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Princess Tutu (TV)



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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) 
Genres: romance 
Themes: magical girl 
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, . 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. 
Ratings: 1422 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 386 votes (sub:245, dub:134, ?:3, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 420 votes (sub:262, dub:142, ?:4, raw:1, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 293 votes (sub:177, dub:106, edit.dub:3, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
3 French subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Good: 181 votes (sub:124, dub:52, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Indonesian dubbed
)
 Decent: 68 votes (sub:40, dub:24, edit.dub:2, ?:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 27 votes (sub:19, dub:7, ?:1)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:4, raw:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (sub:6, dub:5, raw:2)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:3)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 9 votes (sub:8, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2712 s, rank: #408 (of 9996)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.376 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6742, rank: #265 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.337 (Very good+), rank: #252 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.57 / seen some: 7.40 / won't finish: 4.92)
Bayesian estimate: 8.330 (Very good+), rank: #139 (of 7635)
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) 
Links: We have 14
Trivia: We have 3
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2018-12-11 (from $29.93)
    Princess Tutu - Collector's Edition [SteelBook] (Blu-ray) 2022-02-08 (from $54.98)
DVD (Region 1)
    Princess Tutu - Märchen (DVD 1) 2005-01-25 (from $32.71)
    Princess Tutu - Traum (DVD 2) 2005-11-29 (from $35.84)
    Princess Tutu - Erwachen (DVD 3) 2006-01-24 (from $10.04)
    Princess Tutu - Prinz und Rabe (DVD 4) 2006-03-21 (from $14.74)
    Princess Tutu - Schwert und Feder (DVD 5) 2006-05-23 (from $11.71)
    Princess Tutu - Abschied (DVD 6) 2006-07-25 (from $6.50)
    Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2007-11-20 (from $55.73)
    Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2009-04-21 (from $94.99)
    Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2011-10-11 (from $45.00)
    Princess Tutu - Complete Collection (DVD 1-6) 2016-04-19 (from $110.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Junichi Satō 
Director: Shōgo Kōmoto 
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote 
Script:
Takuya Satō (6, 11) 
Storyboard:
Yuu Kou (5, 9) 
Episode Director:
Yuu Kou (5) 
Unit Director:
Shōgo Kōmoto (OP) 
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:
Yuji Ushijima (6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 23, 25) 
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama 
Director of Photography: Takeo Ogiwara 
Producer:
Yoshiaki Matsumoto 

3DCG Production: Tomoaki Kaneko 
Animation producer:
Makoto Matsumoto 
Assistant Episode Director:
Tomio Yamauchi (ep 13) 
Avant Design: Mariko Kadono 
Background Adjustment:
Yuichi Furuichi 
Background Art: Kentarō Akiyama (Mukuo Studio; ep 26) 
Background Scan:
Yuichi Furuichi 
Color design: Yoshimi Kawakami 
Editing:
Takeshi Seyama 
In-Between Animation: Tomokazu Sugimura (Hal Film Maker; 24 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-26
)
 
Key Animation:
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 Rue/Princess Kraehe 
Nanae Katō as Ahiru/Princess Tutu 
Naoki Yanagi as Mythos 
Takahiro Sakurai as Fakir 

Akiko Hiramatsu as Edel 
Erino Hazuki as Uzura 
Kyōko Kishida as Narration 
Noboru Mitani as Drosselmeyer 
Sachi Matsumoto as Pike 
Takayuki Sugō as The Raven 
Yasunori Matsumoto as Neko-sensei 
Yuri Shiratori as Lilie 
Yuu Urata as Autor 

Akemi Kanda as Arikuimi (ep 2) 
Akira Tomisaka as Yanko (ep 17) 
Asami Imai as Townsperson C (ep 6) 
Asami Waragai as Girl (ep 15) 
Asuka Tanii as Tsuchibutannu (ep 19) 
Atsushi Imaruoka as Meerkat Brother (eps 14-15) 
Atsushi Kisaichi as Pualo (ep 6) 
Eisuke Asakura as Lysander (ep 19) 
Erino Hazuki as
Female Student (eps 1-2, 7) 
Malen (ep 9) 
Hajime Iijima as
Book Men 
Judge (ep 16) 
Haruo Satō as
Book Men 
Judge (ep 16) 
Hiroaki Shimoura as Chihuajuan (ep 7)  (ep 7) 
Hiromi Ohtsuda as Fakir (young) 
Jun Fukuyama as Male Student (ep 7) 
Junji Majima as
Funeral Attendee (ep 4) 
Townsperson B (ep 6) 
Kaori Matoi as Tsuchibutaana (ep 19) 
Keiko Tada as Dachorowa (ep 20) 
Ken Takeuchi as Male Student (ep 7) 
Kouji Yoshida as Book Men 
Kunihiro Kawamoto as Rue's Father (ep 23) 
Mamiko Noto as Freya (ep 16) 
Masahiro Okazaki as Arumanirou (ep 15) 
Masako Ikeda as Voice of the Oak Tree (ep 21) 
Masako Katsuki as Paulamoni (ep 6) 
Mika Maruo as Saiisha (ep 22) 
Misa Kobayashi as
Drama Club Member (ep 18) 
Female Student (eps 1-2, 4, 16) 
Girl (eps 9, 15) 
Marie (ep 21) 
Meerkat Brother (ep 14) 
Townsperson A (ep 6) 
Miwa Matsumoto as Drama Club Member (ep 18) 
Miwa Yasuda as
Child (ep 22) 
Female Student (ep 16) 
Student (ep 20) 
Miyuki Sawashiro as Lamp Spirit (ep 5) 
Motoki Takagi as Umazurakoomorinosuke (ep 21) 
Mugihito as Karon 
Nozomi Masu as
Inko (ep 17) 
Meerkat Brother (ep 15) 
Papaya Suzuki as Femio 
Rie Ishizuka as Ebine 
Romi Park as Wili Maiden (ep 4) 
Satoshi Katōgi as Townsmen (ep 5) 
Sayaka Kinoshita as
Female Student (ep 16) 
Girl (ep 15) 
Waniko (ep 10) 
Sayuri Yoshida as Rätsel (ep 20) 
Shiho Kikuchi as Knight's Lover (ep 18) 
Takahiro Mizushima as Meerkat Brother (eps 14-15) 
Takeshi Sasaki as Used Bookstore Owner 
Tomoe Hanba as Hermia (ep 19) 
Tomoe Sakuragawa as Drama Club Member (ep 18) 
Toshihiko Nakajima as Montand (ep 17) 
Yasuhiro Fujiwara as Townsmen (ep 5) 
Yōji Ueda as Student (ep 16) 
Yūichi Nakamura as Male 
Yūko Kagata as Boayo (ep 18) 
Yumiko Daikoku as
Claire (ep 21) 
Female Student (ep 16) 
Florist (ep 20) 
Meerkat Brother (ep 14) 
Rue's Mother (ep 23) 
Yuu Sugimoto as Child (ep 22) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Hal Film Maker 
Background Art: Mukuo Studio 
Broadcaster:
TVS 
Digital Paint:
Studio Flag 
In-Between Animation:
Yuhodo 
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack (ep 8) 
Photography:
ZEXCS 
Production:
Memory-Tech 
Production Cooperation:
Yuhodo 
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion 
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Jin Ho Chung 
Translation:
Shoko Oono (eps 1-13)  (Specials 1-2) 
ADR Script: Mike Yantosca 
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (2007, 2009, 2011, 2016 releases)Mark Williams 
Producer: Jin Ho Chung 

Art Manager: Larry Koteff (Sentai Blu-ray release) 
Blu-Ray Authoring: Joel McCray (Sentai release) 
Blu-Ray Menu Design:
Andrea Rodriguez (Sentai release)Sarah Cain (Sentai release) 
Commentary:
Mike Yantosca (4 episodes
eps 5, 8, 16, 24
)
 
Shoko Oono (ep 5) 
Creative Director:
David Del Rio  (Vol. 1-5)J. Michael Stovall  (Vol. 1) 
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 Authoring:
Thomas Meerbott 
DVD Coordination: Mariela Ortiz 
DVD Extras Design: Dorothea Exis 
DVD Graphics:
Bridgett Bradford  (Vol. 1-3)Fumiko Chino  (Vol. 2-6) 
DVD Menu Design:
Roberto Garcia 
Editing:
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:
Wade Shemwell (Special 2) 
Packaging:
Bridgett Bradford  (Vol. 1-3)Fumiko Chino (Vol. 2-6) 
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)E.W. Rector, III (Sentai Blu-ray release)Luke La Padula (Sentai Blu-ray release)Mariana Valverde (Sentai Blu-ray release)Natalie Jones (Sentai Blu-ray release)Ned Gayle (Sentai Blu-ray release)Sara Muir  (eps 1-9) 
Production Coordination:
Janice Williams (2016 release)  (Sentai Blu-ray release) 
Production manager:
Son Phan Le (Sentai Blu-ray release) 
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (Sentai Blu-ray release) 
Recording engineer:
Bobby Gordon  (7 episodes
eps 10-11, 14-18
)
 
Eden J. Barrera  (8 episodes
eps 10-13, 15-18
)
 
Stanley Thomas  (ep 9) 
Sound Design:
Wade Shemwell (Special 2) 
Subtitle Script & Timing:
Feng Xiong 
Subtitling: Neal Barnes (Sentai Blu-ray release) 
Supervising Translator: Jennifer Challenger (Sentai Blu-ray release) 
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai Blu-ray release) 
Translation Proofer:
Kaoru Bertrand  (eps 19-26) 
Chris Patton as Fakir 
Jay Hickman as Mythos 
Jessica Boone as Rue/Princess Kraehe 
Luci Christian as Duck/Princess Tutu 

Adam Conlon as Autor 
Christine Auten as
Edel 
Uzura 
Cynthia Martinez as Pike 
Jennie Welch as Narrator (eps 1-13) 
Marcy Bannor as Narrator (eps 14-26) 
Marty Fleck as Drosselmeyer 
Mike Kleinhenz as The Raven 
Sasha Paysinger as Lilie 
TJP as Mr. Cat 

Amanda Jung as Drama Club Member B (ep 18) 
Celeste Roberts as
Crocodelia (ep 10) 
Malay Bear (ep 11) 
Chris Ayres as
Clown 3 (ep 23) 
Kittens (ep 26) 
Christine Auten as
Judge C (ep 16) 
Meerkat Bro 3 (eps 14-15) 
Ostricha 
Darrel Hegar as Man B (ep 23) 
Greg Ayres as
Clown 4 (ep 23) 
Kittens (ep 26) 
Greg Calvert as Man C (ep 23) 
Helen Wilson as Woman (ep 23) 
Hilary Haag as
Boanita (ep 18) 
Cockatilia (ep 17) 
Hermia (ep 19) 
John Swasey as
Armadylan (ep 15) 
Judge A (ep 16) 
Meerkat Bro 1 (eps 14-15) 
Montand (ep 17) 
Paulo (ep 6) 
Kaytha Coker as
Drama Club Member C (ep 18) 
Freya (ep 16) 
Meerkat Bro 5 (ep 14) 
Kelly Manison as Ebine (ep 3) 
Kim Prause as Lamp Spirit (ep 5) 
Kira Vincent-Davis as
Chihuajuan (ep 7) 
Malen (ep 9) 
Lidia Porto as
Florist (ep 20) 
Mother Rhinoceros (ep 22) 
Oak Tree (ep 21) 
Luci Christian as Hammerhead Batson (ep 21) 
Monica Rial as Raetsel (ep 20) 
Rob de los Reyes as
Book Man 1 (ep 22) 
Lysander (ep 19) 
Robert Leeds as
Karon (eps 10, 20) 
Used Bookstore Owner 
Robin Terry as Wili Maiden (ep 4) 
Serena Varghese as
Drama Club Member A (ep 18) 
Meerkat Bro 4 (ep 14) 
Parakeeta (ep 17) 
Shelley Calene-Black as Paulamoni (ep 6) 
Tiffany Grant as Anteaterina (ep 2) 
Todd Looney as Man A (ep 23) 
Vic Mignogna as
Femio (ep 17) 
Judge B (ep 16) 
Meerkat Bro 2 (eps 14-15) 

English companies
Blu-ray Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai release) 
Broadcaster:
The Anime Network 
Distributor:
Section23 Films  (2011) 
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. 
DVD Production: Seraphim Digital (2011 release) 
Internet Streaming:
Toonzaki 
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks  (2018) 
Post Production:
Monkey Boy Studios  (eps 1-5) 
Production: ADV Studios (eps 6-26) 
Recording Studio:
Industrial Smoke & Mirrors  (eps 1-5) 
French staff
French cast
Translation: Nicolas Priet (eps 1-13) 
(none)
French companies
Distributor: Déclic Images 
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America and Spain) 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Latin America and Spain) 
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Theme Song Performance: Santo Verduci 
Beatrice Margiotti as Ahiru/Principessa Tutu 
Daniele Barcaroli as Fakir 
Emilia Costa as Rue/Principessa Kraehe 
Federico Di Pofi as Mito 

Alberto Angrisano as Maestro gatto (Neko-sensei) 
Antonella Rinaldi as
Edel 
Voce Narrante 
Fabrizio Temperini as Drosselmeyer 
Patrizia Salerno as
Lilly 
Uzura 

Valerio Sacco as Paolo (Pualo; ep 6) 
Vittorio Di Prima as Karon (ep 10) 

Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Tele Milano 
Distributor: Play Press 
Internet Streaming: YouTube (oons) 
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil and Portugal) 
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Brazil and Portugal) 
Portuguese cast
(none)

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