Princess Tutu

Princess Tutu
DVD cover
プリンセスチュチュ (Purinsesu Chuchu)
Genre	Magical girl[1]
Created by	Ikuko Itoh
Anime television series
Directed by	Junichi Sato (chief) Shogo Koumoto
Produced by	Atsushi Moriyama Tomoko Kawasaki Masafumi Fukui Taiji Suinou Yoshiaki Matsumoto Shironori Kawasaki
Written by	Michiko Yokote
Music by	Kaoru Wada
Studio	Hal Film Maker
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment (expired) NA: ADV Films (former) AEsir Holdings (former) Sentai Filmworks (current)
Original network	NHK, Kids Station
English network	NA: Anime Network SEA: Animax Asia
Original run	August 16, 2002 – May 23, 2003
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Ikuko Itoh
Illustrated by	Mizuo Shinonome
Published by	Akita Shoten
English publisher	NA: ADV Manga
Magazine	Champion Red
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 19, 2002 – May 19, 2003
Volumes	2 (List of volumes)

Princess Tutu (Japanese: プリンセスチュチュ, Hepburn: Purinsesu Chuchu) is a Japanese anime television series created by Ikuko Itoh and directed by Junichi Sato and Shogo Koumoto. Inspired by ballet and fairy tales, particularly The Ugly Duckling and Swan Lake, its story follows a duck who is transformed into the mythical ballerina Princess Tutu in order to save the shattered heart of a storybook prince come to life.

The series aired from August 2002 to May 2003, with 26 episodes across two seasons, and was also adapted into a two-volume manga series. Both the manga and anime series were licensed for distribution in North America by ADV Films in 2004, then by AEsir Holdings; Sentai Filmworks distributed the Blu-ray release of the anime series, as the latter two are parts of Section23 Films.