Murder Princess
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Murder Princess logo.
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マーダー·プリンセス (Mādā Purinsesu) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Action |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Sekihiko Inui |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Teioh, Dengeki Daioh |
| Original run | 2005 – 2007 |
| Volumes | 2 |
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| Directed by | Tomoyuki Kurokawa Shin'ya Kawatsura Tomoaki Ohta |
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Marvelous Entertainment Bee Train |
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| Released | March 28, 2007 – August 29, 2007 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 6 |
Murder Princess (マーダー·プリンセス Mādā Purinsesu?) is a manga by Sekihiko Inui. An OVA series was later produced by Marvelous Entertainment and Bee Train based on the manga. The anime had been licensed by ADV Films but was transferred to Funimation in 2008.
The story begins with Dr. Akamashi, introduced as a scientist formerly in the employ of the government, launching a coup d'état in the Forland Kingdom. With his dying breath, the mortally wounded king sends his daughter Alita to find Prince Kaito, who is leading a diplomatic mission and its military escort abroad. She flees from the castle and reaches a forest on the country's border.
While running, the princess falls off of a cliff and onto Falis, an infamous female bounty hunter. Due to the nature of the near-death experience (referred to as a spiritual commutation, or spiritual transmigration in the Anime dub) the souls of Alita and Falis are switched. After Falis dispatches the forest's guardian beast, Alita pleads with the bounty hunter to protect the Forland kingdom, offering herself, body and soul, as collateral. Falis agrees and acts as the princess of the Forland Kingdom with her bounty hunter friends.
A six-episode original animation video (OVA) series was produced in 2007 by Marvelous Entertainment and animated by studio Bee Train Production Inc. It was the first Bee Train production since 1999 to not be directed by company founder, CEO and chief staff director Koichi Mashimo. Mashimo was on board as a planning staff member. The video series was scripted by Tatsuhiko Urahata. Bee Train staff director Tomoyuki Kurokawa was placed as the Chief Director and directed the animators and other directors Shin'ya Kawatsura and Tomoaki Kado.
Production AI Art directors Yoshimi Umino and Shin Watanabe were the principal art directors for the videos and Yoshimitsu Yamashita was the character designer and music was composed by Yasufumi Fukuda.
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