Princess Tutu: Complete Collection
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Actor: Princess TutuDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 650 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: A.D.V. Films
Movie Reviews of Princess Tutu: Complete Collection
Movie Review: Don't let the name deceive you!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the few animes that I've seen that I have really loved, although I remember my skepticism when I first heard of it. What's with the dancing? And the lame name? And the weird costumes? And to be honest, I thought the first few episodes were exceedingly corny and not all that different from every other "magical girl" anime ever created.
But, the strange thing is, as I kept watching it, I found that it is very different. For starters, most animes fall into a pattern of bad thing happens, heroine pops up to solve bad thing, yay happy ending until the next episode. Princess Tutu starts this way--but then it breaks the pattern, and the audience begins to realize, just as the heroine does, that perhaps not all is as it seems.
Here's the basic story: a man named Drosselmeyer began writing a story about a Prince and a Raven, but before he could finish the story, he died--but the characters in the story became sick of not having an ending, so they leapt out of the story and into the town of Goldcrown. When this happens, Drosselmeyer's spirit awakes, and he realizes that, through the people of this town, he can continue his story. There is only one problem: he needs someone to play the role of Princess Tutu, the heroine who saves the Prince. He finds a duck, and he gives her a necklace to turn her into a girl and into Princess Tutu, the ballerina whose destiny it is to love the Prince but never confess that love, lest she turn into a speck of light and disappear.
It may sound strange, but it is a wonderful, deep story, going beyond just the surface of sadness, but into the darker realms of tragedy and despair--and then, in the end, emerging from both. It is a story of fairy tales, of loneliness and tragedy, of destiny and free will, of misconceptions, of doing what you believe is right, of learning you may be wrong, and above all, it is a story of hope.
Summary of Princess Tutu: Complete Collection
The shojo (girl's) series Princess Tutu (2002) combines elements of Hans Christian Andersen, Swan Lake, Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2, and Inu-Yasha into an elaborate fantasy-romance. Duck (Ahiru in Japanese) is just that: a duck, until Drosselmeyer (the magician who gives Clara the Nutcracker in the Tchaikovsky ballet) grants her the power of transformation. Water changes her into a human girl, but when she says, "quack," she turns back into a duck. As a human, she's a typically clumsy, good-hearted anime heroine. A student at the Gold Crown Academy of ballet, she becomes the exquisite ballerina Princess Tutu when she needs to aid Mytho, the sad-eyed star dancer. Duck undertakes the mission of restoring the lost shards of Mytho's heart with the aid of his best friend, Fakir. Their adventures are complicated by Kraehe, the Crow-Princess; a giant Raven; various puppets; hooded "Bookmen"; and Drosselmeyer himself. The filmmakers manage to create the impression that the characters are dancing, despite the very limited animation. Although the series centers on ballet, the score leans heavily on program music, including "Pictures at an Exhibition," "Dance Macabre" and the "Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy."Princess Tutu probably would have worked better at 13 episodes than 26, as the story stumbles into wearying repetitions and needless digressions. But adolescent girls who enjoy the mixture of ballet, aching passion, syrupy romance, and slapstick comedy will probably overlook the flaws. (Rated TV 14: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity) --Charles SolomonA klutzy teen is transformed into a magical ballerina princess, but don't let that fool you! Dark and sophisticated, this modern fairy tale is more Brothers Grimm than Disney!
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