| L/R: Licensed by Royalty | |
 DVD cover of L/R: Licensed by Royalty in North America, Volume 1 | |
| エルアール ライセンスド バイ ロイアル (Eruaru Raisensudo Bai Royaru) | |
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| Genre | Action, mystery |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Itsuro Kawasaki |
| Produced by | Akio Matsuda Hideki "Henry" Goto Yoko Matsuzaki |
| Written by | Kazuki Matsui |
| Music by | Masara Nishida |
| Studio | TNK |
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| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original run | January 9, 2003 – March 27, 2003 |
| Episodes | 12 + OVA |
L/R: Licensed by Royalty is a Japanese anime television series written by Kazuki Matsui, directed by Itsuro Kawasaki, and animated by TNK.
The show is set in an alternate world where the United Kingdom and Ireland do not exist with Ishtar and Ivory taking their places with the rest of the world. It centers on Cloud 7, an intelligence organization whose mandate is to protect the Ishtarian Royal Family and their property from criminals/terrorists/assassins. The two main characters of the show are Jack Hofner and Rowe Rickenbacker, who are known in the intelligence world and by criminals, terrorists and assassins as L/R. The series focuses mainly on the protection of Noelle Ardelade, a 14-year-old girl from Ivory as she has links to the Ishtarian monarchy.
The title name is changed from the original Japanese title, L/R: Licensed by Royal,[1] for North America and Europe.
- ^ Zac Bertschy (2003-11-25). "ANN Licensed by Royalty DVD 1 Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2011-06-03.