Princess Tutu (TV)

Alternative title:
Princess Tutu - Magica Ballerina (Italian)
プリンセスチュチュ (Japanese)
彩夢芭蕾 (Chinese (Taiwan))
프린세스 츄츄 (Korean)
프린세스 튀튀 (Korean)
Objectionable content:
Mild
Copyright notice:
© HAL • GANSIS/TUTU.
Plot Summary:
Ahiru (or “Duck” in English) is a clumsy, good-hearted and sweet girl who has a big secret. She’s actually not a human at all. The mysterious Drosselmeyer morphed a young duck into a girl to give her a mission: help a Prince get the parts of his heart back. She then becomes a 14-year-old ballet student in Gold Crown Town, Germany. With the help of a magical pendant from Drosselmeyer himself, she morphs into Princess Tutu. She performs magical dances to ease the pain of people in her town and purify their bad feelings. The duck girl works eagerly to restore each part of the Prince’s heart back little by little.
13-year-old ballet student Ahiru is clumsy, good-hearted and sweet... and has a big secret. The mysterious Drosselmayer morphed a young duck into a girl to give her a mission: help a Prince to get the parts of his heart back. With that in mind, she morphs into Princess Tutu, whose magical dances ease the pain and purifies the bad feelings.

User Ratings:
1423 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
38
Episode titles: We have 38
Vintage:
2002-08-16 to 2002-11-08 ("Chapter of Egg")
2002-11-15 to 2003-05-23 ("Chapter of Chick")
Seasons:
1. Chapter of the Egg (2002-08-16 to 2002-11-08)
2. Chapter of the Chick (2002-11-15 to 2003-05-23)
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Morning Grace" by Ritsuko Okazaki
Ending Theme:
"Watashi no Ai wa Chiisaikeredo" by Ritsuko Okazaki
#2: "Morning Grace" by Ritsuko Okazaki (ep 13)
Official website:
プリンセスチュチュ @ Hal Film Maker (Japanese)
Links: We have 14
Trivia: We have 3
Reviews: Show:
Princess Tutu ‒ Episodes 25-26 (Aug 25, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 23-24 (Aug 18, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 21-22 (Aug 11, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 19-20 (Aug 4, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 17-18 (Jul 28, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 15-16 (Jul 21, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 13-14 (Jul 13, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 11-12 (Jul 2, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episodes 9-10 (Jun 26, 2020)
Princess Tutu ‒ Episode 7-8 (Jun 18, 2020)
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Interest:
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Blu-ray (Region A) |
Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2018-12-11 (from $29.49) |
Princess Tutu - Collector's Edition [SteelBook] (Blu-ray) 2022-02-08 (from $52.92) |
DVD (Region 1) |
Princess Tutu - Märchen (DVD 1) 2005-01-25 (from $25.99) |
Princess Tutu - Traum (DVD 2) 2005-11-29 (from $10.10) |
Princess Tutu - Erwachen (DVD 3) 2006-01-24 (from $3.49) |
Princess Tutu - Prinz und Rabe (DVD 4) 2006-03-21 (from $18.97) |
Princess Tutu - Schwert und Feder (DVD 5) 2006-05-23 (from $8.49) |
Princess Tutu - Abschied (DVD 6) 2006-07-25 (from $6.50) |
Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2007-11-20 (from $55.00) |
Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2009-04-21 (from $79.99) |
Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2011-10-11 (from $74.41) |
Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2016-04-19 (from $88.00) |
Chief Director: Junichi Satō Director: Shōgo Kōmoto Series Composition: Michiko Yokote Script: Chiaki J. Konaka (4, 9, 22, 23) Mamiko Ikeda (5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 25) Michiko Yokote (1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 14, 17, 26) Rika Nakase (16, 19, 21, 24) Takuya Satō (6, 11) Storyboard: Junichi Satō (OP/1, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 22, 26) Kiyoko Sayama (3, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17,20,21,24) Shōgo Kōmoto (2, 4, 11, 14, 18, 23, 25) Tatsufumi Tamagawa (6) Yuu Kou (5, 9) Episode Director: Junichi Satō (1, 13) Kiyoko Sayama (8, 10) Matsuo Asami (3, 4) Osamu Sekita (4) Shōgo Kōmoto (2, 14, 25) Tatsufumi Tamagawa (6, 9, 16, 20, 23) Tomio Yamauchi (18) Yasushi Muroya (7, 11, 15, 19, 22) Yuki Hayashi (17) Yukio Nishimoto (12, 18, 21, 24, 26) Yuu Kou (5) Music: Kaoru Wada Original creator: Ikuko Ito Original Manga: Mizuo Shinonome Character Design: Ikuko Ito Art Director: Kenichi Tajiri Chief Animation Director: Ikuko Ito Animation Director: Akemi Kobayashi (1, 5, 7, 9, 13, s2 odd eps) Akira Takeuchi (7) Ikuko Ito (OP, 21) Itsuko Takeda (3, 8, 18) Kazuyuki Ikai (4) Kumiko Ishii (12) Nobuto Akada (2, 6, 10, 11, s2 even eps) Shinichi Yoshikawa (11) Takashi Shiokawa (10, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24) Yuji Ushijima (6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 23, 25) Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama Director of Photography: Takeo Ogiwara Producer: Atsushi Moriyama Masafumi Fukui Shiroharu Kawasaki Taiji Suinou Tomoko Kawasaki Yoshiaki Matsumoto 3DCG Production: Tomoaki Kaneko Avant Design: Mariko Kadono Background Art: Kentarō Akiyama (Mukuo Studio; ep 26) Color design: Yoshimi Kawakami Key Animation: Akemi Kobayashi (9, 13) Akihiro Taniguchi (10, 13) Akiko Matsuo (ep 22) Ayaka Suga (1, 5) Ayako Ishihara (8) Chiharu Okina (8) Etsushi Mori (8, 11) Fujio Suzuki (9, OP) Hideki Shibuya (6) Hidetoshi Sano (1, 5) Hideyasu Okamoto (3) Hiroaki Imanishi (7) Hirokazu Hanai (8, 11) Hiroshi Arisawa (3) Hiroyuki Ōkaji (4) Hisashi Saito (ep 24) Hisashi Shimokawa (10) Inosuke Naitō (2, 12) Isao Hayashi (11) Isao Sugimoto (1, 5) Itsuko Takeda (1, 9, 12, 13) Junichi Hayakawa (5; eps 5, 25) Junichirou Mochizuki (12) Junji Koga (6, 9, 12) Junko Abe (8, 11) Kaori Ikeda (4) Katsu Yoshioka (5, 9, 13) Kayo Nomichi (4) Kazuaki Imoto (8) Kazuhiko Sudo (9, 12, 13) Kazuyuki Ikai (2) Keiichi Ishida (3, 11) Keita Hagio (4) Kiyomi Masuda (10) Kōichi Usami (12) Koji Maruoka (3) Kōji Yasuda (7) Kousuke Washikita (11) Kumiko Ishii (OP, 5) Kunihiko Kimura (4) Kyuta Sakai (1) Maki Handa (10) Makoto Koga (OP) Makoto Kohara (OP) Manabu Kawada (3, 8, 11; eps 3, 8, 11) Manabu Yasumoto (4) Mariko Oka (OP) Masakazu Yamazaki (8) Masashi Wakayama (2, 6) Masatsugu Arakawa (13) Miho Kawasaki (10) Minoru Okabe (8, 11) Mitsuko Kaneoka (3, 8, 11) Miwa Takada (7) Nobuhiro Okazaki (11) Nobuto Akada (OP, 1) Noriko Shibata (11) Noriko Takahashi (8, 11) Ryo Komori (1, 6) Ryūji Iwata (13) Ryuji Tsuzuku (4) Saki Ishiyama (2, 12) Satomi Matsuo (8) Satoru Fujimoto (9, 13) Satoshi Hata (2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13) Seiji Masuda (2, 13) Sen Shimizu (4) Shin Komatsu (7) Shin Ōnuma (2) Shinichi Yoshikawa (3, 8) Shinya Fujita (11) Shinya Kokaji (4) Shū Watanabe (4) Taeka Ishiko (4, 10) Taichi Nakaguma (7) Takaaki Sawada (8, 11) Takashi Maruyama (1, 5) Takashi Nozawa (6, 10, 12) Takashi Shiokawa (10, 13) Takayuki Gotan (4, 10) Takayuki Hanyū (9, 12, 13) Takayuki Inagaki (9) Takeyuki Mizumura (1, 5, 6, 9, 13) Tatsuya Matsukawa (3) Tatsuya Urano (1, 2, 5, 9, 13) Tetsuo Hirakawa (12) Tetsuya Kumagai (1, 6, 9, 13, ED) Tokio Ariake (2, 12) Tomoaki Sakiyama (1, 5, 9, 13) Tomomi Ikeda (8, 11) Tomonori Katayama (6, 9, 12, 13) Tomoyuki Kitamura (4) Tomoyuki Ōshita (4) Toshiharu Sugie (OP) Toshiyuki Arai (2, 6, 10, 12, 13) Tsuyoshi Matsuura (8) Yoshimichi Masuko (10) Yoshiyuki Tomita (4) Yosuke Yabumoto (2, 6, 10, 12) Yousuke Obuchi (4) Yūji Miyashita (7) Yuji Ushijima (3) Yukiko Saitou (10) Yuko Kohara (3, 8, 11) Yumiko Ishii (3, 8) Yuriko Chiba (13, OP) Yūsuke Suzuki (7) Yutaka Oka (3) Yuuho Misaki (2; eps 2, 12, 26) Mixing: Tohru Kumakura Photography: Kōjirō Hayashi (Gonzo Digimation; ep 25) Prop Design: Keiichi Tada Song Selection: Yasuno Satō Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō (Sound Ring) Sound Effects Assistant: Ryuuichi Mori (Sound Ring) Theme Song Composition: Ritsuko Okazaki Theme Song Lyrics: Ritsuko Okazaki Theme Song Performance: Ritsuko Okazaki Title Design: Minae Takada VTR Editing: Kazunori Okada (Q-Tech) | Nana Mizuki as Nanae Katō as Naoki Yanagi as Takahiro Sakurai as Akiko Hiramatsu as Erino Hazuki as Kyōko Kishida as Noboru Mitani as Sachi Matsumoto as Takayuki Sugō as Yasunori Matsumoto as Yuri Shiratori as Yuu Urata as Akemi Kanda as Akira Tomisaka as Asami Imai as Asami Waragai as Asuka Tanii as Atsushi Imaruoka as Atsushi Kisaichi as Eisuke Asakura as Hiroaki Shimoura as Hiromi Ohtsuda as Jun Fukuyama as Kaori Matoi as Keiko Tada as Ken Takeuchi as Kouji Yoshida as Kunihiro Kawamoto as Mamiko Noto as Masahiro Okazaki as Masako Ikeda as Masako Katsuki as Mika Maruo as Misa Kobayashi as Miwa Matsumoto as Miyuki Sawashiro as Motoki Takagi as Mugihito as Papaya Suzuki as Rie Ishizuka as Romi Park as Satoshi Katōgi as Sayuri Yoshida as Shiho Kikuchi as Takahiro Mizushima as Takeshi Sasaki as Tomoe Hanba as Tomoe Sakuragawa as Toshihiko Nakajima as Yasuhiro Fujiwara as Yōji Ueda as Yū Sugimoto as Yūichi Nakamura as Yūko Kagata as Yumiko Daikoku as | |||
Animation Production: Hal Film Maker Background Art: Mukuo Studio In-Between Animation: Anime Workshop Basara Decell Dōga Kōbō Double R Mook Animation Phoenix Animation Studio CATS Studio Flag Studio Gash Yuhodo Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion | ||||
ADR Director: Jin Ho Chung ADR Script: Mike Yantosca Art Manager: Larry Koteff (Sentai Blu-ray release) Blu-Ray Authoring: Joel McCray (Sentai release) Commentary: Chris Patton (eps 1, 26) Christine Auten (ep 20) Cynthia Martinez (ep 20) Fumiko Chino (ep 24) Jay Hickman (ep 13) Jessica Boone (ep 13) Luci Christian (eps 1, 26) Mariela Ortiz (ep 8) Mike Yantosca (4 episodes eps 5, 8, 16, 24 )Sarah Alys Lindholm (ep 16) Shoko Oono (ep 5) Disc Production: Crystal Ruiz (Sentai Blu-ray release) Janice Williams (Sentai Blu-ray release) Joey Goubeaud (Sentai Blu-ray release) Son Phan Le (Sentai Blu-ray release) DVD Coordination: Mariela Ortiz DVD Extras Design: Dorothea Exis Editing: Eddie Shannon Jr. (eps 10-26) John Carrithers (eps 10-13) Neil O'Sullivan (Specials 1-3; eps 1-26) Roberto Garcia (Specials 1-3; eps 1-9, 14-26) International Coordination: Toru Iwakami Logo Design: Chris Lapp Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (2011 release) Mixing: Jacob A. Gragard (Special 3; eps 23-26) Matt Wittmeyer (Specials 1-3; eps 1-26) Wade Shemwell (Special 2) Packaging Design: Andrea Rodriguez (2016 release; Sentai Blu-ray release) Larry Koteff (2009, 2011 releases) Sarah Cain (Sentai Blu-ray release) Victor Cormier (2007 release) Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas Production Assistant: Alexandra Bedford (Sentai Blu-ray release) Andy Nguyen (Sentai Blu-ray release) Carole Pavlik (eps 1-9) E.W. Rector, III (Sentai Blu-ray release) Luke La Padula (Sentai Blu-ray release) Maki Nagano (Specials 1-3; eps 1-26) Mariana Valverde (Sentai Blu-ray release) Miyuki Kamiya (Specials 1-3; eps 1-26) Natalie Jones (Sentai Blu-ray release) Ned Gayle (Sentai Blu-ray release) Paul Mericle (Specials 1-3; eps 1-26) Robert Marchand (Specials 1-2; eps 19-22) Sara Muir (eps 1-9) Production manager: Joey Goubeaud (2011 release; Vol. 2-6) Luke Patterson (2016 release) Son Phan Le (Sentai Blu-ray release) QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (Sentai Blu-ray release) Recording engineer: Adam Jones (eps 20-21) Adrian Heredia (ep 9) Bobby Gordon (7 episodes eps 10-11, 14-18 )Eden J. Barrera (8 episodes eps 10-13, 15-18 )Elise Morrison (eps 12-13) Henry Rogers (eps 1-9) Jon Duckworth (Special 1) Matt Crawford (Specials 1-3; eps 10-26) Stanley Thomas (ep 9) Sound Design: Jacob A. Gragard (Special 3; eps 23-26) Matt Wittmeyer (Specials 1-3; eps 1-26) Wade Shemwell (Special 2) Subtitling: Neal Barnes (Sentai Blu-ray release) Supervising Translator: Jennifer Challenger (Sentai Blu-ray release) Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai Blu-ray release) | Chris Patton as Jay Hickman as Jessica Boone as Luci Christian as Adam Conlon as Cynthia Martinez as Jennie Welch as Marcy Bannor as Marty Fleck as Mike Kleinhenz as Sasha Paysinger as TJP as Amanda Jung as Darrel Hegar as Greg Calvert as Helen Wilson as Kelly Manison as Kim Prause as Luci Christian as Monica Rial as Robin Terry as Shelley Calene-Black as Tiffany Grant as Todd Looney as | |||
Blu-ray Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai release) DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. DVD Production: Seraphim Digital (2011 release) Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video Anime News Network HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed) Hulu The Anime Network Toonzaki Production: ADV Studios (eps 6-26) | ||||
Translation: Nicolas Priet (eps 1-13) | (none) | |||
Distributor: Déclic Images | ||||
(none) | Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America and Spain) Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Latin America and Spain) | |||
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Theme Song Performance: Santo Verduci | Beatrice Margiotti as Daniele Barcaroli as Emilia Costa as Federico Di Pofi as Alberto Angrisano as Fabrizio Temperini as Valerio Sacco as Vittorio Di Prima as | |||
Distributor: Play Press Internet Streaming: YouTube (Contactoons) | ||||
(none) | Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil and Portugal) Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Brazil and Portugal) | |||
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