(L) Princess Principal

[James Rye]

2nd season here we come.

[SeijiSensei]

Originally Posted by ScrewySquirrel

well, the first week's Blu Ray sales were good. It ranked #10 in overall anime Blu Ray sales with 5466. 3000 is considered a hit.

That's remarkably good compared to the last outing by Studio 3Hz, the excellent but quirky Flip Flappers. The first release for that show sold just under 900 copies, and it declined from there. I just want to see the studio do well, even if we don't get another season of Princess Principal. They remind me of Brains-Base back when it first started with unusual, but well-produced shows like Kure-nai and Baccano!.

[Haak]

Finally finished the last couple of episodes. It was pretty "meh" for the most part but there was a heart to the story and the characters and I can appreciate that. The finale was wholly unsatisfactory to say the least though I'm not sure I'd bother sitting through a second season even if they do make one.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by ScrewySquirrel

3000 is considered a hit.

Not even close. According to interviews with anime producers they need around 4500 to break even. A moderate hit is around 7k.

Still, 5400 is good, and it's probably gonna reach around 6k eventually.

[bakato]

Picture Drama! A short but funny debate that gets turned on its head at the last minute.

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

Spoiler for Episode 1:

I really liked this.

Great action throughout.

The girls are pretty cool to watch are quite clever.

Ange is one hell of a liar, she kept saying no as she kept shooting him.

Very much looking forward to the next episode.

Spoiler for Episode 2:

I am really enjoying this anime.

The twists and turns and everything else in between make this really enjoyable to watch.

Ange is a princess and a spy, the princess is also a spy, I love all the drama that's unfolding.

Spoiler for Episode 3:

Well that was quite the ride, another very good episode.

Beatrice has quite the cruel father, being experimented on and such.

Never expected that it would come in handy at the end though.

Spoiler for Episode 4:

The thrill ride continues.

Dorothy's seduction power over 9000.

I always enjoy the action and suspense every episode.

They worked really well together when infiltrating the boat.

Is the Princess friend or foe? I like how this drama will continue.

Looking forward to watching the next episode.

Spoiler for Episode 5:

Another great episode, fast and action packed, very exciting to watch.

I was very impressed with Chise, she is a great addition to the team.

I liked what she showed in the previous episode.

Ange was great yet again.

Looking forward to watching the next episode.

Spoiler for Episode 6:

Oh damn I feel so sorry for Dorothy & her father.

He was a scumbag at first but then did everyone for her because he loved her form the bottom of his heart, and I thought things were about to be really good for them.

I did like that scene where Dorothy beat up those 3 dudes.

The Duke of Normandy seems to be the one pulling all the string in a lot of the episode.

I hope he eventually gets what he deserves.

Spoiler for Episode 7:

Another great episode.

Ange as a delinquent as so funny.

Goes to show that the girls are more than just spies, they are still human beings.

I thought it was great how they all helped out those girls in laundry mill.

I wonder if that pimp guy will get beaten up by everyone by the time this show ends.

Spoiler for Episode 8:

Oh wow! That was quite the episode.

Now we know the true story of Ange & Charlotte.

Ange suffered just as much as she did in the slums when she actually became the princess and had to play that role.

Gazelle is in just about every episode, she must be the most important spy for the duke of normandy.

They will probably have to try and eliminate her at some point, she also killed Dorothys's father so I want to see her gone.

Spoiler for Episode 9:

Another episode that focuses on Chise is her trying to adapt to a completely different culture.

I like how it showed what they all get up to during school hours.

That was really funny watching her trying to play Cricket, interesting way of batting but it was effective.

Really happy that she made that guy surrender and grovel like that during the duel.

Looking forward to watching the next episode.

Spoiler for Episode 10:

It was sad to see their former comrade die like that.

Beatrice is always useful at some point during the episodes, nice work with those dogs, it was funny watching her drive and crash.

Assassinate the princess, I knew it would eventually come to something like that, the Duke of Normandy definitely wants her gone.

Spoiler for Episode 11:

Wow this was one intense episode.

New control making all those changes, we could still see Dorothy & Chise show up in next episode.

Ange & Charlotte together again and causing chaos like old times, but the fun didn't last long.

Final episode next week, should be amazing.

Spoiler for EP 12 Comments/Feedback & Series Score:

Yes, the team was reunited, and they did a great job.

They managed to foil Zelda's plans and escape the Duke of Normandy for now.

As for what the Duke had at the end, I wonder if those are some kind of documents that has info on the switch that was made between Ange & Charlotte, either way I bet it's something really important that he can use to his advantage.

I really hope there is an season 2 sometime, this was my favourite show this season.

10/10

[SeijiSensei]

Tachibana and 3Hz announce six theatrical films continuing the Princess Principal story will be released in 2019. "The project will be an entirely new work (as opposed to a compilation) that tells a story after the final television series episode."

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...n-2019/.130989

[4th Dimension]

Sooo, the GuP model of milking us?

[SeijiSensei]

Why do you call it "milking" when they are producing six entirely new episodes? It's not like they are just re-cutting the existing material into a movie. Surely 3Hz is allowed to earn some money, right?

Here I bring you good news, and the first reaction is to bitch.

[Haak]

Originally Posted by 4th Dimension

Sooo, the GuP model of milking us?

I think that only really applies in a situation with two criteria.
1) The series being milked is widely critically acclaimed and an enormous success (Princess Principal is neither - it just did reasonably well)
2) The original series is a complete story and any expansion is unnecessary (admittedly this one is more subjective but I think a lot of people can agree that the TV series never really resolves a lot of things in a satisfactory manner. The director seems to think so as well)

Also, what SeijiSensei said.

[BBOvenGuy]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Here I bring you good news, and the first reaction is to bitch.

If that kind of thing wasn't allowed, half the internet would shrivel up and die of disuse.

[4th Dimension]

Oh great.

For one what I said was meant kinda as a joke.

But on the other hand, while the news that the story will be continued is nice, I'm not a fan of this new trend of turning seasons into films, mostly because then it takes YEARS for you to actually see the entire season.

[SeijiSensei]

When the Japanese Blu-rays are released, English fansubs will follow soon thereafter.

I don't know whether Amazon would buy the streaming rights again though. PriPri has only about 50 reviews there compared to 150-200 for shows like Re:Creators and Inayushiki, and 442 for Made in Abyss.

I also cannot buy a licensed physical copy of Princess Principal here in the US either. Looking around there is a DVD for sale which looks like a bootleg to me. On the other hand, there's a English fansub of a rip of the Japanese BDs floating around out there.

Nothing remains unavailable for long these days.

[4th Dimension]

Well, in the case of movies, it remains unavailable untill the BD comes out and someone subs it (if subs aren't included), which can take a while.

[SeijiSensei]

Another trend that may contribute to this pattern of release is found in this year's report from the Association of Japanese Animators. Animated features have become a much bigger share of the Japanese box-office in just a few years. Anime box-office revenues constituted 29% of the total in 2011, then grew to 36% by 2014. In 2015, the share of box-office going to anime jumped six percent to 42% and grew to 44% last year. The expanded willingness of Japanese movie-goers to watch animated features may make the TV-first/movies-next method of production more common.

[Ghostfriendly]

I see some woes about availability; this series is now available for streaming on Hidive.

BTW, Dorothy, the older girl masquerading as a teenager reminds me of the Agatha Christie book, Cat Among the Pigeons. SPOILER If Hercule Poirot worked for the enemy spies, he could quickly identify her by her knees...

Edit: Also, the embarrassment of all the guards Dorothy tries to seduce is very British.

[LoweGear]

Preview of Sentai Filmworks' English Dub:

YouTube

https://youtu.be/8CVKYMLnM6U

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Interesting that they're going bilingual for this, i.e. the Japanese characters still speak Japanese, which combined with the English characters speaking English, and the Japanese characters speaking English really do sounding like they don't speak the language gives it a more authentic feel. Kinda rare to see a bilingual dub like this actually, the last time I saw it was in the Blood: The Last Vampire movie.

I imagine this'll only be for this particular episode, since the episode in question is the only one where the Japanese play a big role in the story, but it's still a nice touch.

[SeijiSensei]

I assume Chise speaks English in the other episodes, else she'd be having a hard time in classes at the boarding school.

[Liddo-kun]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Tachibana and 3Hz announce six theatrical films continuing the Princess Principal story will be released in 2019. "The project will be an entirely new work (as opposed to a compilation) that tells a story after the final television series episode."

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...n-2019/.130989

this is really good news.

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

I assume Chise speaks English in the other episodes, else she'd be having a hard time in classes at the boarding school.

She speaks English here and in one of the previous dub trailers, so that seems to be the case.