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First Princess Principal: Crown Handler Film Released Monday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday August 8, MVM will release the first Princess Principal: Crown Handler film. It is the first instalment of the six-part Princess Principal: Crown Handler sequel film series, following on from the original Princess Principal TV series in 2017. MVM describes the story:
"Ange and team find themselves tasked with the dual dangerous objectives of retrieving a dealer of second-hand books from an Imperial prison while also making contact with the Commonwealth's double agent within the royal family."
The first film opened in Japan in February 2021. Masaki Tachibana (Barakamon, .hack//Quantum) returned from the previous television series to direct the film at Actas. Noboru Kimura (Gundam Build Divers, Solty Rei) supervised and wrote the script, instead of the television anime's Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress).
Kouhaku Kuroboshi (Kino's Journey, Sky Girls) is still credited with the original character designs, and Yukie Akiya (Celestial Method, Code:Breaker) adapted the designs for animation. However, Kimitake Nishio (Moetan, ToHeart2) also designed characters for the film, and is credited as the sole chief animation director without Akiya. Yuki Kajiura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero) returned to compose the music with sound director Yoshikazu Iwanami. The film's main five cast members performed the film's ending theme song "Nowhere Land."
