fairy tales, it's rich in wordplay,
with names and terms are assign different layers of meaning, often across
multiple languages (particularly English, German, and Italian). The
soundtrack is classical and romantic, and episodes are often named for
their most prominently featured ballet movements. While Princess Tutu
ultimately belongs the magical girl genre, it's also something more:
like Revolutionary Girl Utena, it inhabits a world of both magic and
myth. It also shares Utena's strong feminist themes and undertones --
Princess Tutu remains one of the few anime series that never panders
to a poorly stereotypical portrayal of female characters, good or evil.
The heroine successfully blends the traits of a true hero and an ordinary
person, until eventually there is no line in between the two. The major
female antagonist defies genre categorizing, being simultaneously villainous,
heartbreaking and heroic in her own way.
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