Princess Tutu | |
プリンセスチュチュ (Purinsesu Chuchu) | |
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Genre | Magical girl[1] |
Created by | Ikuko Itoh |
Anime television series | |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Michiko Yokote |
Music by | Kaoru Wada |
Studio | Hal Film Maker |
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Original network | NHK, Kids Station |
English network | |
Original run | August 16, 2002 – May 23, 2003 |
Episodes | 26 |
Manga | |
Written by | Ikuko Itoh |
Illustrated by | Mizuo Shinonome |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Champion Red |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | August 19, 2002 – May 19, 2003 |
Volumes | 2 |
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.